Your innovation. Our expertise. Leveraging your IP to scale.

The Innovation Asset Collective (IAC) is a not-for-profit, members-based organization funded by the Government of Canada. IAC empowers cleantech small and medium-sized enterprises to grow, strengthen their businesses, and compete internationally, with resources and programs that increase their freedom to operate and create capacity to implement intellectual property strategies.

The Innovation Asset Collective (IAC) delivers a variety of programs to help our members in cleantech industries increase competitiveness on the global market, foster growth, and ensure freedom to operate (FTO) by establishing and investing in their intellectual property (IP) strategy. This includes: 

• Funding for IP expenses through credits and competitive grants.  
• IP insurance.
• IP market intelligence reports.
• IP upskilling with access to over 70 modules and toolkits.
• A Patent Portfolio that members can leverage in disputes.   
• IP experts.

IAC is a national nonprofit that provides programs to small and medium-sized cleantech companies aimed to support their IP strategy, protect their freedom to operate, and make IP investments and decisions that will provide long-term business value.  IAC offers many things that are different from most IP programs, including:

• IAC’s patent portfolio, which is a unique resource
• IP grants that can be stacked with other funding
• IP intelligence reporting and patent monitoring
• The proprietary IP Maturity Framework™
• IP insurance with base policy reimbursement

IAC membership is open to companies that meet all the following criteria: 

• Small or medium-sized business with fewer than 500 employees. 
• Data-driven cleantech company, meaning the company must create technology with an intended positive environmental benefit.  
• Canadian resident enterprise, as defined by Canadian tax law. In certain circumstances, additional criteria will be considered, e.g. for publicly traded companies.