Ag-West Bio Employee Directory
Non-profit OrganizationsSaskatchewan, Canada11-50 Employees
Ag-West Bio is a non-profit, membership-based organization that serves as Saskatchewan's bioscience industry association and acts as a catalyst for the province's bioeconomy. Since 1989, it has supported moving research to market and growing biobusiness in Saskatchewan. The organization is based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has a staff of 11 to 50 employees. Its members include public research institutions, private companies from startups to multinationals, research service organizations, and economic development and commodity groups, spanning biotechnology, bioproducts, biofuels, environment, health, and nutrition. It provides guidance to entrepreneurs in identifying opportunities and developing business plans, administers a technology commercialization fund for early-stage companies, runs initiatives and events to bolster research and commercialization capacity in Saskatchewan's bioscience and agri-food sectors, and is funded by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) program.