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PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise

PARO is a non-profit organisation that supports women entrepreneurs from ideation to export.

We offer free business counselling, programming, and access to grants and character-based financing.

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PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise
105 May St N #110, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3N8, Canada

Opening Hours, Dates

By appointment

About Us

PARO is a non-profit organisation that supports women entrepreneurs from ideation to export.

We offer free business counselling, programming, and access to grants and character-based financing. PARO is North America’s largest women-centred peer lending network. https://paro.ca/paro-circles/

Our programmes help women launch, scale, and export. PARO is a non-profit organisation that supports women entrepreneurs from ideation to export. https://paro.ca/bizcamps/

We offer micro-credits and micro-loans, a grant to help women-owned companies expand to a different geographic area. https://paro.ca/bizgrowth/

We are the mechanism in Ontario to access the $50,000 character-based WEOC loan. https://www.myparopath.ca/paroprosper-eligibility-criteria?show-toolbar=true

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