Springboard and Mitacs discuss possible collaborations
From left Niraj Shukla, Daryl Genge and Derek Newton
From the Springboard Content Lab
Springboard’s CEO Daryl Genge and Niraj Shukla, Director, IP Advantage met with Derek Newton, Senior Vice-President, Business Development & Strategy at Mitacs, to explore stronger collaboration that benefits researchers, startups, and industry partners across Atlantic Canada.
They discussed Springboard’s growing portfolio of commercialization and IP strategy supports and how these can align with Mitacs’ national talent programs to help researchers and founders access the expertise, research capacity, and innovation pathways they need to scale.
“Springboard is excited for the opportunities and for the continued partnership between Springboard Atlantic and Mitacs as we work to accelerate innovation in our region.”
Daryl Genge, Springboard President and CEO
Springboard delivers IP Advantage
Springboard’s IP Advantage partners with business accelerators and incubators to give start-ups in Atlantic Canada access to vital IP supports. The program provides support for IP strategy, implementation and education.
Springboard is the Atlantic Canadian recipient of the federal Elevate IP national project designed to help business accelerators and incubators (BAIs) provide the tools Canadian startups need to understand, strategically manage and leverage their intellectual property.
Mitacs solves challenges across Canada
Mitacs works with academia, government, and the public and private sectors to help solve organizational challenges and expand Canada’s innovation capacity. Mitacs’ mission is to drive industry–academic collaboration, deploy skilled talent, and build innovation capacity to strengthen Canada’s productivity and global competitiveness.
Halifax – a thriving and integrated innovation ecosystem! … The region is driving leadership in AI, computing, ocean-science, climate sustainability, engineering (and beyond), supporting entrepreneurs through Lab2Market’s high-performance training, in addition to the acceleration power of Springboard’s regional commercialization network.
Derek Newton, Senior Vice-President, Business Development & Strategy at Mitacs
We build cooperative partnerships that link expertise in post-secondary institutions to industry and community needs.
From aerospace systems to childhood literacy rates, Mitacs-funded research helps to strengthen local and international collaborations, improve economic performance, and create jobs.
Springboard Atlantic is an Atlantic Canadian network of 19 colleges and universities. Our mission is to grow the economy through industry collaborations and research commercialization.