Rotman’s FinHub provides an environment in which students, the financial industry, startup entrepreneurs, and faculty interact to develop the expertise that enables ongoing innovation in the financial sector. Our approach rests on three pillars: exposing and instructing students in cutting edge technological and finance innovations, developing new research insights research, and exchanging and incubating ideas in financial innovation.

The Innovation Centre for Urban Energy (iCUE) is a business incubator and accelerator focused on urban energy. The purpose is to assist young businesses turn their urban energy ideas into commercially viable products, services, and/or technologies. The iCUE is housed within Ryerson University’s Centre for Urban Energy (CUE). Among the primary goals of the iCUE are research [...]

The Design Fabrication Zone (DFZ) at Ryerson University is an interdisciplinary incubator for design and fabrication, where emerging entrepreneurs build their ideas. From concept development to three-dimensional prototyping and beyond, the DFZ facilitates the incubation and acceleration of project ideas and strategically propels them towards real-life application and business innovation. To date, the DFZ has attracted 400 entrepreneurs and yielded [...]

StartMeUp Ryerson provides a supportive and structured process to meet the needs of students and alumni from all disciplines and all all stages of a business idea or venture.  The StartMeUp process is managed by Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and strongly supported by faculty, university administration, sector experts, community activists, and other partners. All appropriate participants are given a [...]

As part of Ryerson’s approach to experiential learning, the Fashion Zone promotes entrepreneurship as a career path for students and budding entrepreneurs with an interest in fashion, design, and technology. We support creators with wisdom, mentorship, and community to explore, innovate and thrive in the fashion ecosystem while accelerating the likelihood of success for new companies and social ventures. [...]

School for Social Entrepreneurs is an incubator that focuses on capacity building for individuals, so they can launch enterprises that benefit the community.

Sci Innovation Centre  has established cooperative relationships with over 20 partners across 5 continents, including University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Western University, OCE, MaRS, GTAN, Gowling WLG, Invest Ottawa, etc. It aims to provide entrepreneur supporting, incubating and investing services. Sci Innovation centre has set up innovative co-working spaces in both Shenzhen and Toronto. These sites bring together a [...]

Sci Innovation Centre invites promising tech ventures to a roadshow to choose 10 companies from Canada to represent Canada at the 5th China (Shenzhen) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (IEIC) in September 2021. The 10 finalists from the Sci Innovation Competition Canada final in Toronto will be awarded cash prizes ranging from CA$6K to CA$200K each plus an expense-paid [...]

SheEO provides zero-interest loans to ventures that are majority-led by women or non-binary individuals, who are working on some of the world’s most pressing issues. With chapters in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the U.K., SheEO has helped 73 ventures access more than $6 million in funding.

The Social Ventures Zone is the home of social innovators at Canada’s most entrepreneurial university. We work with students, alumni, faculty and people from the broader community to build social ventures that create real impact. At the Social Ventures Zone, we work with innovators to develop their ventures, supporting them with coaching, training, work space, and funding opportunities– [...]

Spark Centre provides free advisory services to early stage or growing innovation and technology companies. Executive coaching, functional advisory, co-location, incubation and day to day operational support are just a few of the services available. Our Experiential Programs, Business and Advisory Services and Industry & Academic Partnerships are available to innovation and technology based businesses in the Durham Region and [...]

Part of a province-wide initiative to build entrepreneurial support, startGBC opened its doors in 2015 to promote entrepreneurship as a career path for students. The centre holds regular workshops and networking events and also offers online resources, co-working spaces and mentorship.