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Canada | Türkiye

Miranda is an engineering, consultancy, manufacturing and R&D company focused in the treatment of water, wastewater and reuse of treated water. We produce technology for environment friendly, sustainable, cost effective, efficient, odor-less, compact and modular wastewater treatment systems. We exceed all required discharge standards worldwide.

Ontario, Canada

The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) loan fund acts as a catalyst for increased investment in and support for innovation and is one element in the emerging climate of support for high-growth companies in Southern Ontario. Launched by the Government of Canada in July 2012, SOFII is supported through FedDev Ontario and is delivered by Community Futures Eastern Ontario. SOFII is a $40 million fund, available to eligible organizations across Eastern Ontario.SOFII Provides Financing of up to $1 Million for:Late stage commercializationNew product or service developmentNew applications or marketsDevelopment or implementation of new processes or technologiesFor more information please visit: https://www.cfeasternontario.ca/en/programs/sofii

Peterborough, Ontario

Founded in 2001 by Michael Skinner. MAS Capital has been providing creative financing, business solutions and executive consulting primarily in the industries of Software, Water Technology, Solar Energy, Clean Technology, Real Estate, Hospitality and Textiles.

Ontario, Canada

Viva Industries Inc. is an investment firm specializing in the acquisition, advancement, and promotion of water and sustainable technologies. Our operations are organized into four cohesive divisions: strategic investments, research and development, solution commercialization, and business channel development, all synergistically collaborating to achieve our goals. At present, Viva Industries Inc. holds a controlling interest in Miranda Water Systems in Canada and Türkiye, along with ownership in Rainmaker Worldwide Inc (OTC: RAKR), a publicly traded company on the US OTC market.

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

MISSION: At the Innovation Cluster, we drive technology-based, innovation-focused, and entrepreneur-led economic growth and job creation by fostering and supporting new company formation and growth.We deliver on that commitment by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our clients, investors and ecosystem partners. We use our portfolio of innovative services to differentiate our content and programming and are dedicated to every client’s success.VISION: Propelling growth, innovation and entrepreneurship across Peterborough and the Kawartha region.

Peterborough , Ontario

The Peterborough Region Angel Network is a privately driven initiative that brings together individual investors from the area. Peterborough Angels combine their wealth of knowledge and experience to collaborate and invest in early stage growth companies. Particular areas of focus for investment are green technology and life-science. Members are seeking involvement in challenging business situations and truly assisting client and community success

Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

CAWT is a Technology Access Centre that specializes in Water and Wastewater Technologies and is a division of Fleming College. CAWT focuses on research and development, validation and verification, executing demonstration projects as well as laboratory analysis. CAWT is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Rainmaker is helping to solve the global water crisis by providing economical, scalable and environmentally sustainable solutions through innovative technology.

Canada

RainMaker WorldWide Inc recently acquired Dutch Rainmaker (Dec 22, 2015) which has developed a truly disruptive technology producing water off -grid, powered solely by renewable energy, with the highest energy efficiency ratings, no discharge and no need to access inflow water. The Company’s first field-proven series (the AW turbine) is in operation with pilot customers in Kuwait and the Netherlands. The AW turbine can produce up to 7,500 liters of clean water per day. It is superior to other renewable energy powered desalination plants in terms of efficiency while still competing favorably on price per liter. It is off-grid from powersources and does not need access to water of any kind.

Peterborough

The Greater Peterborough Innovation Cluster is an Ontario not-for-profit corporation with a mandate to facilitate economic development through innovation. The Innovation Cluster assists in advancing environmental, life sciences and other innovative research in Peterborough and the Kawarthas, to help promote and sustain the strong regional knowledge-based economy.

Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPA EDC) provides a variety of services on behalf of the City and County of Peterborough, Ontario including active support of business attraction, relocation, start-up and expansion, tourism, innovation and research, agriculture and rural development. With an accessible location 90 minutes northeast of Toronto in the beautiful Kawarthas vacation and lakes region, the Greater Peterborough Area is an outstanding place to visit, live and do business.

Peterborough, Ontario

Working to meet the objectives of both the local businesses community and the University, the Trent Business Council (TBC) supports Trent’s engagement of the Peterborough regional business community by; facilitating collaboration between businesses, relevant community organizations, faculty and researchers; by assisting in the development of experiential learning opportunities in a manner that addresses community, student and academy needs; and by supporting the development of institutional resources that benefit both the campus and the community.Key Activities- Provide advice on the development of experiential learning opportunities- Assist in shaping student experiential learning experiences- Partner with businesses on projects that both benefits students and businesses- Host business program interns- Help develop, sponsor and deliver programming which complements student’s academic learningMentorship •Guest lecturing •Business competitions •Support of the TBSA -Assist students and the University in the development of the Student Ideas Centre- Facilitate Business University relations in key areas including: •Procurement •Philanthropy •Infrastructure development - Provide advice to University Administration in shaping their relationship with area businesses- Facilitate and assist faculty in providing informal non-academic learning experiences within the community- Facilitate communication and promotion of the Trent business program - Provide businesses with an opportunity to recruit potential employees- Provide businesses an opportunity to showcase their community commitment- Recognize outstanding business mentoring of students

Peterborough, Ontario

Waterloo, Ontario (Peterborough Division)

On September 6th, 2011 Michael Skinner sold Operitel Corporation to OpenText. OpenText™ is the world's largest independent provider of Enterprise Content Management software. The Company's solutions manage information for all types of business, compliance and industry requirements in the world's largest companies, government agencies and professional service firms. OpenText supports approximately 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries and 12 languages. Michael Skinner accepted the position of Vice President and General Manager of the Operitel Portfolio.

Sydney Area, Australia

São Paulo

Canada

Michael Skinner was the founder and CEO of Operitel Corporation, one of Canada’s fastest growing E-Learning providers. Mr. Skinner has guided Operitel through the many stages of corporate growth including seed investment, management team assembly, resource training, competitive research, product development, client adoption, product marketing, client support and client retention. Mr. Skinner has also played an integral role in building the consulting services division by establishing Operitel as an Independent Software Vendor for Microsoft, as well as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Michael sold Operitel to OpenText on September 6, 2011. For more info: http://mimage.opentext.com/alt_content/binary/ot/investor/2012/fy2012q1-transcript.pdfIn addition, Mr. Skinner coauthored the Chapter “Changing your LMS from hype to happiness” which has been published in the “Plan to Learn: Case studies in eLearning Project Management” and “eLearning Project Management: Canadian Perspective”. Mr. Skinner also coauthored two whitepapers on elearning: Effective Management of Distributed Educational Content and e-Commerce and e-Learning.