A2O Advanced Materials

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.a2o-pilot-and-scale.question

Innovate BC said the material would be piloted with marine partners in Richmond; it did not name the partners or publish pilot results.

Supports: Profile · operating context

Innovate BC said the material would be piloted with marine partners in Richmond; it did not name the partners or publish pilot results.

Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary

Innovate BC said the material would be piloted with marine partners in Richmond; it did not name the partners or publish pilot results.

Supports: Profile · canadian footprint

Innovate BC said the material would be piloted with marine partners in Richmond; it did not name the partners or publish pilot results.

Supports: Profile · commercial status

In the announcement, Gilmour described critical piloting with first marine customers and faster manufacturing scale-up; this supports an attributed pilot-stage read, not broad commercial deployment.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.a2o-pilot-and-scale.context

Innovate BC said the material would be piloted with marine partners in Richmond; it did not name the partners or publish pilot results.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · maturity

In the announcement, Gilmour described critical piloting with first marine customers and faster manufacturing scale-up; this supports an attributed pilot-stage read, not broad commercial deployment.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · commercial availability

In the announcement, Gilmour described critical piloting with first marine customers and faster manufacturing scale-up; this supports an attributed pilot-stage read, not broad commercial deployment.

Supports: Profile · description

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: Profile · operating context

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: Profile · commercial status

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: Profile · executive relevance summary

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.a2o-pilot-and-scale.question

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary

NRC discloses a CAD 320,000 contribution, agreement 1037570, from2025-11-01 through2026-10-31.

Supports: Profile · reviewed questions.a2o-pilot-and-scale.context

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · maturity

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · technicaldomainslugs

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · commercial availability

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: NRC IRAP manufacturing contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.1.disclosedSummary

NRC discloses a CAD 320,000 contribution, agreement 1037570, from2025-11-01 through2026-10-31.

Supports: NRC IRAP manufacturing contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.1.eventType

NRC discloses a CAD 320,000 contribution, agreement 1037570, from2025-11-01 through2026-10-31.

Supports: NRC IRAP manufacturing contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.1.disclosedSummary

The project aims to optimize and scale production of proprietary adhesive coatings protecting steel and concrete from corrosion, fouling and environmental fatigue.

Supports: NRC IRAP manufacturing contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.1.amountCurrency

NRC discloses a CAD 320,000 contribution, agreement 1037570, from2025-11-01 through2026-10-31.

Supports: NRC IRAP manufacturing contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.1.amountValue

NRC discloses a CAD 320,000 contribution, agreement 1037570, from2025-11-01 through2026-10-31.

Supports: Profile · operating context

UBC describes new aminated materials whose hydrogen-bonding interactions let bonds reform after damage; the work was still scaling toward economic competition with conventional coatings in2022.

Supports: Profile · founded year

UBC Magazine says Gilmour, Schafer and Hatzikiriakos’s research led to A2O being cofounded in2021 with entrepreneurship@UBC mentorship. This is not an inspected corporate-incorporation record.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.publicSummary

UBC Magazine says Gilmour, Schafer and Hatzikiriakos’s research led to A2O being cofounded in2021 with entrepreneurship@UBC mentorship. This is not an inspected corporate-incorporation record.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.relatedOrganizationName

UBC Magazine says Gilmour, Schafer and Hatzikiriakos’s research led to A2O being cofounded in2021 with entrepreneurship@UBC mentorship. This is not an inspected corporate-incorporation record.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.relationshipType

UBC Magazine says Gilmour, Schafer and Hatzikiriakos’s research led to A2O being cofounded in2021 with entrepreneurship@UBC mentorship. This is not an inspected corporate-incorporation record.

Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Profile · canadian footprint

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: 2021 Growth-stream award recipient relationship

Source location: relationships.2.relationshipType

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: 2021 Growth-stream award recipient relationship

Source location: relationships.2.publicSummary

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: 2021 Growth-stream award recipient relationship

Source location: relationships.2.relatedOrganizationName

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Ocean Startup Challenge Growth award funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.4.disclosedSummary

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Ocean Startup Challenge Growth award funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.4.amountCurrency

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Ocean Startup Challenge Growth award funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.4.eventType

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Ocean Startup Challenge Growth award funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.4.amountValue

Ocean Startup Project says A2O won its2021 Ocean Startup Challenge Growth stream and received CAD 50,000 in non-dilutive funding for marine development/test/validation.

Supports: Profile · operating context

The research aims to maintain coating-to-metal adhesion and self-repair aging cracks; the abstract presents potential and formulation work, not completed lifetime-performance metrics.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.publicSummary

Mitacs lists A2O as partner, Laurel Schafer as faculty supervisor, UBC as university and Elevate as program for amino-polyolefin coating formulation and corrosion protection.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.relationshipType

Mitacs lists A2O as partner, Laurel Schafer as faculty supervisor, UBC as university and Elevate as program for amino-polyolefin coating formulation and corrosion protection.

Supports: Research origin and collaboration relationship

Source location: relationships.0.relatedOrganizationName

Mitacs lists A2O as partner, Laurel Schafer as faculty supervisor, UBC as university and Elevate as program for amino-polyolefin coating formulation and corrosion protection.

Supports: Profile · operating context

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: Profile · description

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: Profile · organization categories

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: Profile · disclosed financing summary

NRC discloses a CAD 120,000 contribution, agreement 1032400, from2025-07-01 through2026-03-31 for a BC Fast Pilot coating project.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · maturity

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · defence applications

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · summary

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: APE Tape protective adhesion and coating repair material · defence applications

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: NRC BC Fast Pilot contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.2.disclosedSummary

The project describes scaling aminated self-healing coating tapes called APE tapes for marine-industry use; listed outcomes are intended benefits, not measured trial results.

Supports: NRC BC Fast Pilot contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.2.disclosedSummary

NRC discloses a CAD 120,000 contribution, agreement 1032400, from2025-07-01 through2026-03-31 for a BC Fast Pilot coating project.

Supports: NRC BC Fast Pilot contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.2.eventType

NRC discloses a CAD 120,000 contribution, agreement 1032400, from2025-07-01 through2026-03-31 for a BC Fast Pilot coating project.

Supports: NRC BC Fast Pilot contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.2.amountValue

NRC discloses a CAD 120,000 contribution, agreement 1032400, from2025-07-01 through2026-03-31 for a BC Fast Pilot coating project.

Supports: NRC BC Fast Pilot contribution funding event

Source location: fundingEvents.2.amountCurrency

NRC discloses a CAD 120,000 contribution, agreement 1032400, from2025-07-01 through2026-03-31 for a BC Fast Pilot coating project.

Supports: Profile · primary location.latitude

NRCan geographical-name record JBRIK identifies Vancouver, British Columbia, at latitude49.261111 and longitude-123.113889; this is a city reference point, not A2O premises or headquarters.

Supports: Profile · primary location.longitude

NRCan geographical-name record JBRIK identifies Vancouver, British Columbia, at latitude49.261111 and longitude-123.113889; this is a city reference point, not A2O premises or headquarters.

Supports: Listed investor portfolio company relationship

Source location: relationships.1.relationshipType

Archangel lists A2O in Phoenix Fire2024/2024 Portfolio; neither investment amount nor exact closing date is disclosed on that entry.

Supports: Listed investor portfolio company relationship

Source location: relationships.1.relatedOrganizationName

Archangel lists A2O in Phoenix Fire2024/2024 Portfolio; neither investment amount nor exact closing date is disclosed on that entry.

Supports: Listed investor portfolio company relationship

Source location: relationships.1.publicSummary

Archangel lists A2O in Phoenix Fire2024/2024 Portfolio; neither investment amount nor exact closing date is disclosed on that entry.