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January 05, 2016
New federal program to provide $50 million boost to SME exports
Declaring herself “your Chief Marketing Officer” to a crowd of Waterloo Region entrepreneurs, Canada’s new Minister of International Trade today unveiled a $50-million program to help small and medium-sized businesses boost their sales abroad.
August 06, 2014
CTA@India Call for Applications
Expanding in India is no more a challenge for Canadian entrepreneurs! The Trade Commissioner Service in India brings you the Canadian Technology Accelerator in India or “CTA@India”: a unique opportunity to help Canadian companies leverage the India advantage for your international growth.
April 04, 2014
Harper Government unveils plan for Canada’s digital future
Industry Minister James Moore today unveiled Digital Canada 150, an ambitious path forward for Canadians to take full advantage of the opportunities of the digital age. Digital Canada 150 encompasses 39 new initiatives that build on our government’s successful measures for a more connected Canada.
February 24, 2014
Apply to the Canadian Technology Accelerator in Silicon Valley
The Canadian Trade Commissioner Service manages the CTA initiative in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The goal of CTA is to provide qualified Canadian ICT, digital/ social media, life sciences, and clean-tech companies with access to unique resources and contacts to help them grow at a global scale.
February 12, 2014
Federal budget provides funding to create Open Data Institute
The Canadian Digital Media Network, the University of Waterloo, Communitech, OpenText and Desire2Learn are proud to announce the creation of the Open Data Institute, which has received support from the Government of Canada in today’s budget.
January 29, 2014
48hrs in the Hub – Call for Applications
The Consulate General of Canada in Boston and the Canadian Entrepreneurs in New England (CENE) are currently accepting applications from Canadian companies for our “48hrs in the Hub” program: April 27-29, 2014 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
January 22, 2014
New IT Trade Mission to New York City. Deadline to apply: Jan 29.
The program will include workshops, a pitch clinic on February 11 and a pitch dinner on February 12 where companies will have the opportunity to do a 90-second pitch to leading decision makers in the media space in NYC and then network with them at a private dinner.
January 21, 2014
Governments, OpenText give major boost to Canadian venture capital
A little more than 20 years ago, venture capitalists made a $1.6-million bet on a small Waterloo startup called OpenText. Without it, the company would likely not be what it is today: Canada’s largest software company; a global leader in helping businesses manage their information