Apr-2024
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is the Government of Canada’s largest research and technology organization. Working with our partners, we’re delivering a national platform for innovation. We conduct research, support small and medium-sized companies to help them scale up and compete and we connect Canadian innovators to leading R&D capabilities. We also enable […]
What we do Support job creation, innovation and economic growth for all Ontarians. Deliver a range of programs, services and tools to help businesses innovate and compete in today’s fast-changing global economy. Help make investing in Ontario more attractive for businesses, while protecting the public interest. Support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses so […]
In order to help businesses, accomplish their objectives, SOFII provides support to business owners by offering them repayable loans. Fed Dev Ontario supported WOCFDCA with capital investments in SOFII, as part of the agency’s Prosperity Initiative, originally in 2012 and subsequently in 2014 and 2019. The SOFII program supports high-growth, innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises […]
Feb-2022
Entrepreneurs working to bring their big ideas to life need people with the right experience, resources, and mindset to help them do what they do best—because we’re not meant to do it all alone. Through our multidisciplinary experience and our passion for people, we invest more than just our capital–we’re invested in the process of […]
Aug-2021
To grow, you need access to innovative products, services, and deep sector and operational expertise. It’s how companies scale, both now and into the future – and what RBCx was created for. At every stage of growth, having access to innovative products, services, and deep sector and operational expertise helps companies scale—both now and into […]
Apr-2021
A venture studio provides funding, but unlike a venture capital company, we assemble the right team for each venture. We work with our Board of Advisors to develop and nurture new ideas. The involvement of the studio throughout the entire growth process offers a much more predictable path to success. Current startup communities are not […]
Dec-2020
NGen is a not-for-profit organization that matches manufacturing companies with new technologies to drive advanced manufacturing in Canada. Our aim is to strengthen the competitiveness of Canada’s manufacturing sector, drive more innovation and investment in advanced manufacturing technologies in Canada, generate new commercial opportunities for Canadian companies in global markets, grow more large-scale world-leading Canadian […]
Nov-2020
adMare BioInnovations is Canada’s Global Life Sciences Venture, building the Canadian life sciences industry from sea to sea. We do this by sourcing therapeutically and commercially promising research from leading academic and biotech partners to create new companies of scale, providing specialized expertise, infrastructure, and capital to help existing companies scale up, and driving the […]
Nov-2020
FACIT strategically invests in the most promising technologies arising from Ontario’s outstanding research base. We transform the most promising oncology innovations into highly competitive opportunities that benefit patients, researchers, investors, and Ontario’s economy. FACIT is the gateway to the cancer research pipeline in Ontario. As a bridge between the public and private sectors, we apply […]
Nov-2020
Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 20 years. Working with 70 universities, 6,000 companies, and both federal and provincial governments, we build partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs has the connections you need throughout Canada’s innovation ecosystem — connections […]