Business Size: small, medium

Industries: technology, manufacturing, clean technology, digital transformation, research & development

Region: Southern Ontario, Brant, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Dufferin, Durham, Elgin, Essex, Frontenac, Grey, Haldimand–Norfolk, Haliburton, Halton, Hamilton, Hastings, Huron, Kawartha Lakes, Lambton, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Middlesex, Niagara, Northumberland, Ottawa, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward and Lambton, Renfrew, Simcoe, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington, York

Demographics: Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples) businesses

Other Criteria: for-profit entities, co-operatives, located and operating in southern Ontario at the time of application, minimum of 5 full-time employees and no more than 500 FTEs, incorporated and registered to do business in Canada or Ontario for at least the past 3 years, growing and established businesses, projects focused on process improvements (environmental impact reduction, new technology use), projects focused on showcasing/demonstrating new technology, projects focused on market diagnostics and studies, projects focused on acquiring, adapting or adopting new technologies or processes (e.g., digitization), projects focused on improving production efficiency and capacity, projects focused on adopting clean technologies, projects focused on increasing business management capacity, projects focused on leveraging venture capital or angel capital investment, projects focused on reshoring or onshoring of production, R&D, or expertise to southern Ontario