Invest Nova Scotia early stage commercialisation support (formerly Innovacorp)
Status not published
Rolling; contact Invest Nova Scotia directly. The former Innovacorp Spark competition series has not run under that name since the merger.
Invest Nova Scotia (which absorbed Innovacorp and Nova Scotia Business Inc. in 2023) makes early-stage equity investments and provides incubation. Investment sizes are negotiated; the former Innovacorp Early Stage Commercialization Fund typically invested in the low hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars.
public · regional
Deadline: Open all year — Rolling; contact Invest Nova Scotia directly. The former Innovacorp Spark competition series has not run under that name since the merger.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, health, climate, any
- Stage: pre-seed and seed
- Locally registered entity required
Nova Scotia-based knowledge economy startups.
How to apply
- Contact Invest Nova Scotia via the website.
- Submit business plan and financials.
- Due diligence.
- Investment or incubation agreement.
What you will need
- Business plan
- Cap table
- Financial projections
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://investnovascotia.ca/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found
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