Canadian Business Grants Support Job Creation in Eastern Ontario

Canadian Business Grants Support Job Creation in Eastern Ontario

A growing number of local firms in Eastern Ontario are receiving funding (small businesses in Ottawa, Kingston and Belleville just to name a few).  These small businesses are accessing programs like The Eastern Ontario Development Fund to help create jobs and successfully grow their businesses. The approximately $2 million investment will help these local businesses create…

Free Small Biz Workshops: Business Plan Writing & Financing for Startups

Free Small Biz Workshops: Business Plan Writing & Financing for Startups

The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre assists local entrepreneurs develop new or existing businesses by offering a number of services including: Business registration assistance One-on-One business consultation and advice Market research assistance Seminars, events and networking opportunities, and more. Free & Inexpensive Small Business Workshops on Business Plan Writing & Startup Financing Spring represents a…

Looking for Follow-On Funding? NAO Angel Network Call for Companies

Looking for Follow-On Funding? NAO Angel Network Call for Companies

Pitch at Our Next Ontario’s Follow-On Investment Forum  Network of Angel Organizations – Ontario (NAO-Ontario) is now accepting applications from small businesses and start-ups that have received previous rounds of investment for an opportunity to pitch at Ontario’s Follow-On Investment Forum on Monday, May 26th in Toronto.  Companies selected through the application process will have…

Peterborough, Sudbury & Niagara Create Jobs & Drive Growth through Gov’t Funding

Peterborough, Sudbury & Niagara Create Jobs & Drive Growth through Gov’t Funding

A few key cities in Ontario have been early recipients of Ontario government grants and loans programs aiming to develop local communities by helping small businesses expand and adding jobs. Flying Colours Corp of Peterborough received funding through Eastern Ontario Development Fund, while IBS and Northwest Fudge Factory took advantage of funding through NOHFC, and…

Start-up Funding Competition: The 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award

Start-up Funding Competition: The 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is offering young entrepreneurs a chance to claim up to $100,000 in start-up funding through their annual Young Entrepreneur Competition. BDC Canada Funding for Start-ups Competition Details BDC’s annual start-up funding competition is again setting aside $25,000 and $100,000 for Canadian small businesses owned by youth that plan…

OAC Engineering Design & Development Interactive Seminar & Showcase

OAC Engineering Design & Development Interactive Seminar & Showcase

This exclusive event is hosted by the Ontario Aerospace Council (OAC) for executives from Aerospace suppliers. The objective of this two day event is to enable Ontario small and mid-sized aerospace suppliers to advance their global market position through engineering design and development activities. OAC Engineering Design & Development Interactive –Event Details Date/Time: Wednesday March…

2014 Business Funding Forecast: A Great Year to Access Government Grants & Loans

2014 Business Funding Forecast: A Great Year to Access Government Grants & Loans

Since its’ creation in August 2009 and result of partnerships with more than 5300 businesses and organizations, $1.1 billion has been invested by FedDev Ontario. This has supported additional leveraged investments at a 1:1 match with non-government sources to support businesses, organizations and communities in southern Ontario. It was a great year for our clients to…

Would You Move Your Start-up to A Small Town in Eastern Ontario for $100K?

Would You Move Your Start-up to A Small Town in Eastern Ontario for $100K?

34 Companies responded “yes” last year.  After the dust settled Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation won for its voice-activated computer, “Ubi.”  The competition is called “N100”, a Start-up Funding competition led by Northumberland CFDC in partnership with Spark Centre.  Northumberland, in case you were wondering, is a town approximately 1 hour east of Toronto, Ontario.  But…

Qualify for “Made in Ontario” Advanced Manufacturing R&D Challenge Program

Qualify for “Made in Ontario” Advanced Manufacturing R&D Challenge Program

The Made in Ontario Advanced Manufacturing R&D Challenge Program was developed and is operated by Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) and Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) in collaboration with Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). This grants for small businesses in Ontario program is offering up to $2 million in grant funding…

Skjodt-Barrett Foods Fills Tall Order with Successful Move into US Market

Skjodt-Barrett Foods Fills Tall Order with Successful Move into US Market

Mentor Works cohosts regular workshops along with Export Development Canada (EDC) to educate small- and mid-sized businesses of government funding opportunities, as well as services offered by Export Development Canada that aim to help SMEs looking to enter or expand into international markets. Jane Daly recently wrote about a Canadian manufacturer that successfully expanded into…