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Innovation is the most compelling competitive advantage a business can have in today’s global marketplace. Innovation allows firms to compete in the market and create exciting new products and services for their customers while reducing costs and improving efficiency.
In Ontario, companies of all sizes are creating breakthroughs and scaling their business to compete globally. Our innovation ecosystem includes academia, government, corporations, startup accelerators, venture capitalists and mentors. Each plays a significant role in creating value by transforming smart ideas into reality.
With ingenuity, innovation and the green economy becoming increasingly important, let us introduce you to some of the companies, cities and people making an impact here in Ontario.
Contact us to speak with an investment advisor to learn what growth opportunities and innovation await your business in Ontario, Canada.
When the world’s most global bank went on the hunt for a new strategic Internal Audit hub, it turned to its Mississauga, Ontario-based operation, pointing to the abundance of young, skilled financial services professionals.
Citi’s new Internal Audit group, which started work in May 2021, has already nearly doubled in size—and its growth shows no sign of slowing down. As for the Mississauga site overall, Citi is confident the best is yet to come.
CryptoMill’s breakthrough encryption technology is attracting admirers from international companies to government agencies.
Unlike other cybersecurity solutions that focus on network security, CryptoMill’s Circles of Trust protection is bound to the data itself. Circles of Trust eliminates the risks associated with data leaks and breaches from hacker attacks, whether the data is at rest, in use or in motion—and it does it seamlessly, with no workflow disruption.
U.S.-based Parallel Wireless recently announced that it’s opening its newest R&D lab in Ottawa, Ontario as part of a global expansion to push its 5G and Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technology into more markets.
Why Ottawa? For one thing, talent. Ottawa has a high concentration of tech talent, even competing with Silicon Valley. It’s also because of Ottawa’s strategic location and access to markets.
Learn why Ottawa’s reputation as a hotbed of wireless network engineering talent and access to diverse markets made it a natural spot for Parallel Wireless to plant its flag in Canada.
Kingston, Ontario is anchored by multinational giants, homegrown successes, and high-growth startups with top talent.
With a growing population, Kingston boasts countless corporate success stories that continue to rise in number each year. Over the past two decades, Kingston’s regional business community, research institutions and government initiatives have laid the groundwork for an economy driven by innovative and enterprising minds.
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