Every year leaders from the venture capital, communications and media industries gather for the
Canadian Innovation Exchange, a one-day forum dedicated to the country's innovation economy. (This year's CIX takes place in a couple of weeks—at the MaRS Discovery District on November 27.) And every year, a panel of experts selects the CIX Top 20—leading technology-based companies who are showcased at the forum. This year's list has just come out, and there's good news for local entrepreneurs: about half the finalists are Toronto-based companies.
Finalists are divided into two categories: information and communication technology, and digital media. Among the Toronto finalists in the first category are B2B marketers
Influitive, audience engagement platform
Viafoura and consumer goods software makers
Nulogy.
Among the rising stars in the digital media category are liveblogging company
ScribbleLive and e-commerce platform Shopcastr. We profiled Shopcastr just
a few months ago, when they closed $1 million in new funding.
The other Toronto CIX Top 20 are:
·
Sitescout, which helps small businesses manage their digital advertising;
· Language learning tool
PenyoPal;
· Employee engagement platform
Employtouch;
· Jibestream Interactive Media, which develops digital wayfinding systems (including 3-D directors for Pearson airport).
Writer: Hamutal Dotan
Source: Canadian Innovation Exchange