Rockport Networks Inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Ottawa, ON · grants and contributions register · Ottawa Centre

Rockport Networks Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 12 agreements; $20.1M value; 3 departments; 8 programs.

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12agreements
$20.1Mvalue
3departments
8programs

Largest agreements

Networking at the Edge (NATE)$12.0Mvalue2019start2022end

Integrate Rockport Networks Inc. proprietary software into different hardware technologies towards developing networking and datacenter technology solutions.

814508$2.9Mvalue2019start2019end

The project is for activities relating to adapting and selling Rockport's core intellectual property, specifically, for the server market.

1002183$2.9Mvalue2019start2019end

To commercialize the company's networking solution that enables data center servers to communicate better.

Innovation Assistance Program$508Kvalue2020start2020end

The funding provided by the IAP program is intended to assist innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the start-up phase that cannot access existing commercial support related to COVID-19.

4752220200520$500Kvalue2020start2021end

RRRF funding will be used to support Recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

1003444$500Kvalue2020start2021end

To support recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Development of Autonomous Networking Platform$350Kvalue2018start2019end

Our technology platform targets the Data Centres need for scalability, in particular how the Data is networked inside the centre for processing and computation. The present system uses a hierarchical “Spine and Leaf” cascade of servers that translates into larger and larger stack of equipment just to get the Data to where it needs to be for processing. Our technology adapted an approached used in some high performance computation platform to the the commercial Storage networking realm. The result is increased performance, unprecedented linear scalability, simplified management, exceptional

Agreement$175Kvalue2016start–end
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Agreement$150Kvalue2014start–end
Agreement$50.0Kvalue2013start–end
YOUTH - RO6100 Embedded Software and Network Management$50.0Kvalue2020start2021end

The new graduates will make improvements, repair defects, and expedite the overall delivery timeframe of the initial release of the RO6100 product and its network manager, as well as subsequent updates to the same.

Lab Infrastructure for RO6100 Product and its Network Manager$32.0Kvalue2021start2022end

The new graduate will maintain infrastructure, make improvements, repair defects and expedite the overall delivery of lab resources to support the initial release of the RO6100 product and associated network manager, as well as subsequent updates.

Departments

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada1agreements$12.0Mvalue1programs
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario4agreements$6.8Mvalue4programs
  • Business Scale-Up
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF)

All grants from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

National Research Council Canada7agreements$1.3Mvalue3programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20211agreements$32.0Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20204agreements$1.6Mvalue4programs
  • Innovation Assistance Program
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) – Direct
  • Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF)
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Youth Employment Program
20193agreements$17.8Mvalue3programs
  • SIF Stream 1- R&D
  • Business Scale-Up
  • Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSUP)
20181agreements$350Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20161agreements$175Kvalue0programs
    20141agreements$150Kvalue0programs
      20131agreements$50.0Kvalue0programs

        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.