Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) will resume seed funding for firms commercializing bio-based technologies after a four-year lull. The Sarnia ON-based former Centre of Excellence in Commercialization and Research (CECR) received $12 million from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) through its Investing in Regional Diversification initiative and $3 million from Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation and Science.