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WELCOME
THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION IN CANADA Innovation4D connects the investor community to best-in-class start-ups working in the Xerox Research Centre of Canada’s Innovation Hub. This premier event features guest speakers, a tour of a state-of-the-art pilot plant, pitch sessions, and networking opportunities. Since 2014, the Xerox Research Centre of Canada has been nurturing an innovation hub in Mississauga, Ontario. With the help of our hub partners – RIC Centre and GreenCentre Canada – we’ve developed an ecosystem focused on advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, and Cleantech.
WHY INNOVATION4D?
THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION IN CANADA
The Four Dimensions (4D) of innovation for any successful venture include: MARKETFOCUSED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
STRONG MANAGEMENT TEAM
INDUSTRY EXPERTISE ON SCALING-UP AND DERISKING
The Innovation Hub aims to help shape and grow municipal, provincial, and federal economies by: • Capturing synergies from industry, public, and academic investments • De-risking the development and deployment of commercially viable materials technologies • Bridging the gaps between laboratory demonstration and industrial scale manufacturing. • Providing open innovation opportunities for pre-competitive research projects among founding members [and future constituents] We believe that that Canada’s future prosperity requires a strong Canadian foundation for supporting materials innovation and commercialization initiatives, like Innovation4D, and the creation of an effective eco-system that can help Canadian small businesses be successful.
