Prototyping Program

Overview of the Prototyping Program program:

This program has an open-funding application that allows you to describe your product's financial needs.

Benefits of the Prototyping Program program:

• Gain capital to prove your product and test your hypothesis, this will help you make the necessary changes to improve your prototype idea.

Eligibility criteria of the Prototyping Program program:

• To be eligible as an eligible applicant you must:
  • Meet the specific Eligible Applicant criteria noted in Program Guidelines (Download PDF)
  • Be Canadian-controlled as determined in sections 26 to 28 of the Investment Canada Act
  • Have your head office in Canada
  • Be in good standing with all applicable talent and industry associations and guilds
  • Have affirmed and attested that the Project submitted for funding complies with the CMFs Narrative Positioning Policy
  • Have registered for a PERSONA-ID https://cmf-fmc.ca/persona-id/ account(s) and have provided this account number as part of their Application.
  • Must own and control all rights necessary to produce and exploit the Eligible Project
• IMPORTANT: *Entities that provide services but do not own applicable rights are not eligible to apply to the CMF.*
• For your project to be eligible, it must:
  • Rights of ownership, significantly and meaningfully developed, by Canadians
  • It is conceptualized in Canada, with at least 75% of its Eligible Costs being Canadian costs
  • It is under Canadian ownership and Canadian executive, creative, and financial control