Applications for i.d.e.a. Fund now open!

i.d.e.a.™ Fund is a program that fosters sustainable and circular economy growth by accepting high potential businesses that have a commitment to developing new green products, services, processes, and technologies and/or redesigning existing products, services, processes, and technologies to reduce their impact on the environment.

This program will continue to provide specialized industry expertise to develop growth plans and related strategies in 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. Each RIC will distribute up to a maximum of $20,000 in matching seed funding to select innovative businesses in various sectors.

The i.d.e.a. Fund is funded by the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and delivered in partnership with the following Ontario Regional Innovation Centres (RICs): Boundless Accelerator, Innovate Niagara, Innovation Factory, Launch Lab, TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario and WEtech Alliance, to support a more sustainable economy while fostering an inclusive and equitable growth in southern Ontario.

If your company is in southern Ontario, has a project that might fit the criteria and is interested in benefiting from a financial injection of seed funding and executive-level mentorship, apply before September 30, 2024. Apply now.

Want to learn more? Register for the upcoming virtual information sessions.

⭕ September 9, 2024 | 3:30 to  5:00pm EST

⭕ September 19, 2024 | 8:30 to 10:00am EST

⭕ September 25, 2024 | 12:00 to 1:30pm EST

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