Organization · Grant Maker
Easly
Easly is a Canada-based Capital-as-a-Service platform that provides non-dilutive financing to innovative companies by advancing their earned SR&ED tax credits. It focuses on alternative funding solutions that allow businesses to access capital without diluting equity ownership.
Overview
What Easly does
What Easly is
Easly is a Canada-based Capital-as-a-Service platform that provides non-dilutive financing to innovative companies by advancing their earned SR&ED tax credits. It focuses on alternative funding solutions that allow businesses to access capital without diluting equity ownership.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports grantor capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Grant Maker
- Founded
- Founded in 2019
- Approximate age
- About 7 years
- Structured capabilities
- Grantor
- Last reviewed
- March 28, 2026
Official channels
Find Easly elsewhere
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Capability profile
Easly as a grantor
Grant thesis
Easly is dedicated to providing non-dilutive financing solutions for innovative companies in Canada, focusing on advances on SR&ED tax credits to support research and development.
Focus narrative
Easly specializes in offering advances on Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credits, providing a non-dilutive funding source for companies engaged in R&D. The organization aims to support businesses across various sectors and stages of growth, facilitating quick access to capital to help manage cash flow and reinvest in further research and development activities.
Value and support
Beyond funding, Easly provides valuable resources for Canadian innovators, including educational content through blogs, webinars, and newsletters that cover financing strategies, SR&ED tax credits, and business growth insights.
Grant economics
- Dilutive
- No
- Nonprofit only
- No
Availability
- Application state
- Accepting
Eligibility and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+
- Audience
- Founders
- Sectors
- Biotech & Life SciencesFintechHealthcareEnergyArtificial IntelligenceEducationConsumerCommerce & RetailClimate & SustainabilityGovTech & Civic Tech
- Regions
- Canada
Process and recipient context
Application process
Easly offers a streamlined application process for companies to access advances on their SR&ED tax credits. The Capital-as-a-Service platform enables businesses to receive up to 75% of their accrued SR&ED tax credits as cash advances, ensuring a quick and efficient funding experience.
Recipient context
Easly has supported over 500 companies, deploying more than $300 million in capital. Notable portfolio companies include MMIST Inc., which praised Easly for its efficient financing process; Blockthrough, whose co-founder highlighted the critical role of Easly's funding in achieving product-market fit; and TritonWear, which valued Easly's competitive rates and transparency.
Common questions
What to know about Easly
Upseed classifies Easly under the Grant Maker organization type. Its current public profile includes grantor capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 28, 2026
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