BioCreate Program

Amount

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Odds

~11% acceptance rate

Effort

Ongoing — sign up fo

Can you get this?

✓Ontario biotech companies in eligible sectors

✓SMEs only

✓Program not currently accepting applications

✓$150,000 seed funding provided to selected companies

Your real odds

Across all cohorts since 2023, 32 of 288 applicants were accepted, an 11% acceptance rate.

Individual rounds admitted 8 to 12 companies from roughly 90 to 101 applicants, so competition within any given round was steeper than the overall rate suggests. The program has filled all planned cohorts and is closed, with no open round to enter.

What it takes

Monitor Ontario Genomics for a new round openingOngoing — sign up for email updates on their site

Prepare application via Ontario Genomics PortalAllow several weeks to complete

If selected, participate in 18-month accelerator and investor pitch opportunity18 months post-acceptance

Worth knowing

BioCreate bundles $150,000 in seed funding, 18 months of mentorship, infrastructure access, and a direct investor pitch into one package, and that pitch opportunity is something most grant-style programs at this stage do not include.

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