Grant & Tax Credit Finder for SMBs

A searchable database and recommendation engine for small-to-medium Canadian businesses to discover grants and tax credits they qualify for. Users input business details and get personalized recommendations tailored to their industry and situation.

Canadian federal and provincial grant programs have expanded significantly post-COVID, and the SR&ED tax credit alone leaves billions unclaimed annually because SMBs don't know they qualify — the timing for a discovery layer on top of this fragmented landscape is real. BDC and various provincial agencies offer some guidance, but no clear incumbent owns the self-serve, personalized matching experience for small businesses. The $2k–10k revenue band reflects a genuine ceiling risk: most SMBs won't pay much for this, so the model depends on either a high volume of low-cost subscriptions or upselling to grant-writing or accounting services to make the numbers work. The biggest risk is data rot — grant programs open and close constantly, and without a dedicated editorial or scraping operation to keep the database current, the product becomes unreliable fast and churn follows immediately.