TORONTO, July 21 /CNW/ - MaRS is working with its partners across Ontario
to take a delegation of six leading tech companies to Silicon Valley next week
to showcase their products for influencers and investors.
The products of these companies solve big problems for a range of
industries as diverse as advertising, law enforcement, insurance and
television broadcasting. All this generates a lot of interest in places like
Silicon Valley. With solutions that do everything from capturing aerial
imagery for police departments; measuring the value of social media buzz;
sending HD television broadcasts over mobile networks; to more accurate urban
GPS tracking.
The 7th AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford is a two-and-a-half day
executive gathering July 28-30, 2009. The Summit features 800 attendees,
including the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential
investors and tech journalists for panels, pitches, keynotes and debates. The
AlwaysOn & STVP Summit highlights the significant economic, political and
commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. Featured
speakers include Marissa Mayer, VP Search and User Experience, Google; Bill
Gurley Managing Partner, Benchmark Capital; Vinod Khosla, Managing General
Partner, Khosla Ventures; and Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman, Mozilla Foundation.
"More than ever before, our technology start-ups across Ontario need
increased market visibility with potential reference customers, investors,
industry analysts and other key opinion leaders in major markets, such as
Silicon Valley," said MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht. "With our mission focused on
building Ontario's next generation of innovative companies, MaRS is working
with its partners to drive targeted business development for high-potential
clients in select international markets."
CEOs from the following companies will be speaking on the main stage at
the event and showcasing their technology as part of organized demo sessions
set up by MaRS in partnership with the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit. This event
provides a unique opportunity to pitch to the Summit audience, increasing
their visibility and providing direct access to potential clients and
investors.
In advance of the Summit, the MaRS delegation, in conjunction with the
Canadian consulate in Palo Alto, will have briefings at Google, Microsoft, and
Cisco's headquarters, in addition to having the opportunity to practice their
pitch with seasoned Silicon Valley venture capitalists at other arranged
meetings throughout the week.The Ontario companies attending are:
- AdParlor (social network advertising agency): www.adparlor.com
- Aeryon Labs (aerial surveillance technology): www.aeryon.com
- Dejero Labs (mobile broadcast platform): www.dejerolabs.com
- IPeak Networks (IP network technology): www.ipeaknetworks.com
- Skymeter (GNSS/GPS technology): www.skymetercorp.com
- Sysomos (social media analytics): www.sysomos.comAbout MaRS
MaRS Discovery District (www.marsdd.com) is a large scale, mission driven
innovation centre located in Toronto and networked across Ontario, focused on
building Canada's next generation of technology companies. MaRS works closely
with entrepreneurs to grow and scale their ventures into global market leaders
in life sciences and health care, information, communications and digital
media technologies, clean tech, advanced materials and energy, as well as
innovative social purpose business.
For further information: Keri Damen, Manager, Global Networks, (647)
248-4764, kdamen@marsdd.com
