A wave of new accelerators tends to speed up dual use of dual use and strengthen sovereignty.
A group of Canadian technologies and defense leaders released a trio of initiatives intended for the development of innovation, since Canada is preparing to speed up its defense costs.
Creative laboratory of destruction (CDL) launches global CDL protection The accelerator stream aimed at supporting startups using dual use technology, which directly decides the needs for defense, national security and critical infrastructure. CDL Defense seeks to support up to 25 startups every year in its sites throughout Canada and Europe, including CDL-Tlantic and CDL-Toronto.
The Canadian technology industry is preparing for the growth of Canada in relation to defense costs.
Atlantic Canada also receives its own special accelerator of national defense in Frederictone Vimy ForgeThe field announced last week and led by leaders from Kognitiv Spark and Tidal Venture Partners, Vimy Forge seeks to bring together Canadian small and medium enterprises (SMB), academic circles, industry partners and the government to help scale Canadian defense technologies.
“Canada cannot afford to consider defensive innovations as something that happens elsewhere; It should be part of how we create the national stability and economic growth of the house, ”said Betakit, partner of Vimy Forge, founder and co-founder of Tidal Venture and managing partner of Jan Whiteok.
Whitokov noted that as the only G7 nation without a special accelerator of the defense of innovation, “Canadian innovators often fall into the“ death valley ”between research and real purchases” or export their intellectual property abroad. Vimy Forge hopes to change this using a model of an accelerator designed to unite companies, customers and investors who “usually do not speak to each other freely.
Meanwhile, the defense company Ottawa Kalian Plans to support small and small and small costs through a slightly different approach. This is launch Calian Ventures To help enterprises check, check and sell defense Canadian armed forces (CAF).
These concentrators and programs combine a growing list of initiatives aimed at accelerating the possibility of defense and national security of Canada.
Interest in defense investments has recently been heated as The ongoing trade war The United States was prompted by the Canadian government to support its sovereign and military capabilities. The Canadian technology industry was Cooking For this, a shift, but the sector performs its work after decades is not enough to invest in defense.
Canada is one of the few NATO allies who could not satisfy the threshold for the defense of the organization in two percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Prime Minister -Mark Carney promised Finally, to achieve this goal during the financial year is much earlier than in 2030, which he initially promised during the election campaign of this year.
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The feds also took on the obligation to spend Five percent of GDP by defense by 2035, changed Their approach to procurement has begun Encouragement of banks and pension funds To invest in the sector in the upcoming issue of the federal budget on November 4, which, as indicated by Karni, will include a comprehensive industrial defense strategy.
These conditions gave way to the activities of the Canadian defense technologies from state and private players. Business Development Bank of Canada Communicable plans To support the sector, Kensington and one9 united, and technological startups of protection, such as Ottawa Dynamics of Dominion And Kalgary Northern vector dynamics Provided financing to develop their decisions.
Last month, Podkast Betakit Sitting With Matt Lombardi, co -founder of the defense innovation network and information ballot, to unpack why the Canadian defense technology sector suddenly explodes.
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