Vention inc.: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Montreal|Montréal, QC · grants and contributions register · Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs

Vention inc.: federal grants and contributions: 4 agreements; $8.1M value; 1 departments; 2 programs.

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4agreements
$8.1Mvalue
1departments
2programs

Largest agreements

Deploy & Operate$7.7Mvalue2022start2024end

Build & Operate will create the software necessary to automate production using a number of third-party collaborative robots on manufacturing floors, including those of Fanuc, Doosan, Universal Robots, Kinova & Epson, allowing for a seamless transition of the robot from the simulated environment to the work environment (DEPLOY). It will then provide the software necessary to operate (OPERATE) complex automated programs in this multi-vendor environment and monitor all of them in a unified network, as if they all belong to the same vendor.

Development of a digital manufacturing platform for modular industrial equipment$350Kvalue2018start2019end

Vention, is a digital manufacturing platform for machine design, actively developing an integrated ecosystem of modular hardware and cloud-based 3D design software, enabling the design and manufacturing of custom industrial equipment. The scope of the current project will enable the digital and hardware platforms of Vention to transition from offering “low-complexity, motionless equipment” (i.e., previously funded IRAP project) to “medium-complexity, motion-enabled equipment,” always in a fully-integrated digital environment.

Agreement$42.8Kvalue2016start–end
Agressive market penetration in Mexico$0value2019start2020end

Deploy a marketing effort in Mexico while hiring a resource to address leads with specific needs such as language, business relationship and insights. Online advertisement and a physical presence at Fabtech Mexico conference.

Departments

National Research Council Canada4agreements$8.1Mvalue2programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
  • CanExport SMEs

All grants from National Research Council Canada

Years

20221agreements$7.7Mvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20191agreements$0value1programs
  • CanExport SMEs
20181agreements$350Kvalue1programs
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
20161agreements$42.8Kvalue0programs

    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.