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12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Organization

Invest Ottawa/Investir Ottawa / Sonya Shorey, Interim President and CEO

Address, activities & membership

Invest Ottawa / Investir Ottawa - Address, activities & membership

Address:

7 Bayview Station Road
Ottawa, ON  K1Y 2C5
Canada

Telephone number: 647-643-4585

  • Contact information in previous versions
    • 7 Bayview Station Road
      Ottawa, ON  K1Y 2C5
      Canada

      Telephone number: 613-828-6274


Description of the organization's activities:
o Economic development agency o Entrepreneurship hub (Accelerator, Pre-accelerator) o Connected and Autonomous Vehicles test track o Small Business Enterprise Center o Prototyping / Digital Media Lab o Connected and Autonomous Vehicles test track o Foreign Direct Investment and Trade; Business Retention and Expansion o Talent acquisition Invest Ottawa is founded on a unique business model that is highly differentiated in Canada that brings together and addresses three key pillars of economic development: Venture Development (business start-up to scale-up), Global Expansion (both Foreign Direct Investment and Business Retention and Expansion). Invest Ottawa delivers collaborative economic development programs and initiatives that increase entrepreneurial momentum, wealth and jobs in the City of Ottawa and its surrounding region while marketing Ottawa’s diversified economy and high quality of life. Invest Ottawa delivers venture development and global expansion programs and services that catalyze the growth and success of entrepreneurs and firms. These include: small business training; mentorship; acceleration for technology firms; foreign business and investment attraction; local business retention and expansion in targeted sectors; commercialization; and marketing Ottawa’s diversified economy and high quality of life.

Organization's membership or classes of membership:
The organization does not have members, but ventures that are served as 'clients' under one or more of its programs. Invest Ottawa serves start-ups, small businesses, as well as larger more established companies seeking to expand and contribute to the City of Ottawa's economy. Invest Ottawa is a one-stop-shop for entrepreneurship: IO has developed a full set of programs that can help the entrepreneur from the idea generation phase to international expansion. Our current offerings focus on smart health, smart government, and smart cities (including defence and security), targeting: - entrepreneurs that are at the idea/prototyping stage, helping them to get early traction - entrepreneurs in various digital health categories through partnership with the Ottawa Hospital - entrepreneurs with early traction, helping them to create a sustainable/scalable business - firms that want to scale fast and become market leaders - firms in international expansion phase


Public offices held: Sonya Shorey


Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-03-31
List of Government Funding
Government Institution Funding Received in Last Financial Year Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) $60,000.00 Yes
City of Ottawa $4,730,999.94 Yes
Export Development Canada (EDC) $15,000.00 Yes
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) $779,700.00 Yes
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) $5,315,796.00 Yes
Global Affairs Canada (GAC) $272,820.82 Yes
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) $1,185,829.17 Yes
National Defence (DND) $15,000.00 Yes
National Research Council (NRC) $488,907.23 Yes
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (MEDJCT) $3,776,275.86 Yes
Transport Canada (TC) $1,870,932.38 Yes

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