REGINA — Innovation Saskatchewan is allocating more than $1.1 million to four industry-led research and development (R&D) projects through the Saskatchewan Advantage Innovation Fund (SAIF) and Agtech Growth Fund (AGF).
SAIF supports commercialization of game-changing innovations in the province's core economic sectors, while the AGF operates in parallel to accelerate the commercialization of novel agricultural technologies.
The intake period for both programs takes place twice per year. For the fall 2022 intake, SAIF and AGF funding will support four innovative companies as they accelerate their R&D projects and commercialization efforts. These include:
- RAYHAWK Technologies Inc. - Developing an autonomous railcar lid opening system to improve worker safety ($450,000).
- Prairie Clean Energy - Developing a technically viable pathway in Saskatchewan for producing and using flax straw pellets as industrial biomass fuel ($180,000).
- Super GeoAI Technology Inc. - Developing a mobile application capable of automating quantification and assessment of wheat heads and kernels using artificial intelligence and smartphone images ($200,000).
- Kvale Informatics Consulting Ltd. (formerly Mera Development Corp.) - Developing a data platform between grain farmers and processors, providing a single point of access to information related to grain production, storage and processing ($300,000).
