Ryerson Futures Inc.

Published purpose

Under this Project Zone Startups Calgary (Zone) will provide advisory services to NRC-IRAP client SMEs to: (1) support commercialization of novel technologies by NRC client SMEs by creating and facilitating connectivity among the industrial corporate customers and NRC client SMEs; and (2) provide NRC client SMEs with specialized business support capabilities that address strategy, investment readiness, sales & customer introduction, accounting, taxation, legal, marketing, business and corporate development etc. to address all the business and technology issues that enable the SMEs to accelerate commercialization. Through a partnership with its industrial corporate partners (GE, BHGE and Telus), Zone helps early-stage technology companies jump-start their growth by tapping into corporate partners’ expansive network and leveraging startup accelerator programming that has been successful globally in six Zones operating in Canada, India and Vietnam.