From plan to product.

Seed capital placed at the moment a YEDI graduate is ready to incorporate, prototype, hire, or reach a first customer. Grants, not loans. No repayment.

I. The first year

The first cohort of recipients.

CAD $18,000

Allocated to seed grants in the Foundation's first fiscal year. One founder received the first cheque.

The figure is small by design. The point of the first year was to prove the channel works — capital committed by partners, deployed through the framework agreement, awarded by the designated institution to a graduate who had already built a credible plan. The next year scales against that pattern, not against the dollar amount.

II. Eligibility & Apply

Through YEDI, not through CFIR.

Seed grants are available only to graduates of YEDI programmes funded by CFIR scholarships. The Foundation does not accept individual applications. YEDI evaluates each applicant on venture viability, market readiness, and programme performance — the same body that admitted the founder selects them again at exit.

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III. Elsewhere

For mandate & framework, see the Service Register.

How capital is committed, governed, and reported is documented once in the Service Register.

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