Geneva Centre for Autism

The Geneva Centre for Autism is recognized as Canada's leading service provider in the field of autism. Since their creation in 1974, direct service capacity has increased from 20 to 3,000 families. More than 18,000 people access services each year from across Canada and beyond, including direct intervention, conferences, workshops, and training sessions. Their reference collection is the most extensive autism-related collection in Canada. Geneva Centre hosts the pre-eminent biennial International Symposium on Auatism.

http://www.autism.net

BDC

BDC Venture Capital is a major venture capital investor in Canada, active at every stage of the company's development cycle, from seed through expansion, with a focus on technology-based businesses that have high growth potential and that are positioned to become dominant players in their markets.

BDC Venture Capital has been involved in venture capital since 1975 and has to date invested in more than 400 different companies. It currently manages approximately $400 million in venture capital assets invested in the areas of Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Advanced Technologies.

BDC Technology Seed Investments Group provides financing for the creation of innovative technology businesses with high-growth potential. BDC's financing is often paired with other financial, management, or commercial development resources.

http://www.bdc.ca/tsi

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund 

GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund Ltd is an Atlantic Canadian venture capital fund that provides tax savings for investors and investment capital for Atlantic Canadian businesses.

GrowthWorks is a recognized leader in venture capital fund management with proven experience in the raising and managing of capital. Growthworks managed funds, including GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund, is the Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Canadian Fund, and GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund, have approximately $800 million in combined assets.

http://www.growthworks.ca

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (FINB)

The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), a catalyst for innovation and change in New Brunswick, is an independent corporation focused on stimulating innovation as a means of improving productivity and moving the knowledge-based economy forward.  The NBIF is operated by a Board of Directors drawn from the business, public and academic sectors.

The first of its kind in Atlantic Canada, the Foundation supports targeted and leveraged investments in innovative private sector companies, entrepreneurs and innovative researchers at New Brunswick universities, community colleges and research organizations.
 
Its mission is to foster an innovative culture and develop innovation capacity in New Brunswick, focusing on four priority clusters identified in the Government of New Brunswick's Innovation Agenda - knowledge industries, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and value-added natural resources."

http://www.nbif.ca