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StartUp Here Toronto was built in collaboration to connect Toronto’s startup and innovation community and share our story with the world.
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Toronto is a great city for startups. It is the fourth largest city in North America, Canada’s economic powerhouse, and one of the most competitive and livable cities in the world. Toronto has also been ranked as one of the 20 most active and vibrant startup scenes globally and is building on this momentum every day.
StartUp HERE Toronto is a collaborative economic development initiative launched to support the growing startup and innovation community in Toronto. The purpose of StartUp HERE Toronto is to connect entrepreneurs to programs, resources and events to help them start, grow and scale their business in Toronto, no matter the sector, be it food, fashion, music or manufacturing.
StartUp HERE Toronto celebrates Toronto's innovation community by sharing local success with the world. StartUp HERE Toronto is the story we tell.
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“I think it’s an attractive place to come for talented people, it's a huge market for creative people and I think there are some companies emerging that give people hope that it can be done here.”
Mike McDerment, CEO/Co-Founder, Freshbooks
“The scale and quality of meet-ups and conferences and speaking events have gone up dramatically. You don’t need to leave Toronto to build a successful company.”
Evgeny Tchebotarev, Co-Founder, 500px
"Startups in Toronto benefit from support at every stage. From the very early stage we have incubators, accelerators and seed stage investors. In the growth stage, we have funders willing to invest a lot of money to really help a company take-off. This gives tech companies in Toronto a huge advantage.”
Allen Lau, CEO & Co-Founder, Wattpad
“In Toronto, Bombardier manufactures business and commercial aircraft and relies on the diversified, local regional supply chain. We work with more than 70 suppliers located in the Greater Toronto Area and we benefit from a variety of expertise going from complex machining to systems integration.”
Graham Kelly, Vice-President, Global Operations & Toronto Site, Bombardier Aerospace
"A culture of collaboration is really at the heart of what’s next in innovation. What’s exciting in Toronto is that we have local and international businesses partnering with the startup ecosystem and increasingly with the academic community to position themselves for success in the future. And it’s happening across the spectrum from digital media and information technology, to life sciences and healthcare, energy solutions and social innovation.”
Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, Former CEO, MaRS Discovery District
"If you come to our studio and take a look at the people sitting around the table discussing ideas, they’re from almost every part of the world. I think it has really helped Umbra create an international style.”
Paul Rowan, Co-Founder, Umbra
“Something that makes Toronto truly unique is that willingness to share and communicate with people very openly inside the industry looking at the global pie as something we can all co-create and achieve together.”
Satish Kanwar, VP of Product, Acceleration, Shopify
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