Tag: canada
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The Atlantic Canada Start-up Ecosystem
“There’s never been a better time to be a start-up in Atlantic Canada,” says Doug Robertson, CEO of Venn Innovation in Moncton, New Brunswick. Venn – a globally recognized innovation hub – is a part of a growing group of Atlantic-based organizations committed to creating successful entrepreneurs and companies in the region. Robertson’s position is…
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BNDES aprova R$ 123 milhões para construção de instituto de inovação do SENAI em Minas
Projeto trará ao Brasil infraestrutura de P&D integrada ao setor industrial e de testes em equipamentos eletroeletrônicos similar à de EUA, Canadá e Europa O Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) aprovou financiamento de R$ 122,8 milhões para o projeto de implantação do Instituto SENAI de Inovação – Centro Empresarial de Desenvolvimento e…
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Improving risk capital funding in Canada
Canadian entrepreneurs regularly cite a lack of financing options as a reason for Canada’s mediocre innovation performance. Certainly part of the problem has to do with the organization of risk capital markets. Canada’s public venture exchange (TSX-V) is biased toward junior resource listings. Canadian venture capital firms often lack the scale and expertise to fund…
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Funding to develop and grow projects innovation in Canada
The Government of Canada Funded primarily by the Government of Canada, Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®. www.canada.ca Global Affairs Canada Grand Challenges Canada’s programs are primarily undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada. www.international.gc.ca Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) The…
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Public-private funding initiatives proposed to support long term investment in innovative UK businesses
The plans, which are open to consultation envisage a new public-private partnership arrangement whereby both public funds and money from institutional investors is used to help UK businesses achieve their growth potential. The government said that its investment fund “would likely need to be on equal terms with private investors” to comply with EU…
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It’s sunnier on the Canadian innovation front
A bright spot has emerged amid the persistent gloom over Canada’s supposed decline in research and innovation performance. Traditional innovation indicators such as corporate research and development spending only provide information on inputs to innovation, not outputs. Against a backdrop of falling corporate investment in R&D, it seems Canadian inventiveness has taken a turn for…
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Canada’s innovation Budget 2017
Justin Trudeau’s government has talked a good game on innovation and skills development, but this year’s budget looks like more of the same In some ways, Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s second budget is a vanilla-flavoured budget—generally acceptable and unlikely to offend most people. The government stays the course of Budget 2016, expanding on areas like…
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Canada Has An Innovation Problem?
Canada is a vast country with ample resources, however political and economic machinery in this country are not open enough to create true and genuine marketplace for disruptive ideas. Cultural, artistic and intellectual innovation form the foundation of innovative economies. No nation can stay competitive and economically advanced while stagnating culturally and intellectually. Innovation requires…
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Innovation Fund launches Funding from Natural Gas Cleantech Innovators
OTTAWA, July 31, 2017 /CNW/ – The Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) is accepting submissions for funding to support natural gas cleantech research, demonstration and deployment innovation projects in Canada. NGIF was created by the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) in 2016 to support the funding of innovation in the natural gas value chain. It selects…
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Canada can spend $8 billion on child care because it will pay for itself, IMF says
ABOVE: Ottawa is vowing to spend billions on childcare in this country…but on what, exactly? International Monetary Fund researchers say the federal government can afford to spend $8 billion annually to reduce the cost of child care spaces nationwide because the program would pay for itself. The proposal is more than 10 times what the…
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