# Intellectual Property Ontario

> Intellectual Property Ontario is a VC fund backing Education and Universities. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 77%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intellectual-property-ontario/
- Website: https://www.ip-ontario.ca/

Intellectual Property Ontario is a provincial body that provides reliable IP support and services to help Ontario businesses and researchers innovate and flourish.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 6 | 46% |
| Universities | 4 | 31% |
| Higher Education | 3 | 23% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 15% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 11 | 85% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 15% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cheryl Nicholson | Chief Operating Officer | 0 | — |
| Dan Herman | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Resiliocs Intelligence | Resilio Climate Solutions is an AI-powered climate risk intelligence platform helping asset owners, institutional investors, and insurers price climate risk, reduce losses, optimize CAPEX and maximize ROI on adaptation investments. Unlike traditional models that rely on static hazard maps, Resiliocs combines engineering-grade simulations, AIdigital twins, and systemic risk modeling to deliver forward-looking, asset-level insights. Learn more by visiting our website: https://resiliocs.com/ | $7.3K | Grant | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Karbon Digital | Karbon Digital is an Applied Research Technology Corporation developing next-generation AI automation and agentic intelligence platforms. The company focuses on building Human-AI systems that advances efficiency, productivity & machine cognition capabilities for consumer and enterprise systems across industries. Inventors & Developers ofDocufy AI which is a patent pending, super intelligent document automation platform. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jan 10, 2025 |  |
| University of Toronto | Established in 1827, the University of Toronto has one of the strongest research and teaching faculties in North America, presenting top students at all levels with an intellectual environment unmatched in depth and breadth on any other Canadian campus. The University of Toronto is committed to being an internationally significant researchuniversity, with undergraduate, graduate and professional programs of excellent quality.The University of Toronto is dedicated to fostering an academic community in which the learning and scholarship of every member may flourish, with vigilant protection for individual human rights, and a resolute commitment to the principles of equal opportunity, equity and justice.Within the unique university context, the most crucial of all human rights are the rights of freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of research. And we affirm that these rights are meaningless unless they entail the right to raise deeply disturbing questions and provocative challenges to the cherished beliefs of society at large and of the university itself.It is this human right to radical, critical teaching and research with which the University has a duty above all to be concerned; for there is no one else, no other institution and no other office, in our modern liberal democracy, which is the custodian of this most precious and vulnerable right of the liberated human spirit. | $300K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Brock University | Brock University is a public research university St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Brock University is designed to provide students and staff with an outstanding education and relevant employment-related experience. |  | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| University of Ottawa | The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world. Located at the heart of Canada’s capital, we have ready access to the great institutions of our country. Our advances in social sciences, health, science and the humanities make uOttawa a unique place to learn, grow and excel. |  | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Georgian College | Georgian College is one of the fastest-growing colleges in Ontario with 11,000 full-time students, including 700 international students | $300K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| George Brown College | George Brown College is an educational platform. | $250K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Sheridan College | Four-year students who started at Sheridan College often find that they have a leg up on other students, but that’s not the only reason to attend Sheridan. Located in Sheridan, Wyoming and part of the Northern Wyoming Community College District, Sheridan College offers associate’s degrees for those who wish to transfer as well as those who areseeking a solid career. Sheridan offers more than 45 different programs of study, which include Agriculture, Biotechnology, Criminal Justice, Dental Hygiene, Education, English, History, Horticulture, Nursing and Social Science. However, Sheridan’s offerings don’t end there. Sheridan also works in conjunction with several universities to offer more advanced degrees, including graduate degrees.At Sheridan, students have the option to live on campus in residence halls. Those who do choose to live on campus can take better advantage of such student life offerings as Sheridan’s academic, recreational and cultural student organizations and athletic teams. Tuition at Sheridan is substantially reduced for students who reside in Wyoming or other western states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Financial aid is available to eligible students in need.There are certain specific requirements for admission to some programs such as Nursing, Dental Hygiene and Massage Therapy. However, the general admission policy to Sheridan states that anyone at least 16 years of age may attend. | $290K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto Metropolitan University is at the intersection of mind and action. | $315K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| University of Windsor | The University of Windsor is a comprehensive, student-centred university, with more than 16,500 students enrolled in a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs including several professional schools such as Law, Business, Engineering, Education, Nursing, Human Kinetics and Social Work. The new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation,the largest capital project on campus to date, opened in the fall of 2012 as a world-class hub for innovation, featuring the latest in classroom teaching technology, an Industrial Courtyard for collaborative work with the region and 80 research labs.UWindsor will expand its campus into the downtown core when the Schools of Visual Arts, Music, Social Work, the film production program and the Centre for Executive and Professional Education, move into renovated historical buildings in 2014.The University of Windsor is located next to North America’s busiest international border crossing, where Ontario’s highway 401and Michigan’s I-75 meet, and facing one of Canada’s most beautiful waterfronts on the Detroit River. This location speaks to UWindsor’s greatness as an internationally oriented, multi-disciplined institution that actively enables a broad diversity of students, faculty and staff to make a better world through education, scholarship, research and engagement.From that diversity, the University fosters an atmosphere of close cooperation between faculty and students, creating a unifying atmosphere of excellence across all of its faculties to encourage lifelong learning, teaching, research and discovery.Its basic characteristics of openness, warmth and support make the University of Windsor an exceptionally welcoming community for students and faculty from Asia, Europe, and Africa — or from just down the street. There are more than 110,000 UWindsor alumni, with 35,000 living in the Windsor-Essex region. | $300K | Grant | Apr 08, 2024 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amazon Web Services](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-web-services) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ontario Centre of Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oci-e51e) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Intellectual Property Ontario invest in?

Intellectual Property Ontario invests primarily in Education, Universities and Higher Education startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Intellectual Property Ontario?

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### Who are the partners at Intellectual Property Ontario?

The team at Intellectual Property Ontario includes Cheryl Nicholson (Chief Operating Officer) and Dan Herman (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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