Recover up to 60% of your innovation costs.
Grants and tax credits fund a real share of innovation. Chrono finds the programs that fit your project, documents the work while we build, and helps you collect.
How does Chrono get your innovation funded?
Funding is part of the engagement, not a service you buy after the fact. The same platform that runs your project produces the record that pays part of it back.
-
We map the programs first.
Before work starts, we flag the grants and tax credits that fit your project, so eligibility shapes the plan instead of being an afterthought.
-
We build the claim while we build.
Eligible work is documented as it happens: hypotheses, iterations, technical uncertainty. The evidence exists because the platform captured it, not because someone reconstructed it in March.
-
You file audit-ready.
Claims arrive prepared and defensible. Chrono turns the build record into filing-ready documentation, and we work with your accountant on the rest.
Which programs can fund your project?
Most funded projects stack more than one, a grant paired with one or more credits. Scoping tells you which combination fits yours.
SR&ED and CDAE-AI.
SR&ED (Scientific Research and Experimental Development) returns a share of eligible engineering time, in cash for many private companies. CDAE-AI (the e-business development tax credit, now centred on AI) funds qualifying software teams.
IRAP and close to 10,000 others.
Grants like IRAP (the Industrial Research Assistance Program) pay a share of project costs up front rather than at tax time. Close to 10,000 grant programs fund innovation by sector, region, and stage. We find the ones that fit.
Between grants and tax credits, companies recover up to 60% of their innovation costs.
We build the claim while we build the product.
Why claim with Chrono instead of after the fact?
Most claims are reconstructed months after the work, from memory and commit logs. Claims built during the work are larger, faster to file, and easier to defend.
Evidence, captured live.
Every experiment, dead end, and decision is recorded on the Chrono Platform as the project runs. That contemporaneous record is exactly what reviewers ask for.
Engineers who know what qualifies.
Eligibility turns on technical judgment: what counts as technological uncertainty, which hours qualify. Our engineers flag it as it happens.
No year-end scramble.
Chrono turns the build record into audit-ready documentation. Your team reviews and files instead of reconstructing a year of work.
The assessment is free: 30 to 45 minutes on your context and the programs that fit. You leave with a clear go / no-go and concrete next steps.
Book your free assessmentCommon questions
How much of my project cost can be recovered?
Between grants and tax credits, companies recover up to 60% of innovation costs. Where you land depends on your corporate structure, your location, and the mix of programs your project qualifies for.
What kind of work qualifies as R&D?
More than most teams expect. If your project involves technological uncertainty, trying approaches that might not work, much of the engineering time can qualify for R&D tax credits. We assess fit during scoping.
Can I combine several programs?
Yes. Most funded projects stack a grant with one or more tax credits. Eligibility rules overlap, so we map the combination during scoping and document the work accordingly.
Do I have to do the paperwork?
No. The documentation is produced while we build, and claims arrive audit-ready. You review and file with your accountant; there is no year-end scramble.
Find out what your innovation qualifies for.
Book your free assessmentFree · 30 to 45 minutes · a clear go / no-go