Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario · Contribution program
Business Scale-Up
To accelerate the growth of firms and assist with the adoption and adaptation of new, innovative technologies that support scale-up, productivity, development of and entry into new markets to help companies become globally competitive.
- Total value
- $269M
- Agreements
- 114
- Jun 2018 to Oct 2021
- Median agreement
- $2M
- Typical range
- $1M–$3M
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 3 agreements ($5.4M) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | $43.2M |
| 2019 | 79 | $188M |
| 2020 | 18 | $29.1M |
| 2021 | 6 | $9.3M |
By province
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 113 | $267M |
| Not stated by the department | 1 | $2.7M |
Industries funded
Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2021 | Proto Research Inc. | Contribution | $1,450,000 |
| Sep 2021 | Able Innovations Inc. | Contribution | $797,031 |
| Jun 2021 | Pentavere Research Group Inc. | Contribution | $1,060,407 |
| Jun 2021 | Lorama Group Inc. | Contribution | $2,000,000 |
| Feb 2021 | BeWhere Inc | Contribution | $500,000 |
| Jan 2021 | Equispheres Inc. | Contribution | $3,500,000 |
| Nov 2020 | Dimachem Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Nov 2020 | Tehama Inc. | Contribution | $2,700,000 |
| Oct 2020 | BluWave Inc. | Contribution | $1,732,500 |
| Oct 2020 | The BIG-Nano Corporation | Contribution | $750,000 |
| Oct 2020 | Candor Industries Inc. | Contribution | $849,600 |
| Oct 2020 | Spartan Bioscience Inc. | Contribution | $2,833,986 |
| Oct 2020 | Spartan Bioscience Inc. | Contribution | $2,833,986 |
| Jul 2020 | SigmaPoint Technologies Inc. | Contribution | $1,000,000 |
| Jul 2020 | Fourmark Manufacturing Inc | Contribution | $1,400,000 |
| Jul 2020 | Gerrie Electric Wholesale Limited | Contribution | $1,400,000 |
| Jun 2020 | Swenco Limited | Contribution | $1,900,500 |
| Jun 2020 | Cloud Diagnostics Canada ULC | Contribution | $500,000 |
| May 2020 | Crypto4A Technologies Inc. | Contribution | $2,016,000 |
| Apr 2020 | The Crump Group Inc. | Contribution | $2,850,000 |
| Apr 2020 | Aceage Inc. | Contribution | $1,500,000 |
| Mar 2020 | Evidence Partners Incorporated | Contribution | $900,000 |
| Mar 2020 | Evidence Partners Incorporated | Contribution | $900,000 |
| Jan 2020 | Kumi Canada Corporation | Contribution | $2,000,000 |
| Dec 2019 | Humi Holdings Corp. | Contribution | $1,862,500 |