Medically inducing hypothermia in a patient has been shown to prevent further brain injury following stroke, brain trauma or cardiac arrest but the process also cools the entire body potentially leading to blood clotting and even heart attacks. A medical device to avoid these complications has been developed in London, Ontario and now a new…
Hello All! My name is Sarah Edmundson and I am excited to join TechAlliance as the Programs Coordinator. I am proudly born in the Forest City, and have been living in London all of my life. I am now raising my own family here as well. I have an extensive background in event planning, project…
This blog was written by Business Services Analyst Jeremy Ward. We have some amazing tech talent in London; people who are starting to make waves on a global scale. London has been a prime market for product testing for years, and now tech companies are launching and refining their products here before going to the…
This blog post was written by Business Services analyst Harman Malhi. Queue the motion sickness Canadians are great innovators – just look in our own backyard. The forest city is home to some of the top research institutions in Canada, including Robarts, Lawson Health Research Institute, and Western University. We have some of the brightest…
Hey London, I’m looking forward to helping your business grow. Ok, so it might be a bit cheesy to borrow straight from a TechAlliance tagline, but that’s exactly what gets me jazzed up. If I can make a connection, help you find funding, or set you on the right path for business success, then it’s…
Hello Forest City! My name is Harman and I am the new Business Analyst specializing in Life Science at TechAlliance. I am excited to join such an amazing team and work with the London community to further develop the prosperous tech industry. Life Science has always been an interest of mine and led me to…
The 2015 60-Second Pitch Competition has concluded, and was a stunning success. After an incredible array of pitches and pitchers from all over Southwestern Ontario, our judges deliberated to decide who would be taking home over 47 thousand dollars in business acceleration prizes and resources. Thank you to everyone who came out to compete, and…
Presenting yourself effectively is an essential tool in the business arena and can spell the difference between success and missed opportunities. This is the premise for TechAlliance’s biennial 60-Second Pitch Competition returning in June 2015. How many times have you witnessed a pitch gone wrong? Whether as an investor, a business owner, a sales professional…
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m not great at goodbyes. My signature move at social events is to disappear without a word to anyone (also known, in honour of my heritage and St. Patrick’s Day, as the Irish Goodbye). Unfortunately, that’s not possible in this case, and the time has come for…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Techcellence Awards, who along with much of the London tech community, were out in force for last night’s Awards Celebration and Mixer at Edgar & Joe’s cafe. If you couldn’t make it last night, here’s the list of winners: FreePoint Technologies, Innovation Award Arcane, Business Growth Award Digital…