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As entrepreneurs across Canada seek new ways to build and grow their businesses amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to share some good news with you.  

After a one-year pilot project that exceeded our expectations, we are making the SDTC Seed Fund permanent and scaling it up. We will work with existing and new accelerator partners to provide funding of $50,000 to $100,000 each for up to 100 companies through the year.  

As planned, the Seed Fund has expanded SDTC's reach across and throughout Canada's cleantech ecosystem. There are environmental entrepreneurs everywhere and in every sector. Our accelerator partners are helping us to find them.

Please visit SDTC.ca for the full story and spread the word about the Seed Fund through Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Watch for our announcement in early July of the first round of successful companies. There are sure to be some amazing stories to inspire!      

Alors que, dans tout le Canada, les entrepreneurs cherchent de nouvelles solutions pour b?tir et d?velopper leurs entreprises, en pleine pand?mie de COVID-19, nous sommes heureux de vous faire part de bonnes nouvelles.  

Apr?s un projet pilote d'une ann?e dont les r?sultats d?passent nos attentes, nous rendons le Fonds d'amor?age de TDDC permanent et nous l'?largissons. Nous continuerons de travailler avec les acc?l?rateurs partenaires existants et nouveaux afin d'apporter un financement de 50,000 $ ? 100 000 $ chacune ? 100 entreprises au maximum sur l'ann?e.  

Comme pr?vu, le Fonds d'amor?age a permis ? TDDC d'?tre encore plus pr?sent dans l'?cosyst?me canadien des technologies propres. On trouve des entrepreneurs environnementaux partout et dans tous les secteurs. Nos acc?l?rateurs partenaires nous aident ? les d?couvrir.  

Visitez SDTC.ca pour plus de d?tails et parlez du Fonds d'amor?age sur Twitter, Facebook et Instagram. Attention, nous annoncerons d?but juillet la premi?re s?rie d'entreprises retenues. Il y aura certainement des histoires ?tonnantes qui vous inspireront.   

The Government of Canada has announced $750 million commitment to recapitalize Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), as part of its plan: A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy.

This commitment comes at a critical time for Canadian entrepreneurs, as businesses of all sizes adapt to meet the current economic realities.

This funding also charts a path for Canada's economic future, enabling cleantech companies to grow and scale to meet domestic and global demand for solutions in the Net Zero era.

As the largest funder of cleantech SMEs in Canada, SDTC is one of Canada's most crucial actors on the path to meeting our climate goals. Read more.

Le gouvernement du Canada a annonc? un engagement de 750 M$ pour reconstituer le capital de Technologies du d?veloppement durable Canada (TDDC), dans le cadre de son plan Un environnement sain et une ?conomie saine.

Cet engagement arrive ? un moment crucial pour les entrepreneurs canadiens, tandis que les entreprises de toutes tailles cherchent ? s'adapter aux r?alit?s ?conomiques actuelles.

Ce financement trace aussi une voie vers l'avenir ?conomique du Canada, en donnant aux entreprises de technologies propres les moyens de croitre et de se d?velopper afin de r?pondre ? la demande canadienne et mondiale pour des solutions dans le domaine du z?ro ?mission nette. En savoir plus...

Reminder! Join Canadian and international leaders for SDTC's virtual Annual Public Meeting.  Net Zero is here; how do we help Canadian cleantech companies anticipate rather than respond? 

Add this event to your calendar now

From Seed Fund to Start-up to Scale-up, SDTC finds, funds and fosters the game changing technologies that are critical in a low-carbon economy.  

Today Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced SDTC's investment of $24.8 million in nine small businesses across Canada that are commercializing solutions to support Canada's leading industries transition to a low carbon future.

Read more about the companies. 

SDTC funds more cutting-edge Canadian innovation

TDDC finance l'innovation canadienne de pointe

This past year, in the face of challenge and adversity, great change has happened. Communities have come together, with neighbours helping neighbours, supporting local businesses, and taking more time for family and (hopefully) for ourselves.

At the beginning of the pandemic there were those that predicted our momentum on climate change might be lost.  But as the end of December draws near, we can see the opposite has occurred.

When we look back on 2020 years from now, we will not only remember it as the year of the pandemic. I believe history will also show that 2020 is the year the Net Zero era truly began.

We are on the verge of massive infrastructure transformation. ?As governments and corporations look for ways to meet their Net Zero commitments, global demand for innovation and sustainability ?is growing exponentially.

Canadian entrepreneurs have the talent, the ideas and the drive needed to become a global leader in this "clean technology gold rush." And SDTC is here to support them as they commercialize and scale their technologies.

From seed to start-up to scale-up, we pursue new approaches to help entrepreneurs address persistent challenges and emerging opportunities in their path to commercialization.

Last week, the Government of Canada announced its climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, which included a $750 million commitment to recapitalize SDTC through to 2024. With this funding, we will focus our efforts on delivering support that companies need to develop and deploy their solutions to a rapidly growing market by expanding our focus to developing an innovation marketplace and investing in the ecosystems that will drive sustainable outcomes.

SDTC companies are weathering the storm because our entrepreneurs are no strangers to challenge and adversity. I believe that 2021 will continue to bring momentum to Canada's journey to Net Zero, and that Canadian entrepreneurs will lead the way.

Best wishes for a restful and safe holiday season, and a brighter 2021.
~Leah

Leah Lawrence
President & CEO
SDTC