1855 Whitby is a technology accelerator where high-potential tech and innovation companies experience individually tailored programming and advisory support to scale to the global stage and achieve exponential growth.
500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley with over $250M in assets under management. We have invested in a wide variety of technology startups all over the world, currently over 1,500 companies since our inception. With our 4-month accelerator program you’ll get access to awesome mentorship, hands-on sessions with [...]
The Accelerator Centre (AC) is a technology incubator head quartered in Waterloo. The AC helps to build strong, lasting businesses through outstanding client experience and excellence in organizational and product development. The AC has supported more than 200 companies and 93% of program graduates remain thriving businesses.
Brightspark are a VC firm that’s been investing in early stage tech companies since 1999. In the last year, they’ve launched a new investment model that allows individual accredited investors to co-invest in every deal. The experienced team at Brightspark curates and negotiates the most promising software, mobile and tech deals and works closely with entrepreneurs to fill [...]
CANNJOIN is an Accelerator and Global Centre of Excellence for Cannabis based out of Toronto, Canada. Through our world-class network, financial support, and access to capital, our founders have already kick-started 15+ companies with a May 2018 market cap of $1.3 billion.
Because of Canada’s leading role at the federal level in supporting the legalization and distribution of [...]
Grow your business and increase your profitability with our new Business Innovation and Growth Program, with support from the National Research Council of Canada – Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
Applications for this free program are now being accepted from all eligible SMEs, in order to support them through Innovation and Productivity Services at Centennial College’s Centre of Entrepreneurship.
Eligibility [...]
Colliers Proptech Accelerator Powered by Techstars focuses on solving problems across the property & commercial real estate industry. The possibilities for innovation, disruption & productivity enhancing opportunities are endless. The partnership combines Techstars expertise in tech innovation, startups & alumni network with Colliers’ expertise in real estate, enterprising culture & global network. We are interested in any businesses that touch [...]
Communitech is an innovation centre in Waterloo Region that supports a community of more than 1,000 tech companies—from startups to rapidly-growing mid-sized companies and large global players. A member of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs, which is funded by the Ontario Government, Communitech helps tech companies start, grow and succeed.
Communitech Rev is designed for companies that are product-ready but don’t yet have solid sales and marketing strategies in place.
Rev starts with a three-month sprint, where companies build and refine their sales and marketing processes with individualized guidance from sales, marketing and product Embedded Executives. This is followed by three months of testing, implementation and automation of [...]
Community Innovation Lab (I-Lab), is a fast-growing non-profit organization based in Durham Region addressing the social and economic gaps in communities through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our mission is to inspire, catalyze, and advance the growth of underserved entrepreneurs. We are an incubator for enterprising ideas and an accelerator for promising ventures.
Our flagship entrepreneurship accelerators include:
1. The Refinery – the [...]
The DMZ at Ryerson University is one of Canada’s largest business incubators for emerging tech startups. The top-ranked university incubator in North America and third in the world, it helps startups succeed by connecting them with customers, advisors, influencers and other entrepreneurs.
The DMZ is open to all startups that meet its criteria — no Ryerson affiliation is required. Startups [...]
DMZ Playbook is an intensive six month revenue growth and sales execution program for high-potential tech startups looking to infuse growth into their companies with a structured, scalable and repeatable sales process. The goal? To build a revenue growth playbook and help startups become true sales organizations.
Over the course of the six fast-pace months, startups will work closely with [...]