L-SPARK and BlackBerry Announce 2nd Accelerator Cohort ...

OTTAWA, Ontario and WATERLOO, Ontario, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- L-SPARK, Canada's largest accelerator for application as a carrier (SaaS) businesses, and BlackBerry constrained (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) nowadays introduced the six businesses selected for the 2nd cohort of their joint accelerator program, which goals to boost Canadian expertise startups that are focused on vehicle-related capabilities and cloud connectivity to the automobile.

The startups chosen for the 2d cohort consist of:

Preteckt (Hamilton, Ontario) â€" Predictive diagnostics for business vehicle fleets (vans and buses) with cloud-based mostly application that makes use of telematics statistics to foretell upkeep concerns, their severity, and root cause.

TRAINFO (Winnipeg, Manitoba) â€" technology that enables secure operations for computerized cars at rail crossings.

Northstar Robotics (Winnipeg, Manitoba) â€" intelligent handle methods that energy networks of autonomous motors (ie: automated snow elimination on airport runways).

Sensor Cortek (Ottawa, Ontario) â€" AI utility options that boost self sufficient automobile belief systems.

Deeplite (Montreal, Quebec) â€" AI utility powered by way of reinorcement learning to make Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) quicker, smaller and greater energy-efficient from cloud to side computing.

Passenger (Toronto, Ontario) â€" AI application monitoring solutions designed to become aware of and unravel incidents in driverless vehicles and shuttles.

Launched closing yr, the cohort software goals to support small and medium-sized know-how organisations (SMEs) develop their groups and bring new items to market which are constructed on BlackBerry QNX know-how. the primary cohort protected startups in quite a number industries, from cybersecurity to 3D imaging.

"With L-SPARK's assist, we now have assembled a different fantastic group of disruptive, unique startups who hope to enter the related automobile market," said furnish Courville, VP, Product administration and strategy, BlackBerry QNX. "Transportation, mobility and wise cities are one of the vital hottest sectors of the economic climate and current a very good chance for technology innovation and new company building. We seem to be forward to working with each of these innovative groups over the coming months to assist enable the building of next-technology vehicle connectivity items and capabilities."

"After the success of our first BlackBerry/L-SPARK Accelerator cohort, it is my pleasure to introduce the 2d cohort. After a Canada-extensive search, we've identified the most beneficial subsequent technology businesses to be part of the BlackBerry linked automobile ecosystem," talked about L-SPARK's government Managing Director, Leo Lax. "The industry is unexpectedly evolving with advancements in all points of independent and related motor vehicle applications. This cohort will display how the leadership of BlackBerry will also be leveraged to energy the leisure of the Canadian ecosystem."

committed to the highest protection, reliability and safety necessities, BlackBerry QNX has a portfolio of embedded utility and features and a confirmed listing of assisting builders convey crucial, complex and linked options on time. BlackBerry QNX know-how is used in over 150 million motors and one hundred million embedded methods, together with medical, industrial automation, energy, defense and aerospace applications where protection and reliability are paramount and failure is never an option.

applications have been received from across Canada with senior representatives from BlackBerry and L-SPARK in the end narrowing down the particularly aggressive field in accordance with the startups with company fashions and applied sciences that aligned choicest with the BlackBerry QNX mission to create safe, cozy and official solutions for businesses constructing trusted mission-important techniques, such as independent vehicles.  

L-SPARK will, as soon as once again, flip to the advantage of the countrywide analysis Council of Canada-Industrial research tips application (NRC-IRAP), to support the businesses concerned during this program.

About BlackBerryBlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) is a relied on protection application and features enterprise that gives organisations and governments with the technology they should comfortable the cyber web of things. primarily based in Waterloo, Ontario, the enterprise is unwavering in its dedication to defense, cybersecurity and facts privacy, and leads in key areas comparable to synthetic intelligence, endpoint safety and management, encryption and embedded systems. For extra information, seek advice from BlackBerry.com and observe @BlackBerry.

About L-SPARKL-SPARK is Canada's leading accelerator for software as a provider (SaaS) agencies. considering the fact that the launch of their first cohort in January 2015, L-SPARK has accelerated 36 corporations across Canada. With over 10,000 traders, corporate companions and startups now of their network, L-SPARK has curated a forceful Canadian tech neighborhood for taking part groups to join. 

Media Contact:BlackBerry Media family members(519) 597-7273mediarelations@BlackBerry.com

L-SPARKJacob Crompton Schreiber646-480-0356jacob@publicize.co

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