Integrated Marketplace
The Integrated Marketplace is a demand-driven platform to test, deploy and scale made-in-B.C. innovation while de-risking technology adoption for key provincial industries and supporting their ability to address decarbonization, productivity, and safety.
Through cost-shared funding, the platform supports collaborative projects between B.C. innovators (Solution Providers) and innovation-seeking organizations (Solution Adopters) in key provincial sectors, enabling new home-grown technologies to be deployed in active operational settings (Testbeds).
Offered by Innovate BC
Amount
No fixed amount
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Who can apply
The Integrated Marketplace is demand-driven.  Projects are identified, prioritized, and developed by eligible companies operating within approved testbeds.  Eligible projects must occur at approved testbeds and:
- Be related to decarbonization, improving productivity and competitiveness and/or increasing health and safety
- Be no longer than 12 months in length
- Occur within one of the seven approved testbeds
- Involve at least one B.C.-based Solution Provider
- Involve the testing of a commercially ready innovation in real-world operating conditions in a manner that ensures performance data is captured and can be shared with other potential customers
- Involve at least two potential customers for the innovation or product being used in the project
Company Eligibility
- Eligible Solution Adopters operating within any of the four approved testbeds may submit a project proposal to the IM program upon agreeing to IM’s program conditions. Please contact the IM program for more information.
What is a Solution Provider (SP) and what is required of them to be eligible participants in a project?
SPs are B.C.-based companies that respond to the innovation needs (demand) of the Solution Adopter (SA) and provide their product or service to be used in real-world conditions for a project within a testbed. At least one SP must meet the following conditions and complete the appropriate attestation form. All eligible projects must involve at least one B.C.-based SP.
About the funding
Through cost-shared funding, the platform supports collaborative projects between B.C. innovators (Solution Providers) and innovation-seeking organizations (Solution Adopters) in key provincial sectors, enabling new home-grown technologies to be deployed in active operational settings (Testbeds).
The Integrated Marketplace co-funds projects alongside industry partners. Industry co-funding is required to demonstrate a high level of commitment from the potential customer to procuring the product if it can demonstrate sufficient benefits.
The IM allows for a wide range of eligible costs that include:
- Incremental salaries specifically related to the project
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- Purchase of goods and services related to the project by the customer or supplier
- New incremental software, hardware and data sets
- Shipping, transportation and installation of a product
- Site improvements needed to specifically support the project
Similar programs
| Program | Type | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovative Clean Energy (ICE) Fund: Innovation and Partnerships | Grant | Generally between $50,000 and $3,000,000 and up to 75% of eligible costs per project | Open |
| Regional Quantum Initiative in British Columbia | Loan, Grant | $500,000 to $5 million per recipient | Open |
| AgriScience Program – Projects | Grant, In-Kind Support | Up to $5 million per project and $10 million per applicant over the program's duration (2023 to 2028) | Open |
| Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program | Grant, Loan | AAFC contribution normally not exceeding $1 million per project, generally not more than $5 million over 5 years for each applicant | Open |
