Over its first two years, YODL has grown from an aspiration to connect Canada’s food business community into a feature rich platform that connects CFIN members to funding, partners, and each other.
With the Find Contacts Tool, you can search for and connect with relevant CFIN members and potential partners. Whether you’re looking for industry experts, collaborators, or new business connections, the tool’s advanced search capabilities make it easy to filter by industry, expertise, and location to help you easily connect with CFIN members aligned with your own work and interests.
YODL can also be used to discover new funding opportunities for your business. The Funding Finder is an intuitive platform that was designed to help innovators efficiently search for grants, loans, and investments relevant to their work. No more time spent manually combing through different grant databases: the Funding Finder allows you to quickly identify the opportunities you would be eligible for, freeing you to put together winning applications and grow your business.
On top of our Find Contacts and Funding Finder tools, CFIN members gain access to our recently revamped Resource Finder—a tool that can help you discover thousands of food-centric businesses and service providers. If you’re searching for lab spaces, startup accelerators, co-packers, distributors, production facilities, or anything else, the Resource Finder makes it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for.
is one of the ways we engage Canada’s fastest growing food business community, but it is also so much more than that. It is a vibrant ecosystem designed to foster growth by giving food innovators effective tools to connect to partners, funding, and resources to help their businesses thrive.
We hope you’re taking full advantage of YODL’s diverse toolbox! Drop a comment and let us know how YODL has helped you find new opportunities, make connections, and grow your food business.