Government of Canada Announces $2.5 Million for Calgary technology companies
Backgrounder
May 24, 2017 – Calgary, Alberta – Western Economic Diversification Canada
WINN is a $100 million five-year federal initiative that offers repayable contributions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with operations in Western Canada, in order to help move their new and innovative technologies from the later stages of research and development to the marketplace.
The intent of WINN is to promote the development and diversification of the western Canadian economy by providing financial support to qualified SMEs to help them accelerate the commercialization of innovative products, processes, and services in Western Canada and by stimulating greater private sector investment in western Canadian commercialization activities.
By helping to seize opportunities for innovation, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) will support the creation of jobs and growth while ensuring that new opportunities for success are realized and new products, processes, and services are brought from the test bench to the marketplace.
Today’s announcement is for seven WINN projects in the Calgary area:
| Project Proponent | Project Description | Western Innovation Initiative Funding |
|---|---|---|
| Calgary Scientific Inc. (CSI) | PureWeb Silk will build on the cloud enablement capabilities of CSI’s PureWeb software platform for collaboration and file sharing between professionals, clients, and others. Through a web browser, PureWeb Silk integrates applications such as audio and video conferencing, application sharing, and sharing of image galleries within one interface. | $412,288 |
| Dakota Supplies Inc. | Commercialize MOPPITT, an all-in-one commercial mop will that will reduce the risk of cross-contamination and is compact enough to fit in places with limited storage space such as aircrafts, emergency vehicles, and buses. | $300,021 |
| iKingdom Corporation | Commercialize and market its iConnectMIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) that can share music across platforms, simultaneously, and in real-time allowing musicians to record music from various sources such as guitars, vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drum machines, and computers and mix them into one piece of music. | $242,500 |
| IWR Technologies Ltd. | Commercialize an ultrasonic water recycling process that extracts clean reusable water from manure on-site, making the manure 75 per cent lighter. The technology provides dairy and hog operations with additional water resources, helps them to realize transportation cost savings, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from storage of manure by 38 per cent. | $100,190 |
| Oral4D Systems Ltd. | Develop, prototype, and launch Aligner4D, Orthoguide, and Dental 4D software through a web-based application. The software will make access to treatment information more efficient, provide complete 3D models of dental charts, and allow professionals a wide range of functions for analyzing and displaying patient data over time. | $497,000 |
| Under the Roof Decorating Inc. | Commercialize new décor products that make art and photo installations easier and prevent damage to walls. The company will also develop and commercialize a mobile app called DecoPreview that will allow users to preview how a room will look after the item is installed. | $500,000 |
| Zephyr Sleep Technologies Inc. | Commercialize an at-home sleep diagnostic system that will analyze which people with sleep apnea may be better candidates for oral appliance therapy (OAT) instead of more invasive treatments. The technology could replace trial and error methods used to test effectiveness of OAT in sleep laboratories and clinics, thus reducing diagnostic time and costs. | $496,000 |
| TOTAL FUNDING | $2,547,999 | |