Are you a new or existing southern Ontario company with an environmental project or product? Would you like $30,000 in grant funding and 40 hours of expert mentoring? The i.d.e.a. Fund is accepting applications until April 17 from incorporated companies, with 1:1 matching funds for up to $30,000 - and 4:1 matching funds for women, BIPOC or LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs!
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 the following Ontario Regional Innovation Centres (RICs): Innovation Guelph, Haltech, Innovate Niagara, WEtech Alliance, Innovation Factory and TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, 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. Each RIC will distribute up to a maximum of $30,000 in matching seed funding to select innovative businesses in various sectors.
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 – keep reading!
Cohort 2 applications will open on March 24 to April 17, 2023.
For more details click here: https://www.innovateniagara.com/site/idea-fund