how to close financing for your business - mars best practices

Closing financing is one of the biggest challenges faced by entrepreneurs today. To help startups easily access funding resources, MaRS has partnered with The Funding Portal. Its funding resources are now available on the MaRS website. The Funding Portal aggregates more than 7,000 sources of funding within a free searchable database, including more than 4,500 government sources and 2,500 private sources, such as VC, angel investors, bank financing and private equity. Want to know more about this tool and how to find financing? This session will help you learn how to quickly and easily close financing for your business. With content tailored for entrepreneurs and innovative growth companies, this presentation surveys: -Canada’s and Ontario’s funding marketplace -Canada’s most popular funding programs -New and upcoming funding programs -Best practices in applying for funds -The four steps to secure funding and leverage your application into new sources of private financing -The most common challenges faced in securing funding—and how to overcome them