OCE and OMERS launch big data accelerator

A new venture co-funded by OMERS Ventures and the Ontario Centres of Excellence hopes to position Toronto as a global leader in the so-called big-data economy. The OneEleven business accelerator offers "data-driven entrepreneurs" an opportunity to be part of a curated, peer community that includes venture capital, industry, academia and government. Ryerson Univ has signed on as OneEleven's founding academic partner. Its aim is to use academic-driven research to bridge the commercialization gap in developing solutions to highly complex data- and time-intensive challenges….