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ACOA works with its many partners to help entrepreneurs in Atlantic Canada access the capital they need to start-up or expand a business. ACOA also coordinates programs designed to stimulate the development and commercialization of new technologies and the climate for business growth generally in the region.
 
Small Business Financing Programs
Item Women in Business Initiative: Business Management Training Allowance
This program can provide financial assistance to women business owners wishing to undertake business management training.
Item Women in Business Initiative: Consultant Advisory Services
Based on need, this program may help women business owners to engage additional experts for advice to address business opportunities, issues and/or problems.
Item ACOA's Business Development Program
This program is designed to help you set up, expand or modernize your business. It provides interest-free, unsecured loans to small and medium-sized business in Atlantic Canada.
Item Seed Capital Program
ACOA’s Seed Capital Program provides loans to start, expand or improve a small business, well as acquire business skills training.
Item Community Business Development Corporations
These not-for-profit organizations offer lending and counselling services to small businesses throughout rural Atlantic Canada.
Item Venture Capital
Learn more about the sources of venture capital for SMEs in Atlantic Canada.
Item Innovative Skills Development Initiative (ISDI)
This program provides non-repayable contributions to small and medium-sized businesses in Atlantic Canada to help them improve their innovation management and technology skills.
Item Women in Business Opportunity Program (Access to Financing)
The WBI can help you find potential sources of business financing and improve your ability to access them. This program, in particular, helps lending partners – including 41 Community Business Development Corporations throughout rural Atlantic Canada and several urban-based lenders – to increase financing opportunities that meet your business needs.
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Other Financing Programs
Item Aboriginal Business Canada
Aboriginal Business Canada provides financial assistance, information, resource materials and referrals to other possible sources of financing or business support.

Item Atlantic Innovation Fund
This Fund is designed to move the research and development taking place in Atlantic Canada out of the labs and into the marketplace by encouraging partnerships between businesses and research institutions.

Item International Business Development Agreement
This agreement promotes export development activities in Atlantic Canada.

Item Infrastructure Canada Program
This program is helping to build or renew infrastructure in rural and urban municipalities across Canada.

Item Strategic Community Investment Fund (ended March 31, 2005)
This fund helped communities throughout Atlantic Canada create opportunities for economic development to stimulate investment and job creation.

Item Young Entrepreneur Development Initiative (YEDI)
YEDI is an ACOA initiative designed to expand and enhance the entrepreneurship training, information and support services available to Atlantic Canadians under 35 years of age. The initiative supports not-for-profit and non-commercial organizations such as business and economic development associations, educational institutions or municipalities to deliver programs for Aspiring Entrepreneurs, Existing Entrepreneurs and Community Entrepreneurship Development.

Important Links
Item Business Development Bank of Canada
This bank, owned by the Government of Canada, provides financial and management services to small and medium-sized businesses across Canada. There are 13 branches across Atlantic Canada.

Item Canada Small Business Financing Program
Under this program, the Government of Canada guarantees loans of up to $250,000 to small businesses to purchase land, buildings or equipment, or to improve buildings or equipment. Loans are made through banks or other financial institutions.

Item Canada Business Service Centres
Your first stop for answers about starting, expanding or operating a business. They provide information on both Government of Canada and provincial government sources of funding.

Item Strategis - Sources of Financing
This Government of Canada is your on-line resource for locating traditional and alternative sources of small business financing.

Item Steps to Growth Capital
Steps to Growth Capital is the Canadian entrepreneurs' guide to securing risk capital. It comes complete with practical tools, valuable links and resources.

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