PRiME Lunch & Learn with Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) – May 29, 2025
Session Description
May 29 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
PRiME Lunch & Learn with Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm (Lunch will be provided; please register to help us plan the catering accordingly)
Venue: Red Seminar Room, Donnelly Centre (160 College St)
Tentative Agenda:
- 1:00 – 2:00pm: OCI introduction presentation and fireside chat with Nabanita Nawar, HDAX Therapeutics CEO and Co-founder
- 2:00 – 2:30pm: Networking with PRiME Community (30 mins)
Presented by:
Feiran Zhou
Business Development and Commercialization Manager, OCI
Title: “De-Risk with Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) – An Overview of OCI’s Investment Fund and Grant Programs”
About Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI)
OCI has launched the Life Sciences Innovation Fund (LSIF) since 2022,it is an early-stage co-investment fund that supports companies in Life Sciences and Healthcare Technologies sectors related to human health. The fund is aimed at addressing the unique challenges faced by life sciences entrepreneurs moving innovative and capital-intensive investments from a conceptual stage through to commercialization.
Through the fund, OCI co-invests with angel and other investors to help de-risk the opportunity, assisting start-ups in becoming investor and customer ready and allowing them to attract follow-on investment. So far, we have invested 17 Ontario based companies across therapeutics, medical devices, you can find our portfolio companies at: https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/life-sciences-innovation-fund/.
