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5 hours 24 min ago
Coral CEA's agreement of February 14, 2012 to support four companies at the Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University is attracting interest among media and the online software community.
http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/digital-media-start-ups-get-funding-from-public-private-partnership/1000905570/
5 hours 32 min ago
TechVibes is a national voice on Canadian technology developments and continues its ongoing coverage of Coral CEA.
http://www.techvibes.com/blog/coral-cea-invests-in-4-ryerson-digital-media-zone-companies-2012-02-14
5 hours 40 min ago
Coral CEA is working with Mohawk College in Hamilton and the Software Hamilton Community posted on the Digital Media Zone announcement.
http://www.softwarehamilton.com/2012/02/14/help-for-ontario-software-firms/
1 day 5 hours ago
Coral CEA is partnering with the Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University to deliver ICT jobs and new companies.
Coral CEA is announcing an investment of $120,000 in four companies at DMZ and Coral CEA is reviewing possible investment in more firms at the DMZ.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/coral-cea-digital-media-zone-bui...
4 weeks 1 day ago
Coral CEA member Spoonity receives more media coverage for its innovative loyalty program aimed at restaurants. The Ottawa Citizen spoke with the 2 young entrepreneurs behind Spoonity.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Putting+points/6004792/story.html
5 weeks 10 hours ago
Ameet Wadhwani CEO at Opt Me In, a Coral CEA member at Toronto's Digital Media Zone recently did a video interview and talks about his firm and Coral CEA with theprogram of Toronto.
http://xconnectto.com/2011/11/03/opt-me-in-permission-based-communications/
5 weeks 10 hours ago
Max Bailey CEO at Spoonity, a Coral CEA member company from Ottawa comments in his blog, about his positive involvement with Coral CEA.
http://www.maxbailey.ca/2012/01/coral-cea-lead-project-program-30-000-grant/
5 weeks 3 days ago
The Ottawa Business Journal featured Coral CEA in its most recent edition. The paper examined what Coral CEA has done, is doing and will do for Ontario software firms. We have provided the article below as featured.
Monday, January 9, 2011
Coral CEA provides seed funding, introductions to startups
Officials at a relatively new economic development organization say they hope to distribute approximately $900,000 in funding to early-stage companies...
7 weeks 5 days ago
Technology for Doctors reports on Cliniconex which launched its new software product in August. It is aimed at making it easy for doctors to remind patients about upcoming appointments. The system can save staff costs and increase revenues.
http://www.canhealth.com/tfdnews0438.html
7 weeks 6 days ago
Spoonity was recently singled out as part of the new generation of wireless firms in Ottawa. They have garnered attention from RIM as well as restaurants for their innovative use of wireless Near Field Communications.
http://www.emckanata.ca/20111222/business/Local+entrepreneurs+launch+innovative+rewards+program
10 weeks 6 days ago
Coral CEAs Scott Howard, who works on the front lines with our client companies, sits down with Karim Kanji of Toronto's XConnect. They discuss what Coral CEA offers to software firms. XConnect is a ThirdOcean project that seeks to explore and explain links between technology and industry sectors.
http://xconnectto.com/2011/11/30/video-scott-howard-from-coral-cea/
14 weeks 5 hours ago
Spoonity is driving new loyalty to restaurants with its loyalty rewards program. Now with a funding grant of $30000 dollars from Coral CEA, Spoonity will be able to accellerate the launch if its loyalty rewards program which provides restaurant owners the ability to better reward loyal customers with a mobile twist.
You can read more about Spoonity, the loyalty rewards platform, and Coral CEA over at the Ottawa Business Journal
http://www...
14 weeks 6 hours ago
The two-year-old company OPIN, developing a social innovation platform, has joined the Coral CEA Ecosystem. OPINs social innovation platform allows organizations and companies to engage from within and without to drive innovation.
You can read more about OPIN, their platform, and Coral CEA at the Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.obj.ca/Technology/2011-11-07/article-2797897/Social-media-firm-nets-$30,000-grant/1
16 weeks 4 hours ago
A first-of-its-kind study into Innovation in Ontario has found that the more entrepreneurs are involved in social networks the more investment money they will get for their firm. In addition, American venture capital firms funded about half of the recent start-ups in Ontario and investors tend to choose new kids on the block rather than entrepreneurs with some experience.
The study done at Ryerson University in Toronto notes that the social...
16 weeks 5 hours ago
Hamilton, Ont.-based Mohawk College has empowered both students and companies with a fully "functional referenece implementation of the national eHealth information system," says Ted Scott, cheic information officer at the college.
Both students and companies can take full advantage of the platform, in a safe environment, to innovate, build, and commercialize eHealth applications.
Coral CEA, a non-profit network of companies, has...
17 weeks 1 day ago
The partnership will create an Ontario-based software ecosystem that can export eHealth expertise and products to global healthcare providers
Toronto, ON – October 21, 2011 – Coral CEA and Mohawk College’s Applied Research Centre have announced a collaboration to create a software ecosystem so Ontario software companies can rapidly develop new healthcare applications that deliver on the...
17 weeks 6 days ago
Coral CEA is happy to announce its participation in a provincial research project on Innovation in Ontario. Coral CEA joins an impressive list of paticipating organizations like MaRS, Communitech and the Canadian Digital Media Network. The purpose of the study is to map out a network of all the players who are involved within the Ontario technology innovation ecosystem. The report is due out this November and will hopefully improve...
17 weeks 6 days ago
Cliniconex, an active member in the Coral CEA ecosystem, was recently featured in the Ottawa Business Journal.
Leveraging the GENBAND GENFuzion Developer contest as a sounding board, Cliniconex has branched out and developed a Stock Trading Alert application. Submitted to the GENFuzion Developer Contest the Stock Trading Alert application won 2nd place and was subsiquently picked up by Orange Buiness Solutions.
The alert system monitors stock...
21 weeks 1 day ago
Communications Enabled Applications (CEAs) link broadband networks with millions of devices and are profoundly changing how we communicate
Ottawa ON - Canadian Innovation Exchange - September 20, 2011 - As evidenced by Microsoft Corp.’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype SARL earlier this year, Communications Enabled Applications (CEAs) that add instantaneous person-to-person interaction as part of a...
44 weeks 11 hours ago
Coral CEA revs Open Innovation engine – invites new corporate members to join expanding software ecosystem
Investors including Eclipse, GENBAND, IBM, ITAC, Carleton University, and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation celebrate online showcase, 7 new companies and 34 new jobs created so far as a result of Coral CEA collaborations
OTTAWA ON – April 12, 2011 – Launched in 2010 with $9.3 million in funding...
50 weeks 4 days ago
October 2, 2009 (Ottawa, Ontario) —Today, Peter Carbone, Chair of the Board of Coral CEA, confirmed that the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation will invest up to $9.3 million over five years to accelerate the implementation of Coral CEAʼs unique commercialization model.
Coral CEA – a not-for-profit company created by five founding members (Carleton University, Eclipse Foundation, Information Technology Association of Canada...
50 weeks 5 days ago
Publish Date: Fri, 10/02/2009 - 13:00
Ministers Watson and Milloy Award Coral CEA's Carbone & Bailetti $9.3M grant
October 2, 2009 (Ottawa, Ontario) – Today, Peter Carbone, Chair of the Board of Coral CEA, confirmed that the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation will invest up to $9.3 million over five years to accelerate the implementation of Coral CEA's unique commercialization model.
Coral CEA – a not-for-profit...