Bioenterprise is Canada’s Food & Agri-Tech Engine. As the country’s national agri-technology focused commercialization accelerator, Bioenterprise uses its 20 years of industry experience and its national and international network of experts, mentors, funders, advisors, government and industry partners, and researchers to help small and medium-sized agri-food businesses connect, innovate and grow. Since its inception in 2003, Bioenterprise has supported over 2,500 innovative ag-tech companies, helped launch 2,000 technologies, generated $285 million in follow-on investment in Canadian agriculture and agri-food, and yielded a 200:1 return on invested dollars. The organization has six locations across Canada and more than 350 members and partners nationwide.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Guelph
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $2.25M
Founded date: 2003
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.10.2022 | - | $200K | - |
| 26.09.2022 | - | $2M | - |
| 28.07.2022 | - | $50K | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.02.2025 | Canada needs ‘larger and more engaged’ investor base for agrifoodtech: report | Canada’s foodtech sector needs “a larger and more engaged” investor base in order to live up to its untapped potential, argues a new report from the Canadian Food Innovation Network: Foodtech in Canada: 2025 Ecosystem Report. Despite “notab... |
| 09.09.2024 | SGAP: Up to $100K Funding for Sustainable Growth in Agri-Tech | FedDev Ontario is excited to introduce the Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program (SGAP) this fall through Bioenterprise, aimed at advancing sustainability across the food and agri-tech value chain. This new initiative is designed to help ... |
| 20.10.2022 | ZONE AGTECH AND CYCLE MOMENTUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION, ANNOUNCE THE 3rd EDITION OF THE QUEBEC ACCELERATION PROGRAM 100% DEDICATED TO AGTECH | Montreal, October 20, 2022 – In partnership with Zone Agtech and Bioenterprise Corporation, Cycle Momentum is currently recruiting for the Cycle Momentum Agtech Acceleration Program – powered by Zone Agtech. This acceleration program is 1... |
| 25.07.2022 | Bioenterprise Allotted $2M for FoodShift Program to Improve Food Industry with Clean Technology | Bioenterprise Canada will receive nearly $2 million in funding from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) to deliver the FoodShift program to companies in the area. Food processing companies in southern Ontar... |
| 12.10.2021 | Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative (OAFRI) for 2021-2022 | The Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative (OAFRI) seeks to provides funding to advance key agri-food research and innovation projects for Ontario. OAFRI was launched in 2019 and has funded 32 projects with total funding up to $4.1M in the p... |
| 14.04.2021 | Ecofuel Accelerator unveil its first Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agtech | Montreal, April 14th, 2021 – The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the six companies of the very first cohort of the Ecofuel Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agte... |
| 24.09.2019 | FedDev Ontario Funding: Nearly $6.3M Awarded to Bioenterprise | The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) recently announced nearly $6.3M in funding to create a new network that will help agri-businesses scale up. The funding was awarded to Bioenterprise Corporation, ... |
| 26.08.2019 | The evolution of cannabis investing, according to Mary Dimou from Canopy Rivers | Cannabis investing is on the up. You only have to look at the jaw-dropping ride of Tilray, the pharmaceutical cannabis producer, on the Nasdaq stock exchange last year to know the sector is hot. Tilray is, of course, a listed company, so ma... |
| 21.11.2018 | Federal government invests $2.28 million in Bioenterprise Corporation | FedDev Ontario has announced an investment of $2.28 million in the Bioenterprise Corporation agri-tech accelerator. The announcement was made at the Innovation Expo in Guelph, an event organized jointly by Bioenterprise Corporation and deli... |
| 16.09.2015 | Canadian Coalition Launches Agri-Food Venture Accelerator Program to Help Create Canada’s Silicon Valley for Agtech | Last October, the Sumas Regional Consortium for High Tech (SRCTec), a Canadian non-profit organization, launched one of the country’s first agtech-focused accelerators: the Agri-Food Venture Acceleration Program (AVAP). In partnership with ... |
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