Financing
Public Funding Bodies
Useful links and information on various funding bodies and sources of finance available to support the digital media industry.
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Program Name: Interactive Digital Media Fund
Canada Media Fund
Program Name: Experimental Stream
Centre for Social Innovation
Program Name: The Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund for Social Ventures
Bell Fund
Program Name: DM Development Program
National Research Council Canada
Program Name: Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
FedDev Ontario
Link: http://www.feddevontario.gc.ca/eic/site/723.nsf/eng/home
Centre for Social Innovation
The Ontario Catapult Microloan Fund for Social Ventures
Canadian Accelerated Visa Program
For non-Canadian companies
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AngelList
Program Name: Intros for Canada