Brian van Allen

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

Covington Capital Corp (Covington Capital) is a Toronto-based venture capital investment firm founded 1994. The firm is headquartered in Toranto, CA.

Axela, Inc. develops biosensor technology. It offers next generation, commercial stage, multiplex tools that provide enhanced analysis of proteins, DNA and RNA. The firm’s products include Ziplex System, autograph, metabolic, colon and breast cancer, inflammation Xpress chips, diffractive optics technology and sensors, dotLab mX System and dot-Avidin, Ready and Covalent products. The company was founded by M. Cynthia Goh, Richard Loo, B. Jane Goh and Richard McAloney in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Ferguson Holdings Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in distribution and sale of plumbing and heating products. The firm also supplies building and waterworks materials. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. The company was founded by Frederick York Wolseley in 1887 and is headquartered in Wokingham, the United Kingdom.

BMO Nesbitt Burns, Inc. provides investment and financial advisory services. The firm offers financial planning; estate planning and preservation; retirement, insurance, and education planning; income replacement; tax minimization; and business succession planning advisory services. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

GrowthWorks Capital Ltd. (GrowthWorks) is a venture capital firm founded in 1992 by David Levi. The firm is headquartered in Vancouver, Columbia with additionaal offices in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.

Compagnie Mérieux Alliance SAS owns shares and interests in firms that manufactures, sells, and distributes medicines and other pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Qvella Corp provides molecular diagnostics. It develops a differentiated technology for pathogen detection by direct sampling of boldily fluids without the need for culturing or time consuming sample processing. The company was founded by Tino Alavie in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond Hill, Canada.

Company Builders LLC provides business development consulting services. The private company is based in Albuquerque, NM. The CEO of the company is Paul Andrew Ruppanner.

Memed Diagnostics Ltd. engages in the development and commercialization of diagnostic solutions for inflammatory and infectious diseases. Its products include MeMed BV and MeMed Key, devices for blood test and quantitative diagnostic immunoassays. The company was founded by Eran Eden and Kfir Oved in 2009 and is headquartered in Tirat Carmel, Israel.

OMX Ventures LLC (OMX Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Northern Biologics Inc. operates as an early-stage biologics company. It develops a portfolio of antibody-based therapeutics for oncology and fibrosis. The company was founded by Jason Moffat, Rob Rottapel, Benjamin G. Neel, Sachdev Sidhu, Brad Wouters, and Stefan Larson in June 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. engages in the commercialization of vitro diagnostic tests for the detection of brain injury and neurological diseases. It develops blood test to accurately and quickly diagnose traumatic brain injury. The company was founded by Nancy Denslow, Ronald L. Hayes, and Kevin Wang in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Tornado Spectral Systems, Inc. develops real-time optical process analyzers and imaging solutions. Its optical solutions include HyperFlux PRO Plus, HyperFlux PRO and HyperFlux U1. The firm offers its services to pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, bio processing, specialty chemical, plastics and polymers industries. The company was founded by Jae Kim and Arsen R. Hajian in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Part of Nortel Networks Corp., the company manufactures telecommunications and data networking equipment. The company is based in Sunrise, FL. The company was founded by Roy Sunstrum.

BTI Systems, Inc. provides intelligent networking software and systems. Its products include cloud connect, packet optical transport, Ethernet, network management, software networking, and network functions virtualization. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kanata, Canada.

Horizon Studios, Inc. provides social marketing technology services. It operates a platform that features micro-learning, social technology, gamification, global enterprise, proven impact, and managed services. The company was founded by Janice Diner and Robert Rubenstein in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

gShift Labs, Inc. engages in the provision of web presence analytics software. It offers brand development, competitive assessment, digital recruitment, content, influencer, integrated social media, and paid marketing, SEO marketing, web consulting and site audit services. The company was founded in 2009 by Krista LaRiviere and Chris Adams and is headquartered in Barrie, Canada.

Iotum Global Holdings, Inc. provides teleconferencing platforms and collaboration services. Its products include FreeConference.com, InstantConference.com, GlobalConference.com, and Calliflower.com. The firm serves organizations and individual consumers. The company was founded by Alec Saunders in 2004 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

IceFyre Semiconductor, Inc. provides fabless semiconductor products. Its products include integrated circuits, wireless, WiFi, and WLAN devices. The company was founded by Doug Sanderson in 2001 and is located in Kanata, Canada.