Invest Ottawa
Invest Ottawa is the lead economic development agency in Eastern Ontario, where it is not only a Regional Innovation Centre supporting tech founders, startups and Ottawa’s top scaling tech firms, but also an SBEC supporting main street entrepreneurs, in addition to having a Global Expansion team charged with Foreign Direct Investment for Ottawa. Invest Ottawa facilitates economic growth and job creation guided by a vision to help realize Ottawa’s full potential as a globally recognized, innovative, inclusive, and future-ready city.
Invest Ottawa delivers venture development, global expansion, and talent programs and services that catalyze the growth and success of entrepreneurs and firms. For tech founders specifically, Invest Ottawa has a unique Venture Path, with each step designed to shorten the path to growth. IO’s Venture team helps entrepreneurs from the national capital region leverage the experience, expertise and insights of business leaders who have been there and done that – successfully launched and grown world-class technology enterprises.
Highlights:
Since 2013, Invest Ottawa has
- Supported almost 14,000 companies,
- Contributed to the creation of more than 14,700 jobs,
- Helped domestic companies raise $1.86 billion in capital, and
- Attracted $1.47 billion in domestic and foreign direct investment to Ottawa.