Protecting Canadian
Innovation.
Supporting Startups Nationwide.
ElevateIP is a national program empowering Canada's most promising startups with expert intellectual property guidance delivered through a network of trusted regional accelerators and incubators.
The National Program
Where IP Strategy Meets Startup Growth
ElevateIP, with the support of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED), works with Business Accelerators and Incubators (BAIs) across Canada to deliver professional, stage-appropriate IP services to the startups they support.
IP Strategy First
We help Canadian startups understand, develop, and protect their most valuable assets: their ideas.
Growth-Stage Ready
From seed to scale, our programs align IP strategy with your funding and commercialization milestones.
Nationwide Coverage
A unified network of regional BAIs spans every province and territory, so every founder has a local expert.
Success Stories
“Without ElevateIP, we might have had to choose between protecting our innovations or investing in product improvements. This program allowed us to do both.”
Founded by University of Waterloo graduates, Alchemy scaled their advanced protective film technologies into the high-stakes global defence sector by leveraging a comprehensive IP landscape analysis.
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The Network
Our National Delivery Partners
Supporting startups across every region of Canada.
Shared Resources
Nationally Available Tools & Resources
No matter where you are in Canada, these resources are freely available to every founder in the ElevateIP ecosystem.