Press Release
September 19, 2006
For Immediate Release

“The Big Money Show”: OCRIRadio.com Starts 2006/07 Season with Venture Capital Titans from Ventures West and Celtic House

More than half a billion reasons to invest an hour into the September podcast of OCRIRadio.com

Ottawa, Sept. 20, 2006 – So far in 2006 venture capital (VC) financings are down in high tech Ottawa, but employment is up. What gives? Join co-hosts Jeffrey Dale, President and CEO of OCRI, and Nathan Rudyk, President of market2world communications inc. as they talk to two of Canada’s top venture capital leaders and one of the city’s most revered entrepreneurs to find out where the big money’s going, and how Ottawa must position itself to attract more of it.

Dale and Rudyk interview Andrew Waitman, Managing Partner of Celtic House, Ottawa’s largest venture capital company with offices in Toronto and Gloucester, England; and Ted Anderson, President of Ventures West, one of the largest and most successful VC companies in the country with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and now in Ottawa. The two men control more than a half billion dollars in their latest funds.

The hour-long September podcast of OCRIRadio.com also features an interview with Dr. Michael Caughey, OCRI’s founding President in the 80s, creator of the Technology Venture Dinners in the 90s, a renowned entrepreneur, and now board member on several Ottawa tech companies. Rounding out the podcast’s guest list is Stephen Daze, Executive Director of OCRI’s Entrepreneurship Centre and organizer of the Oct. 10th-12th Ottawa Venture and Technology Summit.

Past guests on OCRIRadio.com include Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer; Alec Saunders, co-founder and CEO of iotum; and University of Ottawa copyright law Professor and blogger Michael Geist.

About market2world communications inc.

market2world is Canada's Web 2.0 social media agency, where markets are conversations - dynamic global conversations occurring every minute of every day inside and outside organizations. market2world puts Web 2.0 tools like blogs, podcasts, wikis, and vcasts to work so companies and institutions can tap in, participate, and grow business with social media. For more information visit "The Trojan Mouse" blog at www.market2world.com

About OCRI

OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation), the city's economic development corporation, is leading the way for Ottawa. OCRI is the rallying point to bring business, education and research together to create the winning economic conditions that allow Ottawa's technology companies to thrive locally and compete globally. At OCRI we promote sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. For more information on OCRI visit our website at www.ocri.ca and for more information on the Ottawa Region please visit www.ottawaregion.com.

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