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ElevateIP at Communitech

ElevateIP is a federally funded, nationwide project designed to help business accelerators and incubators like Communitech provide the tools Canadian startups need to understand, strategically manage and leverage their intellectual property.

Offered by Communitech

Amount

Tier 1: no cost; Tier 2 and 3: up to $100,000 CAD worth of services

Quick eligibility check

Years in business
No minimum stated
Employees
No limit stated
Revenue
No limit stated
Legal structure
No requirement stated
Location
Ontario

Who can apply

Applicants must be:

  1. be a Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC)
  2. have less than 500 employees, and
  3. have IP owned (or to be owned) by the startup, not an individual.
  4. be headquartered in ON, MB, SK to work with Communitech and its local delivery partners Invest Ottawa and North Forge

a. Startups headquartered in other jurisdictions may be eligible and would work with other recipients of ElevateIP funding

b. Please also see the question "I am not located in Ontario, can I still participate in ElevateIP?

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