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Profile: MaRS venture helps turn innovative ideas into commercial reality

By Christopher Mason

Published: October 16 2009 04:30 | Last updated: October 16 2009 04:30

For Kamal Hassan, the walk to his office each morning is often the best networking opportunity of the day .

Mr Hassan, chief executive of SkyMeter, which specialises in pay-as-you-go insurance, parking, roads and measuring vehicle emissions, is among many start-up business leaders in Toronto benefiting from a four-year-old venture to nurture, grow and monetise the city’s medical, science and technology research sectors.

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