Grants and Contributions

The company wishes to retrofit existing buildings with modern access systems to provide better access capabilities, integrate smart lockers and security cameras all in a single platform for building owners and residents.

SoCast proposes to develop an innovative AI-driven platform, "SoCast Reach Campaign Creation AI," designed to revolutionize digital advertising for traditional broadcasters. This cutting-edge system will autonomously generate comprehensive digital ad campaigns tailored to specific marketing objectives, harnessing the potential of AI to optimize campaign efficiency and effectiveness.

Nanalysis will work with police forces to build a tool that can identify existing drugs and new psychoactive substances in field based first responder situations. The tool will be powered by an NMR spectrometer and advanced software and will be portable in a mobile police lab vehicle. The device will be easy to use and provide clear text indications of whether or not the substance at hand is an illicit drug and is dangerous to handle.

LUCID, a Canadian digital health startup, and Emma Healthcare, a Korean SME specializing in advanced diagnostics, are collaborating to revolutionize neuropsychiatric care through the co-development of an AI-based music therapy solution. LUCID's BioMIR technology, which analyzes user data and predicts emotional and cognitive states to personalize digital music therapy, will be enhanced with Emma Healthcare's diagnostic capabilities and measurement expertise. This joint effort aims to optimize the effectiveness of the therapy offering by training it on diverse datasets from North American and Asian populations, ultimately providing personalized, clinically validated music therapy solutions for improved mental well-being worldwide.

Tables will create a data consumption platform that feels to a non-technical user like a spreadsheet that fills itself. The Tables product will allow users to start with an empty spreadsheet and directly enter the websites and parameters they want to extract and run AI robots to fill in the data.

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

This project is to develop a new family of ultra-high efficiency pole-mount industrial transformers which are being developed as part of a massive initiative to build an infrastructure to support the electrical vehicle energy supply system for Toronto and the greater Ontario developing regions. The required levels of efficiency, longevity and overall performance represents a significant deviation from the current products available on the market and the project will require significant investment for design and testing.

This International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project will prepare the firm to enter into future international co-innovation work. The specific target country for this application is in Columbia where Mining and Oil and gas exploration is the focus to business development utilizing the expertise and IP of Optiseis. The project will commence with a first trip in March 2024 for consultation, facility tour and business scope discussions. It is anticipated that multiple contracts will be generated from this initial trip and subsequent business and travel will be required, including seismic acquisition program scoping that will commence in 2024/2025

This International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project will prepare the firm to enter into future international co-innovation work.

Venturi is a pipeline engineering company offering real-time energy analytic solutions. The client is looking for innovation partners who are large crude oil pipeline operators in the Middle East market who would like to save operating cost by 10-20% annually while reducing GHG emissions

Over the course of 12 months, Quidi Vidi Brewing Company will research and adopt new technologies and processes to increase efficiencies, reduce operational risks and enhance data collection and analysis to improve operational workflow. The project will be completed in multiple phases, which will occur concurrently and include yeast management, liquid loss and risk management, efficiencies in heating and cooling, pasteurization research, general process efficiencies, seaming integrity and supply chain management.