Are you scaling a high-potential business and are committed to reducing its impact on the environment by redesigning or developing new products, services, processes, and technologies? Have you heard about Innovate Niagara's i.d.e.a Fund?
Building on the momentum of the inaugural i.d.e.a. Fund cohort, applications for Cohort 2 are now open and helping pave the way for a new group of forward-thinking companies looking to commercialize innovative technologies that will help continue Canada's transition to a green economy. The i.d.e.a. Fund is a program that fosters inclusion, diversity, environment and acceleration while contributing to a green recovery, and is delivered in partnership with Ontario Regional Innovation Centres, including Innovate Niagara, to support a more sustainable economy while fostering an inclusive and equitable recovery in Southern Ontario.
This program will provide specialized industry expertise to develop growth plans and related strategies in the areas such as talent attraction, raising follow-on investment, product development and quantification of product benefits/market value propositions, commercialization of intellectual property, and market diversification.
Apply now to the i.d.e.a. Fund for your chance to receive up to $30,000 in matching seed funds and up to 40 hours of expert mentorship.
Applications are open until April 17.
i.d.e.a. Fund Info Sessions:
Curious about what the i.d.e.a. Fund program has to offer? Not sure if your business is the right fit? Register for one of our free virtual information sessions for a for live Q&A with the i.d.e.a. Fund team!
- Thursday, April 13 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
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