Megan Oleksyn of Vermilion, Alberta has won the first Perfect Pitch competition and received $25,000 in business start-up dollars.
Oleksyn will use the money to develop her communications consulting company, Southpaw Communications, which offers communications audits, communications plans, media packages, sponsorship packages, websites and more.
“The Perfect Pitch program really made me examine the viability and sustainability of my business,” said Oleksyn. “It also gave me the resources and tools to improve my plan to the point where I will be able to do my consulting full time in the near future. Without Perfect Pitch it would have taken me far longer to get my business to this point.”
AVAC’s Ross Bricker was one of the Perfect Pitch judges.
Perfect Pitch, a partnership between the FarmOn Foundation, the Bashaw Agricultural Show Committee, Creating Pathways for Entrepreneurial Families and Growing Forward, assists young rural entrepreneurs in realizing their business dreams.
AVAC investee Botaneco (www.botaneco.ca) has inked a partnership with Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC) that will make KDC the exclusive manufacturer of Hydresia® O formulations. Hydresia® O is an organic emulsifier based on Botaneco’s proprietary Oleosome technology. KDC (www.kdc-companies.com) services many of the national personal care brands in the U.S. market and this agreement will allow Botaneco’s novel organic emulsifier to be utilized by KDC's customers in new and improved products.
Calgary Herald publisher Guy Huntingford spoke about the future of digital publishing at the annual AVAC Ltd. reception Thursday night. To read the full story click here
Guy Huntingford addresses the crowd.
Honourable Lindsay Blackett, Minister of Culture and Community Spirit
Join us in Vancouver on Feb. 10 for the Canadian Financing Forum (www.financingforum.com) where 30 tech companies will link up with corporate and VC investors.
Three AVAC investees (DataGardens, IntelliView and Userful) will present.
Here's the full list of presenters:
Information Technology Presenting Companies
Newly appointed Calgary Herald publisher Guy Huntingford will take us inside the world of mass media at the AVAC Innovators speakers series at Big Rock Brewery February 3rd. At this, our annual invitation-only reception and speaker presentation, our friends – investees, sponsors and local technology innovators - will meet and mingle while also hearing an update on AVAC’s recent achievements.
If you have already RSVPd, doors open at 3:45, Ross Bricker speaks at 4 p.m. and Guy Huntingford speaks at 4:50 p.m.
AVAC is putting a $1 million into Edmonton’s Cleankeys Inc. This is the second Cleankeys investment for AVAC in the past two years. The investment will help the manufacturer of hygienic computer keyboards break into the lucrative healthcare market, develop sales channels, and enhance its product line.
From left to right: Ross Bricker,AVAC Ltd-CEO; Honourable Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced
Education and Technology; Randy Marsden CEO, Cleankeys Inc.
AVAC is putting a $1 million into Edmonton’s Cleankeys Inc. This is the second Cleankeys investment for AVAC in the past two years. The investment will help the manufacturer of hygienic computer keyboards break into the lucrative healthcare market, develop sales channels, and enhance its product line.
Cleankeys’ products are now being used by dental businesses in 26 countries. “This Alberta technology company is successfully attracting investment capital to take its business to the world marketplace,” says Jacques LaPointe, Senior Investment Manager, AVAC Ltd. “It’s a prime example of an Alberta technology that addresses a growing global problem and of a company that’s a great fit for our Capacity Builder fund.”
About 80 people attended the January 18 event and heard comments from Doug Horner, Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education and Technology
Cleankeys was featured in the Edmonton Journal . Click here to view the article, and let us know what you think.
Cleankeys was featured on Alberta Venture.com . Click here to view the article, and let us know what you think.
Wedge Networks Inc. (Wedge) announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named the Wedge BeSecure 2080 a finalist for the 2011 Global Excellence Awards for Best New Security Hardware Product. This prestigious global award recognizes Wedge Networks for their ground-breaking wire-speed full inspection security platform.
More info: http://www.avacltd.com/about/news/311307
AVAC Ltd and Cleankeys jointly announce Funding Support for Launch into Healthcare Markets
Come join us for this special event
Location:
Advanced Technology Center, Edmonton Research Park
9650 - 20 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6N 1G1
Date and Time:
January 18th, 2011 at 4:30