Communitech has announced the six successful applicants who will participate in Steam 4 of the IBM Innovation Incubator Project delivered by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) on behalf of the government of Ontario.

The successful applicants were selected through a competitive process, announced in August 2018, and went through two rounds of application reviews, company meetings, and a rigorous grading process by experts from OCE, IBM and Communitech before finalists were chosen.

A total of six firms, with projects focused on the commercialization of artificial intelligence, blockchain or IoT technologies, were selected to receive $50,000 in professional services.

Participants outlined strong project plans to enhance product offerings by accessing expert developers, machine learning engineers and technical executives, while building on IBM successes in these spaces by leveraging the firm’s advanced infrastructure.

Congratulations to all of the selected companies:

    • RoadLaunch brings decentralized, immutable blockchain technologies to the logistics and freight industry, advancing supply chain transparency and enabling trusted global freight, fleet and logistics transactions settlement.
    • Messagepoint is a provider of industry leading cloud-based CCM Software solutions for verticals including insurance, financial services, healthcare and print services.
    • Fera is a platform that helps companies add urgency and social proof to their online stores with tools like counters, timers and social proof feeds.
    • Ark Paradigm is a regulatory intelligence service for those who need to report financial material free of errors and omissions, assisting companies and regulators of all sizes in managing compliance with international financial reporting standards and applicable securities legislation, policies and practices.
    • Syngli is an online platform designed to increase teaching and learning efficiency, using principles of cognitive science and exploiting the web's potential for collective knowledge creation.
    • Intellizence enables professionals to monitor changes with customers, competitors, prospects, partners, suppliers and regulators. Powered by AI, Intellizence delivers over 50 sales and risk signals, such as executive change, M&A, product launch and restructuring from comprehensive data sources.

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