• Development Finance Institution or Donor Agency

Global Affairs Canada

ABG includes a number of strategic components including a national Investment Challenge, Finance Incubators and The Angel Investment Exchange (also referred to as The Exchange).  The Exchange will be the focal point of the project and the goal of the Investment Challenge. The exchange will bring high potential companies, called small and medium enterprises (SMEs), through an intensive executive management-training program, to help them connect with international investors and markets.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Co-working space

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Sector development

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly
    • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Financial services

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Accessibility
    • Citizen empowerment
    • Gender inclusion
    • Youth entrepreneurs

  • Impact objectives

    • Capacity building
    • Community development
    • Employment generation
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Access to information
    • Equality and empowerment
    • Access to financial services

  • Verticals

    • FinTech
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