More startup funding announced

Wittington Ventures – an investment arm backed by the Weston group of companies – is partnering with Breakthrough Energy Discovery of the United States to launch a new funding program that would give two to four applicants $500,000 US each in early-stage capital. 

Agriculture will be a priority for the funding.

The applicants must be headquartered in Canada and be from Canadian research institutions. 

Those chosen will become the first entirely Canadian cohort to join Breakthrough Energy Discovery’s global Fellows program. 

The Weston Group’s main holding is Loblaws supermarket business.