Wit Ventures: Lambton County Invests in Bioindustrial Innovation.

Thursday 13 July 2017

Lambton County Invests in Bioindustrial Innovation.

Lambton County is set to become an investor in a not-for-profit agency helping new bio-chemical companies set up their first manufacturing sites.

County council recently authorized finalizing a $2.5-million five-year loan and a $2-million investment in a Bioindustrial Innovation Canada's investment fund so it can fully access $4.5 million in matching federal funds.

The loan includes $1 million advanced to the Sarnia-based agency in March after it approached the county for help.

In 2016, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada was approved for $5.5 million in federal matching funding but only $1 million of its own funds available, so it asked Lambton County to loan it the remaining $4.5 million.

The $1-million advance by the county allowed the agency to secure matching federal funding set to lapse March 31.

John Innis, general manager of the county's finance division, said that when county staff were looking into details of the loan it became clear a loan of $2.5 million was the most the agency's cash flow 'could reasonably be expected' to support.

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