The CIX 20 Announced

The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) announced their shortlist of presenting companies today and twenty companies from Alberta, BC, Ontario and Quebec got the nod. They'll be competing for interest from the numerous VCs in attendence as well as one of several CIX Best in Show Awards. Companies selected to present at CIX include:

• Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc., Fonthill, ON
• Acquisio, Saint Lambert, PQ
• Akoha Inc., Montreal
• Big Deal Games Inc., Toronto
• Biosign Technologies Inc., Toronto
• Blueprint Software Systems, Toronto
• Brainpark, Inc, Toronto
• CellWand Communications, Toronto
• Coveo, Quebec City
• Digital Payment Technologies Corp., Burnaby, BC
  
• dthree Inc., Mississauga
• HomeZilla, Toronto
• Kaben Wireless Silicon Inc., Ottawa
• Mobidia, Inc., Vancouver
• Octopz, Toronto
• Planeteye Inc., Toronto
• Redwood Technologies, Calgary
• Spatial View Inc., Toronto
• Standout Jobs, Inc., Montreal
• Streametrics Corporation Inc., Montreal

Attending investors listed after the jump...

• Avid Life Media (Brightspark)
• BDC
• Brightspark Ventures
• Celtic House Venture Partners
• EdgeStone Capital Partners
• GrowthWorks Capital
• HDL Capital Corporation
• iNovia Capital
• JLA Ventures
• JMI Equity
• Kensington Capital Partners Limited
• Lions Capital
• National Research Council Canada - IRAP
• Novacap
• Propulsion Ventures
• Q1 Capital Partners
• RBC Royal Bank
• Research In Motion
• Spencer Trask Collaborative Venture Partners
• Summerhill Venture Partners
• Vantage Point Venture Partners