Business Funding and Support Finder

No, it is a complimentary service offered by Oshawa Economic Development in partnership with Fundica.

Any business in Canada that is incorporated or planning to incorporate can sign up for Fundica; this includes startups, as well as small, medium and large-sized corporations in all industries and sectors.

Simply click on the 'Find Funding' button above to begin the process of setting up your complimentary business account and identifying the latest funding and support options available.

• Quick and Easy: In only a few minutes, you get an up-to-date list of the most relevant funding programs.
• Extensive Database: Access a wide range of funding sources from government programs, private investors, and financial institutions.
• Customized Results: Receive funding recommendations based on your business profile and specific requirements, including the ability to save programs that interest you.
• Expert Insights: Benefit from expert advice and resources to enhance your funding strategy and application success.

Using their unique search system, the Fundica platform intelligently filters to identify grants, tax credits, and loan guarantees for specific corporations based on their location (i.e. postal code) and up to 36 other potential criteria. They only include programs with available funding that fits within the selected criteria.

Fundica’s funding search tool is kept up to date by their funders, who add and modify their programs, Fundica's dedicated funding research team, and their patent-pending, semi-automated crawling, tracking, and updating system.

Yes, your business profile information is not publicly available and is not shared with any funding programs or organizations. The only groups that have access to your business profile are your organization, as well as Oshawa Economic Development and Fundica.

• Year of creation: Many funding opportunities and support programs exist for early-stage businesses and startups, such as microgrants, incubators and accelerators. However, most government funding and some commercial financing requires businesses to be incorporated in order to be eligible.
• Year of incorporation: Once a business becomes incorporated, they become eligible for more government grants, loans, loan guarantees, and tax credits, as well as any many other sources of financing. Certain programs also use the age of the business as condition for eligibility. In that case, the date of incorporation is almost always used instead of the date of creation.

If you have further questions about the tool that are not covered in the F.A.Q. section, or wish to connect directly with a member of Oshawa Economic Development, please reach out via business@oshawa.ca or 905-436-5617.