SOFII

330 West St.

Brantford, Ontario


Company Overview

The Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII) is a program delivered by WOCFDCA, which is designed to promote growth among small and medium-sized businesses by providing them with the funds they need to develop and innovate products and services, create jobs, and make a positive economic impact on their surrounding communities.

Core products & services

Commercial lending of government loans for innovative companies.



Industry:

professional servicesProfessional Services

Company founded in:

2012

TechAlliance member since:

2019


Key Personnel

David Penton
Director

From his foundations in public accounting, providing audit and accounting services to small business, non-profits and Canadian subsidiaries of multinational companies, David is a commercial lending professional having worked in the debt capital markets  and middle market lending for over 25 years.

He has specialized in senior roles in credit risk underwriting, origination, syndications and portfolio management with both an international bank and a Fortune 500 middle market commercial finance bank , personally responsible for providing over $3½ billion in financing.

David is conversant with the challenges faced by today’s entrepreneurs in procuring business financing and thrilled to be part of the success story that SOFII has become in Southwestern Ontario.