CoLab Software Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · St. John's|St. John's, NL · grants and contributions register · St. John's East

CoLab Software Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 16 agreements; $7.6M value; 2 departments; 8 programs.

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16agreements
$7.6Mvalue
2departments
8programs

Largest agreements

221592$2.0Mvalue2022start2024end

Support and enhance business development activities to drive revenue growth

225720$1.0Mvalue2024start2025end

Enhance business development capacity and accelerate marketing activity to drive growth

227651$1.0Mvalue2025start2026end

Enhance business development capacity and accelerate marketing activity to drive growth

Creating a Visual Digital Thread & Introducing Artificial Intelligence within a Design Engagement System$900Kvalue2024start2025end

The overall objective of the research project is to accelerate CoLab’s R&D efforts across a number of key focus areas, including web-based viewing of engineering data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, Model Based Definition (MBD) and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Engineering Design Review Collaboration - Intelligent Issue Tracking & Interface Management Processes$586Kvalue2019start2020end

CoLab builds Gradient - a collaboration platform that helps teams streamline their design process and resolve issues faster. They are developing a novel file sharing and review methodology that protects IP, eliminates file duplication while enabling data-driven decisions.

212064$500Kvalue2018start2020end

Support the commercialization of a collaborative web-based design software platform

215230$500Kvalue2020start2021end

Support the commercialization of a collaborative web-based design software platform

CoLab Enterprise: External Sharing Portal Development and Innovative Collaboration 3D Tools$436Kvalue2022start2023end

CoLab is proposing a project that will allow their clients to share engineering documents through the entire supply chain.

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CoLab Enterprise Phase II: Canvas V1$250Kvalue2023start2024end

CoLab Canvas is a new technology being developed by CoLab that will allow for the viewing of complex technical information in an “infinite canvas” style interface that visually demonstrates the connection between pieces of technical information (i.e. the Digital Thread).

Developing Issue Tracking and Collaborative Design Review Software for Product Design$209Kvalue2018start2019end

CoLab is developing an enterprise-level web application called Gradient where users can upload 3D/2D files, collaboratively review, create issues and manage their project with people inside and outside their organization.

210897$50.0Kvalue2017start2018end

Hire a software development lead

212759$50.0Kvalue2019start2020end

Add capabilities to enhance capacity to commercialize innovative collaboration software

Automated Workflow Development within LEADR System$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

CoLab is a collaboration platform that helps engineering teams streamline their design review process. With this project, CoLab is developing a new file sharing and review methodology that protects IP, eliminates file duplication, automates workflows and enables data-driven decisions. Within this scope of work CoLab will shift the industry standard of expensive, disconnected tools and communications to a centralized Lean Engineering Agile Design Review (LEADR) process.

Youth-Green - Developing a 3D Review & QA Planner for Engineering Issue Tracking$18.2Kvalue2019start2019end

The focus of this project will be building a novel 3D Design Presentation & Review mode to effectively replace traditional slideshows.

CoLab Software Inc.-2021-2022-978417$16.5Kvalue2021start2022end

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

Youth-Green - Developing Advanced Collaboration Features for Design Reviews and Issue Tracking$10.0Kvalue2018start2018end

CoLab is developing a web application, called Gradient, for product development teams to streamline development from ideation to market product through a real-time collaboration review process.

Departments

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency7agreements$5.1Mvalue5programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • REGI - BSP - Atificial Intelligence (RAII)
  • Business Development Program
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

National Research Council Canada9agreements$2.5Mvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20251agreements$1.0Mvalue1programs
  • REGI - BSP - Atificial Intelligence (RAII)
20242agreements$1.9Mvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20231agreements$250Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20222agreements$2.4Mvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20211agreements$16.5Kvalue1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20202agreements$550Kvalue2programs
  • REGI - Business Scale-up and Productivity
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20193agreements$654Kvalue3programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • REGI - Productivity and Business Skills
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20183agreements$719Kvalue3programs
  • Business Development Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Green Youth Employment Program
20171agreements$50.0Kvalue1programs
  • BDP - Productivity and Business Skills

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.