Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Accelerator

Food Propel’s Growth Fund

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Accelerator

Description:

Food Propel's Growth Fund provides financial support to food companies on PEI to grow their business. Food Propel is an intensive one-year accelerator program providing selected companies workshops, market investigation, a dedicated mentor team, networking & learning and access to their Growth Fund.

Comments on Funding:

No other details available.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling Deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be PEI food companies,
  • be willing to take the next critical step to capitalize on their growth potential.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must book their free consultation.

Documentation Needed:

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

The Food Island Partnership is supporting the growth of PEI food businesses, providing a series of activities to value-added food companies.

Program Contact:

Food Propel

Food Company Support

Energia Ventures

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Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Accelerator

Description:

Energia Ventures is a three-month intensive accelerator for entrepreneurs with an innovative business in the energy, smart grid, artificial intelligence, cleantech, and cybersecurity sectors. The program provides funding, mentoring, and programming to take your business to the next stage. 

Comments on Funding:

No details available.

When It Ends:

Applications for the Spring 2023 cohort are open.

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

  • companies transforming energy, cleantech, cybersecurity, AI and the smart grid system;
  • companies that are creating hardware, software, and/or services.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must register for F6S and build their profile;

2

Applicants must fill out the application on the F6S platform;

3

Applicants must film a one-minute video pitch about their business, as well as a one-minute video pitch introducing their team;

4

Applicants must upload the films on YouTube or Vimeo and include the link in the application.

Documentation Needed: 

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

Applications for the Spring 2023 cohort are open. 

Program Contact:

Benefits | Energia Ventures | Fredericton, Canada

Summer Institute

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Amount:

$7,000

Type of Program:

Accelerator, Grants

Description:

The Summer Institute is a 3-month intensive accelerator which offers participants funding for living costs and prototyping, and skills training and coaching as they turn their vision into a livelihood. 

Comments on Funding:

Funding will take the form of:

  1. 1
    a scholarship of up to $5,000 (these scholarships support up to three team members during the program).
  2. 2
    a grant of up to $2,000 for prototype development.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

  • have a creative business or innovative product/service idea;
  • be older than 19.

Application Steps:

1

Applicants must register for F6S and build their profile;

2

Applicants must fill out the application on the F6S platform;

3

Applicants must film a one-minute video pitch about their business;

4

Applicants must upload the films on YouTube or Vimeo and include the link in the application;

5

Applicants must attend a phone interview;

6

Applicants must pitch their business to the selection panel;

7

Applicants must receive an acceptance letter, if successful.

Documentation Needed: 

No specific documentation has been identified.

Program Contact:

The Summer Institute | Accelerator Program | Fredericton, Canada

JEDI Indigenous Business Accelerator Program

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Amount:

N/A

Type of Program:

Accelerator

Description:

The Joint Economic Development Initiative (JEDI) Indigenous Business Accelerator Program assists existing and community-owned businesses in developing their business and entrepreneurship skills and expanding their network with the support of their assigned mentor. This unique 10-week program provides the tools to excel in advanced business opportunities with industry and federal procurement. 

Comments on Funding:

No funding provided.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must be:

  • an entrepreneur,
  • an existing business,
  • a community,
  • Indigenous people/business across New Brunswick.

Application Steps:

1

The applicant must contact JEDI through their email address: info@jedinb.ca.

Documentation Needed: 

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

The initiative is supported by the Government of Canada, the Government of New Brunswick, and multiple industry partners. 

Program Contact:

Joint Economic Development Initiative

Invest Nova Scotia Accelerate

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Amount:

$40.000 

Type of Program:

Accelerator, Grants

Description:

Delivered 100 per cent virtually, Invest Nova Scotia Accelerate is a milestone-based program that helps Nova Scotia start-ups get investment-ready. We are focused on five sectors where we can leverage our deep in-house expertise and our network of experts and investors to deliver value to our clients:

  1. 1
    Accelerate Ocean Tech: a cohort for start-ups developing solutions in ocean health, fisheries and aquaculture, offshore energy, shipborne technologies and marine bioresources;
  2. 2
    Accelerate Health Tech: a cohort for start-ups developing new therapeutics, medical devices or digital health technologies solving large unmet healthcare needs;
  3. 3
    Accelerate Agriculture Tech: a cohort for start-ups addressing the global food production challenges while reducing dependency on fossil fuels or petrochemicals;
  4. 4
    Accelerate Clean Tech: a cohort for start-ups addressing climate change and clean air, water and soil;
  5. 5
    Accelerate Software: a cohort for start-ups working on software solutions leveraging artificial intelligence, computer vision, blockchain, or data network effects to solve large unmet market needs. 

Comments on Funding:

Participating companies each receive up to $40,000 in non-dilutive, non-repayable funding.

When It Ends:

August 4, 2022

Deadline:

To be Determined

Eligibility:

Applicants must :

  • be an incorporated or registered start-up based in Nova Scotia. Details on how to register with Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies (RJSC) are available from Service Nova Scotia.
  • be Nova Scotia-based;
  • have less than $1 million in cumulative sales and less than $250,000 in equity investment (including convertible debt) raised to date
  • have conducted a thorough competitive analysis and achieved proof of concept or minimum viable product (MVP), in addition to having identified a large market pain and market opportunity and having established a company around a customer-validated solution;
  • be the majority owner(s) (51 per cent or more) of the company and plan to work full-time with the business.

Invest Nova Scotia investment portfolio companies are ineligible for this opportunity.

Application Steps:

No specific application steps have been identified.

Documentation Needed: 

No specific documentation has been identified.

Other Things to Note:

Invest Nova Scotia Accelerate is now closed for submissions. The deadline for applications was Thursday, August 4, 2022, by 11:59 pm ADT. Check the website for updates. 

Program Contact:

Invest Nova Scotia Accelerate