Got an innovative idea in healthcare?

Offering $40,000 in grant funding for projects that improve healthcare interoperability and patient outcomes, with an application deadline of July 18th—is the 2025 Connected Care Innovation Grant from Canada Health Infoway. This grant supports clinicians and health organizations in implementing digital health solutions to streamline care, reduce administrative work, and enhance data quality.

Key details:

Up to $40,000 per project
Focus on digital health interoperability and improved patient care
Eligible applicants: clinicians, health provider groups, and health organizations
Projects should align with Infoway’s Shared Pan-Canadian Interoperability Roadmap and be capable of rapid implementation (ideally within 6–9 months)

Application deadline: July 18, 2025

This program is administered by the Infoway Centre for Clinical Innovation in Digital Health (CIDH).

Apply here.

i.d.e.a. Fund Driving sustainable and circular economy growth in southern Ontario

The i.d.e.a. Fund (Inclusion, Diversity, Environment, Acceleration) is a program in Ontario designed to support high-potential businesses that are committed to developing or improving green products, services, processes, or technologies to reduce their environmental impact. The fund aims to foster inclusion, diversity, and acceleration while driving sustainable and circular economy growth in Southern Ontario.

Building a sustainable business takes more than passion—it takes the right tools, funding, and guidance. That’s where the i.d.e.a. Fund™ comes in. Backed by the Government of Canada, this program supports early-stage entrepreneurs creating green products, services, or technologies that are ready to scale.

Selected ventures receive up to $20,000 in matching seed funding and 30 hours of expert, fully funded mentorship to help accelerate growth while reducing environmental impact. Whether you’re refining your product, growing your team, or preparing to raise capital, the i.d.e.a. Fund™ gives you the support you need to move with purpose.

Applications are open until July 7, 2025.

Learn more and apply today!

Funding opportunity for women-founders: $100,000 in grants for women-owned businesses in USA.

Check our Slack for more details.

Know any awesome women founders? New opportunity for women-led businesses.

For: any founder
Funding: $30K-$100K

Deadline: June 24

Learn more on our Slack.

BDO Canada’s VC Pitch Day connects Canadian technology and life sciences companies with distinguished investors actively looking to invest. This premiere event is your chance to meet top VCs and gain impactful feedback about your business, connect with other entrepreneurs in the ecosystem, and potentially raise the capital needed to grow your company.

Toronto – Oct. 10
Halifax – Oct. 17
Vancouver – Oct. 23
Montreal – Oct. 30

Check out the full details.

Apply For The Grow Your Business Online Grant

As part of the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP), the Government of Canada has partnered with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to deliver the Grow Your Business Online grant.

Through this program, small business owners can receive a micro-grant worth up to $2,400 to help get their business online, give their e-commerce presence a boost, or digitalize business operations.

Deadline: September 30th 2024 at 11.59pm.

Apply here

Raising funds for your startup? Check out this opportunity with Mike MacCombie, US investor.

Not having a network of investors, or investors being on summer vacation in August won’t stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 29.467 hours (ends 8/9, 6 pm ET):

-Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike at mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow.
-Title must be *exactly*: “29.467-hour experiment”
-I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week.
-Last time I did this, I got 27 investor intros for founders I shared.
-And in the last 6 months I know of at least $2.8M invested in companies I shared.