A tech startup incubator and investment program combining Wesley Clover expertise with a University of Victoria partnership.
- Location:
- Victoria, BC, Canada
- Stages:
- Pre-seed, Seed
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
Frequently asked
The programmes page marks ARC Lab and the APEX Program as accepting applications. It also lists the Startup Visa Program, the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund and the Fulbright Canada Entrepreneurship Initiative without an intake status.
No. That page states: "Intake is now closed for the Startup Visa Program (SUV) following Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)’s announcement that Canada will no longer accept new SUV applications as of December 31, 2025."
ARC Lab (Allied Readiness and Capabilities Lab) is a six-month intensive lab of 11 modules that helps Canadian companies with commercialised technology enter defence and security markets. It is subsidised by Pacific Economic Development Canada, and the page states that Alacrity Canada does not take equity in companies through ARC Lab. Applications go through a form linked from the page, or arc-lab@alacritycanada.com.
APEX (Advanced Pathways for Export) runs six-month cohorts, with an optional advisory extension, helping British Columbia SMEs expand into global markets through advisory support, workshops, in-market support and office hours. The contact is apex@alacritycanada.com.
No deadline or cohort start date is published on the programmes page or on the ARC Lab or APEX pages. Both open programmes describe applications as accepted rather than tied to a dated window.
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