List of designated organizations: Immigrate with a start-up visa
Apply for a start-up visa
You need support from at least 1 of the organizations below to apply for a start-up visa.
Check the organization’s website to see how you can get their support.
Priority applications
New
We’re now prioritizing applications backed by
- venture capital funds
- angel investor groups
- business incubators with committed capital
- organizations in Canada’s Tech Network labelled Priority processing
Business incubators
You must be accepted into one of these programs:
- Alacrity Foundation
- Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
- Alberta IoT Association
- Altitude Accelerator
- Bhive
- Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc. (operating as Manitoba Technology Accelerator)
- Brilliant Catalyst
- DMZ Ventures
- Empowered Startups Ltd.
- Extreme Innovations
- Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre
- Genesis Priority processing
- Global Startups Accelerator
- Highline BETA Inc.
- Invest Nova Scotia Priority processing
- Innovate Calgary
- Innovation Cluster - Peterborough and the Kawarthas
- Innovation Factory Priority processing
- Interactive Niagara Media Cluster o/a Innovate Niagara Priority processing
- Intrinsic Innovations
- ISM Arts & Culture Ltd
- Knowledge Park o/a Planet Hatch
- Global Startups Accelerator
- Launch Academy - Vancouver
- LaunchPad PEI Inc.
- Millworks Centre for Entrepreneurship
- NEXT Canada
- Niagara Business & Innovation Fund
- North Forge East Ltd.
- North Forge Technology Exchange Priority processing
- Pacific Technology Ventures
- Platform Calgary Priority processing
- Pycap
- Red Leaf Capital Corp
- Roseview Global Incubator
- Spark Commercialization and Innovation Centre
- Spring Activator
- The DMZ Priority processing
- Think8 Global Institute
- TiE Toronto
- Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC)
- Treefrog
- TSRV Canada Inc. (operating as Techstars Canada)
- University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Hatchery
- ventureLAB Innovation Centre Priority processing
- VIATEC Priority processing
- Waterloo Accelerator Centre Priority processing
- York Entrepreneurship Development Institute
- YSpace (York University)
Venture capital funds
Priority processing
You must get at least one of these groups to agree to invest a minimum of $200,000:
- 7 Gate Ventures
- Alt Ventures
- Amplitude Ventures Inc.
- York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI) VC Fund
- Apex Innovative Investments Ventures
- Arete Pacific Tech Ventures (VCC) Corp
- BCF Ventures
- BDC Venture Capital
- Extreme Venture Partners LLP
- Golden Venture Partners Fund, LP
- INP Capital
- iNovia Capital Inc.
- Intrinsic Venture Capital
- Lumira Ventures
- Invest Nova Scotia
- PRIVEQ Capital Funds
- Real Ventures
- Red Leaf Capital Corp
- Relay Ventures
- Tangentia Ventures
- Top Renergy Inc.
- Vanedge Capital Limited Partnership
- Version One Ventures
- WhiteHaven Venture
- Westcap Management Ltd.
- Yaletown Venture Partners Inc.
Angel investor groups
Priority processing
You must get one or more investors connected to these groups to agree to invest a minimum of $75,000:
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