Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF)

OGI's Pre-commercialization Business Development Fund (PBDF) is a unique investment fund that is helping to enable the economic impact of outcomes of “omics” and life sciences research projects and technology development. Specifically, it aims to provide early-stage funding as companies (on their own or with academic collaborators) move towards commercial applications and to speed up transfer of products from lab to marketplace. The fund invests up to $100K per project.

Specific Objectives

• Create economic results from ‘omics and life sciences research;
• Support scientific entrepreneurs; and
• Generate returns for future PBDF investments.