Fuel Your Growth

At Kawartha Ventures, we help early-stage ventures with high growth potential to access capital, advisory and partnerships to drive success. The region has everything needed to start, stay and grow your venture right here in the Kawartha Lakes.

Team Collaboration

What the Kawartha Ventures Offers

Kawartha Ventures equips promising startups with the tools, knowledge, and capital needed to grow. From business strategy to funding readiness, our program is built to help founders strengthen their foundations and reach new milestones.

What we provide:

  • Access to Launch Kawartha Angels and potential equity investment
  • Pitch coaching and preparation
  • Access to partners and expertise

Empowering Innovative Ventures

Get the support, structure, and mentorship you need to build momentum. Whether you’re refining your model, preparing to pitch investors, or scaling your operations, Kawartha Ventures gives you an experienced team in your corner.

Land Acknowledgement

The Kawartha Lakes CFDC respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Mississauga lands and the traditional territory covered by the Williams Treaties.

We are grateful for the opportunity to work here and we thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land - for thousands of years. We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples, both in shaping and strengthening this community and country as a whole. This recognition is connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our community.