Featured Entrepreneur Stories

By Phyllis Mak, RIC Centre’s Communications Intern What does it take to bring good wine to consumers? For Alan Serpa, CEO and founder of VINI, it’s a mixture of strategic insight, good ol’ fashioned research, and knowing in the ins and outs of the wine industry— all while keeping the customer at …

[Read more...] about VINI Makes Selling and Buying Wine Simple and Secures $500,000 from the Upper Canada Equity Fund

By Phyllis Mak, RIC Centre’s Communications Intern With highly disruptive factors such as climate change creating risks for public, environmental and economic health, it’s time to find a proactive response when it comes to managing our water— and that’s what EMAGIN aims to do. By combining …

[Read more...] about Smart Water: EMAGIN is Using Artificial Intelligence to Make Managing Water Utilities and Industries Safer and Greener

by Alexandria Angco, RIC Centre Project Manager Full-time entrepreneur Andrew White has been focused on commercializing his successful and growing cleantech venture ever since he founded his company in 2011. He created SulfaCHAR™, a biochar that removes toxic and corrosive hydrogen sulfide from …

[Read more...] about Zero waste and great success for rapidly-growing CHAR Technologies

By Phyllis Mak, RIC Centre’s Communications Intern Advanced Opto-Mechanical Systems and Technologies Inc. (AOMS Technologies), a company that specializes in mechanical, electronic and optical systems, has just closed $500,000 in Seed Financing through GreenSky Capital. Amir Azhari, RIC Centre …

[Read more...] about Harnessing the Power of Fiber Optics: AOMS Technologies’ Success in Technology and Funding

By Phyllis Mak, RIC Centre’s Communications Intern Tool development and releases, preparing and refining prototype platforms, financing and funding— it’s been a busy year for Cyclica Inc., who immersed themselves into numerous projects over the course of 2016 to reach their goals and objectives. …

[Read more...] about The Upwards Climb: Cyclica Continues to Excel and Exceed

Pyrowave, a Montreal-based company with operation in Ontario, is among the TOP 10 projects in the Startup category of 2017’s GreenTec Awards, the worldwide biggest environmental and business prize. The company is looking for online support to vote online for his project at this link from November …

[Read more...] about Pyrowave Among TOP 10 Startup Projects of 2017’s GreenTec Awards