William J. Meder

CIBC Asset Management, Inc. (CIBC AM) is a Canadian asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm was founded in 1972 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE, TSE: CM), a publicly traded Canadian chartered bank. CIBC AM manages assets on behalf of institutional, high-net-worth clients and underlying investors in their retail sponsored products.

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada engages in the provision of communications services. It includes residential, business, and wholesale customers with a range of solutions to all their communications needs, such as wireless, television, internet, home phone, and small business and enterprise communications services. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

ActivBiotics, Inc. discovers and develops pharmaceutical drugs. It provides discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of vascular disease, inflammation, and other high-value chronic and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Xceed Molecular Corporation is a molecular diagnostic company dedicated to commercializing a platform for automated gene expression analysis and developing proprietary clinical research assays and custom arrays. They develop tools and content aimed at accelerating the current market trend towards 'translational medicine', and bridging the gap from gene signature validation to clinical diagnostics. The Ziplex Automated Workstation is the first integrated and fully automated hybridization system for multiplex gene expression signatures. Their integrated solution - the Ziplex System - features this innovative instrument platform and focused-content TipChip arrays and reagents to perform highly multiplexed molecular assays with superior accuracy, reproducibility, speed and scalability. The Ziplex System is designed to provide the ease-of-use in assay automation and analytics that is required to successfully translate gene expression analysis from research use into routine practice. Xceed complements the Ziplex platform by offering Gene Expression Services and Assay Development Services.

Sedgwick, Inc. provides insurance related services. The company is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Saqqara Systems, Inc. (SAQQARA, Inc.) is a premier provider of managed service solutions focused on data quality and data management for Item Master Management and e-Procurement. Fortune 500 companies rely on SAQQARA to transform their anticipated savings into actual results. SAQQARA solutions focus on the most challenging barriers to product and supplier data process management. These include organizing and managing vast quantities of item master and supplier data, taxonomies, contract terms, enabling suppliers on the buying organizations preferred network, and making it easier for end-users to find parts and conform to procurement and sourcing processes. SAQQARA delivers the key operational link between your item master, sourcing programs and procurement solutions. SAQQARA's solutions combine patented best-in-class technology, enterprise-strength IT operations, deep human expertise in content management and procurement, and proven process knowledge.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. develops and markets medical devices. Its products include television cameras and monitors, endoscopes, arthroscopes, orthopedic hand owered instruments, fiber optic illumination systems, laparoscopes, and surgical instruments. The company was founded on November 27, 1975 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

BC Investment Management Corp. (BCI) is an independent, Canadian investment advisor headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia. The firm was founded in 1999 and is also known as British Columbia Investment Management Corp. BCI provides investment management services to British Columbia's public sector clients, which includes public sector pension plans, insurance funds, and various special purpose funds.

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), locally known as Office d'investissement des régimes de pensions du secteur public, is a government-owned pension fund manager headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act in 1999. PSP Investments invest funds for the pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force.

Axela, Inc. develops biosensor technology. It offers next generation, commercial stage, multiplex tools that provide enhanced analysis of proteins, DNA and RNA. The firm’s products include Ziplex System, autograph, metabolic, colon and breast cancer, inflammation Xpress chips, diffractive optics technology and sensors, dotLab mX System and dot-Avidin, Ready and Covalent products. The company was founded by M. Cynthia Goh, Richard Loo, B. Jane Goh and Richard McAloney in 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Novacap Management, Inc (Novacap Management) is a Private Equity firm founded in 1981 by Marc Beauchamp. The firm is headquartered in Brossard, Quebec.

Jeune Chambre de Commerce de Montréal provides event services. It specializes in networking, entrepreneurship, training, conferences, sustainability, women's place and leadership, corporate social responsibility, economics, school perseverance, talent retention and business succession. The company was founded on October 28, 1931 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Interface Biologics, Inc. operates as a commercial stage privately held company that develops transformative biomedical polymer technologies to improve the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. It provides technologies to medical device manufacturers and drug companies. The company was founded by Paul J. Santerre in December 2001 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Pharmascience, Inc. manufactures and distributes generic and drug products. It offers liquids, tablets, capsules, suppositories, powders, and ophthalmic. The company was founded by Morris Goodman and Ted S. Wise in 1983 and is headquartered in Montr?al, Canada.

bcIMC Realty Corp operates as a real estate holding company. It engages in management and development of real estate properties. The company was founded on July 28, 1995 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Johnson & Johnson, Inc. provides insurance brokerage services. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Mount Pleasant, SC.

Verde Ventures (Verde) is a venture capital subsidiary of Conservation International Foundation founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research provides research on the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. It offers Innovation programs, like cancer stem cell, innovation in target validation, and smarter imaging, Technology programs, like drug discovery, genome technologies, informatics and bio-computing, imaging translation, and tranformative pathology, and Translation programs. The company was founded by Calvin R. Stiller in December 2005 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Hopper (USA), Inc. designs and develops mobile application and search engine platform for travel tips. Its platform provides travelers with the information they need to get the deals on flights, and notifies them when prices for their flights are at predicted lowest points. The company was founded by Frédéric Lalonde, Joost Ouwerkerk, and Sebastien Rainville in 2007 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

iStopOver, Inc. provides rental of homes and offices through online. The company was founded on July 4, 2009 by Anthony Lipschitz and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

XLV Diagnostics, Inc. operates as a medical imaging equipment company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes X-ray detectors for digital radiology machines used in early cancer detection and treatment applications. The firm also offers digital mammography machines. The company was founded in June 2011 and is headquartered in Thunder Bay, Canada.

Centre For Imaging Technology Commercialization medical technology manufacturer. The company is headquartered in London, Canada.

Turnstone Biologics, Inc. develops bio-therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It develops Maraba oncolytic viral immunotherapy, a platform representing a disruptive approach in the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by David Stojdl, Brian D. Lichty and John C. Bell and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

USI Advantage Corp. provides insurance services. The company is headquartered in Valhalla, NY.

Panache Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Interac Corp. is a payments and digital information exchange, which engages in the provision of debit payments system. Its services include cash, debit, flash, e-transfer, online, mobile payment solutions, and international services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Sedgwick LP provides insurance services. The company is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

British Columbia Investment Corp (Private Equity) (BCI) is a private equity subsidiary of BC Investment Management Corp. founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia.

Part of Hopper (USA), Inc., Hopper, Inc. operates as a travel agency. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. The Canadian company was founded in 2007 by Frédéric Lalonde, Joost Ouwerkerk. Frédéric Lalonde has been the CEO since 2007.

Deep Sky is a Montreal-based project developer that aims to bring the largest supply of high-quality carbon credits to the market and commercialize carbon removal and storage solutions. The American company is building the world's first gigaton-scale carbon capture company to remove millions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground. Deep Sky's mission is to scale direct carbon capture at an unprecedented rate by bringing together the right people, resources, and technology. The company is building infrastructure to transform the CO2 removal industry and set a new benchmark for scope 3 emissions that are durable, scalable, and inherently measurable and verifiable. The company was founded by Laurence A. Tosi, Frédéric Lalonde, Joost Ouwerkerk, and Joost Ouwerkerk has been the CEO since incorporation.

eXludus Technologies, Inc. develops multicore system capacity management, virtualization, and provisioning solutions. It specializes in micro-virtualization, multicore performance, cluster work load profiling, and multicore optimization. The company was founded by Benoît Marchand in 2003 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Protecode, Inc. operates as a software company that specializes in open source licensing and vulnerability management solutions. Its products include Protecode Enterprise System 4 and Compact and Cloud. The company offers its products and services throughout the world through a network of partners in the Americas, Europe, the Middle-East and Asia. Protecode was founded in 2007 by Kia Mousavi and Mahshad Koohgoli and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.