Grant Financing
improve your cash flow
There are thousands of grants in Canada ranging from hundreds of dollars for training to millions of dollars for investment. Venbridge’s experts will understand your business goals and recommend which grants, subsidies or loans you qualify for and how we can finance them.
Combined with SR&ED, we can develop a financing package to ensure you are maximizing your government incentives. Our consultants are experts in your industry and will find even the most obscure programs to help you grow.
growth capital
to power your grants
how grant financing works
- There can be months, and even years between the approval of the grant and the final disbursement. Venbridge provides you with the funding when you need it via our Grant Financing programme.
- Venbridge will look at your business plan and financial needs and put a plan together to meet your business objectives. The timing of the government grants and loans may not meet your needs. Venbridge can fix this with our unique grant financing solutions.
criteria
- Established company with a solid historical performance
- Minimum $200,000 grant
- Clear criteria for grant disbursement
- Company more than 2 years old
benefits
- FAST: Receive funds in as little as 5 days
- COST EFFECTIVE: While there is a cost to the loan, if you compare it to the cost of equity, the loan is usually much less expensive
- SIMPLE: Standard loan documentation which is easy to understand
flexibility
- Our desire is to provide you as much funding to meet your business objectives. We will look at all assets that can be funded to meet your needs
- Principle holidays, deferred interest are just a couple of the features we offer you for a better solution
federal funding programs
Agri-Marketing Program
Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP)
Canada Small Business Financing Program (CSBFP)
Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP)
Canadian International Innovation Program (CIIP)
CanExport
Innovation Superclusters Initiative (ISI)
IRAP
MITACS
NSERC
SD Tech Fund
Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF)
provincial funding programs
ONTARIO
Advancing Water Technologies (AWT) Program
Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program
Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Program
CME SMART Green Fund
Early Stage Exporters
Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF)
Export Market Access
Greenbelt Fund: Local Food Investment Fund
Health Technologies Fund (HTF)
IESO Conservation Fund
Investment Accelerator Fund
Northern Ontario Heritage Foundation Corporation Programs
OCE Customer Demonstration Program
OCE Market Readiness Program
Ontario Exporters Fund
Ontario Scale-Up Vouchers Program
Ontario business research institute tax credit
Southwestern Ontario Development Fund (SWODF)
OTHER PROVINCES
Western Innovation Initiative – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba
Accelerating Innovations Into Care – Alberta
Alberta Export Support Fund – Alberta
Alberta-Ontario Innovation Program – Alberta
Industry Commercialization Associates Program – Alberta
Industry R&D Associates Program – Alberta
Product Demonstration Program – Alberta
Fisheries Loan Guarantee Program – Newfoundland
Business Investment Fund – Newfoundland
Film and video tax credit – Newfoundland
Regional Development Fund – Newfoundland
Investment Attraction Fund – Newfoundland
Commercialization Support for Business Program (CSBP) – Manitoba
Manitoba Industrial Opportunities Program (MIOP) – Manitoba
Manufacturing & Processing Investment Tax Credit – Saskatchewan