Commercialization Opportunities

Table of Contents

• Overview

• Commercialization Support Organizations

• Business Incubators Locations

• Intellectual Property Commercialization

• Innovation Policy Links

Overview

Research generates economic opportunities that can be commercialized and help the provincial economy grow.

The links below lead entrepreneurs to supporting organizations, funding programs business incubators, available intellectual property and innovation policy sites that support commercialization.

Commercialization Support Organizations

These organizations provide business support such as mentoring, business and market planning and access to professional services.

Funding links connect to access to capital and a number of funding program links.

Business Incubators Locations for early stage businesses with access to business services.

Intellectual Property Commercialization opportunities and sources of innovation / technology.

Innovation Policy links give more information about innovation policy in other jurisdictions.

MaRS connects the communities of science, business and capital and fosters collaboration among them.

Agriculture Technology Commercialization Centre located in Guelph encompasses three agricultural based organizations:

• Ontario Agri-Food Technologies (OAFT)
• BioEnterprise
• Soy 20/20
  
  

Funding

The funding links below connect to access to capital and a number of funding program links:

Access to Capital

Private sources of equity / capital:

• Canadian Venture Capital Association
  
• National Angel Investors

General Government Funding Programs

• Ministry of Economic Development Ontario
  

• Ministry of Research and Innovation
  

• Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
  

• Agricultural Adaptation Council
  

Industry Canada Commercialization portal:

Initiatives that aid in the development of the life sciences industry

Environmental:

• OMAFRA List of environmental programs
  
• Natural Resources Canada Directory of Energy Efficiency and Alternative Energy Programs in Canada Energy:

Business Incubators Locations

For early stage businesses with access to business services:

• McMaster Innovation resources - lab incubator
  

• Waterloo University
  

• Toronto
  

• Ottawa Information and Communications Technologies
  

• St, Lawrence College Brockville Eastern Ontario Centre for Advanced Technologies
  

• London Lawson Health Research Institute
  

• London Stiller Centre for Technology Commercialization
  

Intellectual Property Commercialization

Commercialization Opportunities Sources of Innovation / Technology

• University of Guelph Business Development Office
  

• Canadian Intellectual property
  

• University of Toronto
  

• BioTechCircle
  

• AAFC

Innovation Policy Links

To learn more about innovation policy in other jurisdictions:

• Australian international policy papers on innovation
  
• European Innovation policy