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Community Futures Eastern Ontario
Loans for entrepreneurs in rural Eastern Ontario
Helps small businesses in Eastern Ontario get support services, planning advice, and loans to grow. Provides funding to start or develop their business.
Non-dilutive, interest-bearing term loans for innovative, high-growth SMEs in Southern Ontario. Funds support late-stage commercialization, new product/service development, and market expansion initiatives. Loans have no application fees and are repayable anytime without penalties. The SOFII TradeFWD initiative offers specific terms ($150,000-$300,000 at Prime+2% interest, up to 5 years with interest-only payments for the first 6 months) for SMEs impacted by U.S. tariffs, supporting supply chain resilience and global market expansion. General Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) also offer business services and counselling.
Business Size: small, medium
Industries: clean technology, advanced manufacturing, digital industries, health & biosciences, agri-food
Region: Southern Ontario, Southeastern Ontario, Durham, Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Toronto, York
Revenue Range: From $500K
Other Criteria: private sector, incorporated SMEs, innovative SMEs, high-growth potential, operating for 2-3 years, employ 50 to 500 employees or strong likelihood to reach 50 employees within a three-year period, unable to obtain adequate and reasonable financing from other lending sources, demonstrate job creation/retention for Southern Ontario residents (aiming to create up to 50+ FTEs), suitable for public funding, establish a reasonable expectation of economic viability, demonstrate the ability to repay funds advanced, secured 1:1 matching funding through private investment, financial or equity partnerships, or working capital, provide evidence of their ability or experience to operate the business, engaged in projects that will result in the adaptation and adoption of new technologies, projects, processes or markets, projects focused on late-stage commercialization, new product or service development, new applications or markets, or development or implementation of new processes or technologies, working with a CFO or a dedicated financial professional, offer an innovative product, service, business model, or own intellectual property, minimum 2-3 years of financial history (for SOFII TradeFWD)
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This program is available to small, medium businesses in clean technology, advanced manufacturing, digital industries industries located in Southern Ontario, Southeastern Ontario, Durham, Frontenac, Haliburton, Hastings, Kawartha Lakes, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Northumberland, Ottawa, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry, Toronto, York.
This program offers funding up to $500,000 (minimum $150,000).
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