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Corporate Innovation, with L-SPARK Select
How it works
Curate
We present 12-18 startups and scaleups from our network that match your vision, technology, and growth objectives. You select which companies to engage in the program.
Develop
As your single point of contact, we facilitate the seamless integration of technologies, processes and communication between you and your ecosystem so that everything functions as a well-oiled machine. The end goal: deliver proof of concepts.
Grow
We help ensure the sustainability of your ecosystem by facilitating collaborations for long-term value creation, which can include joint development, licensing, or acquisition. (6-9 companies)
The Ecosystem Advantage
Maximize financial efficiency
Harness the value of investing today in an innovation ecosystem that will accelerate future growth.
Mitigate competitive risk
Build your competitive advantage through direct, proprietary access to emerging technologies and innovation being developed by startups and scaleups.
Drive strategic innovation
Develop an agile approach to R&D that keeps you at the front of the innovation curve.
Accelerate growth through strategic partnerships
Secure the loyalty and creativity of emerging industry disruptors and create a sustainable pipeline of innovation that will keep you ahead of market trends.
Big tech. Big successes.
How Blackberry used L-SPARK Select to deliver high-impact transportation use cases leveraging in-vehicle data.
The L-SPARK x BlackBerry Accelerator, announced 2022, was created with the aim of growing Canadian tech companies focused on the development of SDV technologies, and delivering high-impact transportation solutions with BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, BlackBerry IVY.
How Calian used L-SPARK Select to bring innovative health solutions to market.
The CALIAN x L-SPARK MedTech Accelerator, announced January 2022, was created with the goal of partnering with smaller med-tech companies to help Calian to fill gaps in their customers’ roadmaps. By bringing in technology partners as part of an open ecosystem, CALIAN is now able to bring more value to their customers and provide a pathway to commercialization.
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