{"id":14028,"date":"2021-09-01T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=14028"},"modified":"2021-09-03T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T18:02:52","slug":"buy-blue-program","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/resource\/buy-blue-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Blue Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-textured has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ffc053ccf645b1caa753025c4d874cf3 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cfcd5d90 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:120px;padding-bottom:120px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center breadcrumb has-label-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">University of Toronto Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Buy Blue Program<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-block-group--center-content is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U of T Entrepreneurship supports entrepreneurial activity across the U of T entrepreneurship ecosystem, including managing funds provided by the Provost to support U of T startups. Included in the Provost Funding is the Buy Blue initiative that enables U of T academic and service entities to be the first buyer of products or services from new U of T startups at a discounted price, in order to support our startups\u2019 commercialization process and to showcase the products and services our entrepreneurs are creating to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Approved Buy Blue projects will offer funding to cover up to 2\/3 (67%) of an invoice from a U of T startup to a U of T customer for U of T business purposes;<\/li><li>First purchase only \u2013 U of T Company is eligible to receive funding for their&nbsp;<strong>first<\/strong>&nbsp;invoice from a U of T Startup (up to $5K);<\/li><li>U of T startup is lead by current U of T students or recent U of T alumni (up to 5 years post-graduation);<\/li><li>Maximum of $10K per startup per lifetime.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By matching university-grown start-ups with university-based faculties, departments and staff, Buy Blue creates value to the university community as a whole, and showcases not only our new products and services but also the entrepreneurial ecosystem that nurtured them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/09\/2_Buy-Blue-Application.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy Blue Application<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U of T-affiliated startups selling to U of T entities can access funds provided by the Provost aimed at accelerating our startup\u2019s products and services to the marketplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"feed":[],"resource-type":[767],"level":[],"department":[],"campus":[],"class_list":["post-14028","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-funding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/14028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/14028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15171,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/14028\/revisions\/15171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feed?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource-type?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=14028"},{"taxonomy":"campus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca\/ip-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus?post=14028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}