AI2Market, a collaboration between Dal Innovates, Lab2Market, and ShiftKey Labs, mirrors the nationally recognized Lab2Market entrepreneurship program with a focus on training students in AI. It unfolds in three stages – Discover, Validate, and Launch – and is open to any postsecondary student in Atlantic Canada.

SME exporters stand at a pivotal crossroads, poised to leap from steady incremental growth to explosive global impact by harnessing AI’s transformative power—traditionally the domain of startups and innovation giants.

Deep tech, medtech, and pharma ventures have always faced a decade-long gauntlet of massive capital demands and crushing scientific risk, limiting the pace of breakthroughs that could transform human health and sustainability.

Traditionally, Innovation-Driven Enterprises (IDEs) have been the primary vehicles for scaling transformative technologies. These firms, like Shopify, require significant capital, long innovation cycles, and large teams to bring breakthrough products to global markets – but they have delivered outsized impact as far as jobs and economic impact.

CPDC and Lab2Market today announced the L2M Discover Radiopharma program, a groundbreaking initiative to cultivate entrepreneurial skills among Canadian researchers in the radiopharmaceutical sector.

Concordia is the co-lead institution for Quebec in the expansion of the Lab2Market (L2M) initiative, Canada's first national-level research commercialization program supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

On January 15, U of T announced that it would be receiving $4.25 million in funding over the next five years to establish a national hub for advancing entrepreneurship and innovations in the life sciences. The hub will focus on commercializing life sciences research and delivering programs to help student- and faculty-led startups overcome challenges in developing healthcare businesses. 

Lab2Market™ is pleased to announce it has been awarded more than $32 million over the next five years from the Government of Canada through the Lab to Market grants, administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Dalhousie University has been awarded $32 million by the government of Canada to serve as the national headquarters of Lab2Market, an innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship skills training program. The program was founded by Dalhousie and Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) in 2020 and has been offered in partnership with Mitacs since 2020.

Canada is investing tens of millions dollars to boost startups across the country through the Lab2market program. V1 Studio Executive Director Diana Horqque joins Brayden Jagger Haines to talk about getting Canadian innovations on to the market.

Lab2Market™ has been awarded more than $32 million over the next five years from the Government of Canada through the Lab to Market grants, administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

The federal government's Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry has allocated $95.3 million over five years through its Lab to Market grants to support four networks of post-secondary institutions and organizations from various sectors across Canada. Centennial College is part of the Lab2Market network, which is designated as Canada's National Network for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Skills Training of Students, Researchers and Highly Qualified Persons.

Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), a co-founder of the Lab2Market network, is cementing its role at the forefront of Canada’s research commercialization efforts. As part of the Government of Canada’s recent $32 million investment in Lab2Market, TMU will receive $4.25 million over the next five years to expand innovation hubs and enhance programming across Ontario. This funding underscores Lab2Market’s transformative mission to empower researchers and graduate students to turn academic breakthroughs into impactful real-world innovations.

The federal government has announced a nearly $100-million commitment over five years to support the commercialization of lab innovations from Canadian universities. 

Concordia is the co-lead institution for Quebec in the expansion of the Lab2Market (L2M) initiative, Canada’s first national-level research commercialization program supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

The University of Lethbridge will benefit from some funding from the federal government. On Wednesday, January 15, $95.3 million in Lab to Market grants were announced to help four networks of post-secondary institutions and organizations from private, public, non-profit and health services sectors. 

In 2020, Dalhousie University partnered with Toronto Metropolitan University to pilot Lab2Market. Over the four-year pilot, Lab2Market delivered the program to participants from every province, reaching over 1,000 participants from 40 academic institutions across Canada, with more than 125 companies started by participants after completing the program.

The federal government’s Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry has allocated $95.3 million over five years through its Lab to Market grants to support four networks of post-secondary institutions and organizations from various sectors across Canada. Centennial College is part of the Lab2Market network, which is designated as Canada’s National Network for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Skills Training of Students, Researchers and Highly Qualified Persons.

Dalhousie program and Springboard partner Lab2Market, Canada’s national network for innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship skills training, has been awarded $32 million in funding from the Government of Canada.

A $95 million-dollar investment in the Lab2Market program will focus on building a culture of innovation at post-secondary institutions across Canada. UM will be part of four innovation hubs, led by Red River College Polytechnic, University of Guelph, Simon Fraser University and Dalhousie University. The networks will provide tools and support to foster the development of entrepreneurship skills and commercialization capacity.