International Institute of Certified Innovators & Entrepreneurs (IICIE)

Name

International Institute of Certified Innovators & Entrepreneurs (IICIE)

Website

https://iicie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Certification and Entrepreneurship Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Educational Support Services (61171), Business and Secretarial Schools (61141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Entrepreneurship Foundations & Startup Basics (EDAMAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Workforce Programs (EDAAAOAM), Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC), Business Planning, Pitching & Competitions (Pitch Decks, Demo Days) (EDAMAHAB)

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship certification
• Startup training programs
• Business innovation certification
• CBIM certification
• Entrepreneur education services

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

IICIE offers the CBIM certification and training programs designed to promote startups and entrepreneurs. The organization delivers structured educational content and credentials aimed at aspiring and established entrepreneurs seeking recognized certifications in business innovation and entrepreneurship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CBIM Certification A certification program (CBIM) offered by IICIE to validate competence in business innovation and entrepreneurship, targeted at aspiring entrepreneurs, startup founders, and small business owners.
• Entrepreneurship Training Programs Structured training programs offered by IICIE to promote startups and entrepreneurs, focused on building entrepreneurship and business innovation capabilities.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Creative Destruction Lab (CDL): Toronto-based (Rotman School, University of Toronto) seed-stage program for massively scalable science- and technology-based startups. Comparable to IICIE as a Toronto-rooted founder development and certification-style program.
• SCORE: U.S.-based nonprofit network offering free entrepreneur mentoring, workshops, and certification-style courses. Directly comparable to IICIE in the entrepreneur education and small business training niche.
• Y Combinator Startup School: Free online entrepreneur curriculum and founder community run by Y Combinator. Comparable to IICIE in delivering structured startup foundation content to aspiring entrepreneurs, though at vastly greater scale and brand recognition.
• Future Founders: Nonprofit that runs entrepreneurship education and incubation programs, particularly for young founders. Comparable to IICIE in delivering structured startup and entrepreneurship training to early-stage founders.
• Founder Institute: Global pre-seed accelerator and entrepreneur training program that combines structured curriculum with cohort-based mentorship. Directly comparable to IICIE in offering a defined entrepreneur certification/training pathway for early-stage founders.
• FastTrac (Kauffman Foundation): Entrepreneur education program from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation offering certified curricula for aspiring and existing founders. Directly comparable to IICIE's CBIM-style certification model and entrepreneur-training focus.

Regional players

• MaRS Discovery District: Toronto-based innovation hub supporting entrepreneurs through programs, advisory, and venture services. Comparable to IICIE as a fellow Toronto ecosystem player offering structured founder programming and certification-style pathways.
• DMZ (Toronto Metropolitan University): Toronto-based startup incubator offering programs, mentorship, and certification-style experiences for founders. Comparable to IICIE as a Toronto-rooted founder development and credential-style program in the same city and ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Udemy Business: Global marketplace of on-demand business and entrepreneurship courses with completion certificates. Comparable to IICIE in selling entrepreneur training content, though Udemy operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Coursera Entrepreneurship Catalog: Global MOOC platform offering hundreds of entrepreneurship and innovation courses, many with completion certificates. Comparable to IICIE as a broader incumbent in the same online entrepreneur certification/training category.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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