Alacrity Canada Releases 2025 Annual Impact Report
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It has been another incredible year for our collective success as we’ve launched new programs, strengthened partnerships, and supported entrepreneurs scaling businesses across Canada and beyond. Since 2009, we have supported over 28,000 entrepreneurs attracting $700.5M of investment and generating $462.2M of export revenue through programs including the CleanBC Plastics Action Fund, the Advanced Pathways for Export (APEX) Program, and the Canada Digital Adoption (CDAP) Program.
Applications are Open for APEX Programs
Alacrity Canada is accepting applications from export-ready businesses to join the next APEX Program cohort. APEX helps SMEs overcome barriers to export by providing support in growth strategy, investment readiness, sustainability, and in-market advice across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and beyond.
Meet the New APEX Cohort
Welcoming a diverse portfolio of 24 companies leading innovation for sustainable futures and industrial transformation. Please find a showcase of a few of these companies in the cohort with links to the others.
Aqua Eye: Empowering first responders with handheld sonar devices and search platform to quickly locate people underwater for rescue and recovery.
GeoTeknica: Providing direct measurement of methane emissions with advanced laser-based OGI-style imaging.
Inpress Technologies: Combining the speed and precision of injection molding with recycled rubber composites to deliver durable, sustainable components at scale.
Open Ocean Robotics: Offering emission-free oceanographic and maritime data management in real time with a cloud-based data collection platform and uncrewed surface vehicles.
Open Waters Solar: Powering the future of marine energy with the lightest, strongest, and most resilient solar panels on the market.
Startec Dynamics: Revolutionizing the light motor vehicle industry by making vehicles intelligent, secure, and seamlessly interconnected with their surroundings and users.
Teem Fish: Supporting fisheries with real-time electronic monitoring and data solutions to meet safety, security, and compliance needs.
Tiičma: Managing Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’/Che:k:tles7et’h’ First Nations’ (KCFN) businesses, and providing entrepreneurship support and resources for members starting or growing business ventures.
Tydra Labs: Building the first supply chain for ultra-pure chitin biomaterials as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based inputs.
Zachary Knight Enterprises: Through education and the Incubator in the Box program, Indigenous community members can become certified to conduct housing inspections.
Buildsmartr.com, CSN Pharma, Goldilocks Goods, Ice Chiller, Infinyty, Liquify.ca, Magnify Capital, MarketBox Inc., Merge, MYO Cosmetic Cases, Ocean Legacy, Riplee’s Ranch, White River Contracting, zipBoard.
