Innovation Growth Fund grants $900K to 12 projects
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The latest tranche of recipients of grants from the provinces’ Innovation Growth Fund — $900,000 for 12 projects — was announced this week.
The program provides up to $100,000 in non-repayable grants on a 50-50 cost-sharing basis for projects that develop and commercialize innovative products or processes.
Companies receiving grants include:
● Novel Biotechnology Inc.: $100,000, testing a new manufacturing process that builds one of the key materials needed for production and research on mRNA vaccines, including those developed for COVID-19
● QDoc Inc.: $100,000, to help commercialize its web-based platform that provides real-time patient access to virtual physician medical consultation services
● Delphi Technology Corp.: $100,000, for trials and market research for a virtual aviation campus that provides remote career training in the aerospace sector
● Evotrux Inc.: $20,000, to commercialize a proprietary software platform, which matches trucking cargo capacity with available driver and manifest resources in real-time
● FleetOperate Inc.: $100,000, to commercialize a software platform that uses proprietary driver risk assessment to facilitate access to performance-based insurance premiums and to promote improved road safety
● Tactile Robotics Ltd.: $80,250, to commercialize a fully automated and AI-assisted cage monitoring and feeding system for laboratory rodents
● Carbon Lock Technologies Inc.: $65,000, to develop a commercial prototype of a portable, environmentally friendly food waste reduction system that would allow smaller municipalities to reduce methane emissions from landfills
● Eco Lyter Inc.: $50,000, for business development for a new eco-conscious lighter design that combines a hemp wick with a plasma arc to spark and maintain a flame
● InnoVantage Inc.: $75,000, to develop a prototype with a pilot municipality to demonstrate the efficacy of a system of phosphorus removal and recovery for wastewater treatment lagoons
● OmniLyte Enviro Inc.: $27,650, to obtain certifications and market a biodegradable disinfectant made using a proprietary manufacturing process
● Bushel Plus: $96,500, to commercialize an after-market device for agricultural combines that quantifies the equipment’s operational efficiency
● Mode40 Ltd.: $100,000, for market expansion activities for a software platform that incorporates operational planning and animal science features, to optimize animal growth and the productivity of livestock facilities.