ElevateR Pitch welcomes Canada’s top AI startups to Elevate to compete for the attention of international media, investors and global tech leaders. Finalists from across Canada will face-off March-madness style with over $1,000,000 CAD in funding up for grabs for select finalists. Only four companies will get through to the final round and pitch live on Elevate [...]

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.

ACCESS Community Capital Fund helps individuals without collateral or good credit history obtain an affordable loan to improve their standard of living through entrepreneurship. Based in Toronto, Ontario, ACCESS is a Canadian registered charity granting micro-loans where the abilities, skills and commitment of the applicant in conjunction with the strength of the business plan are key decision criteria.

Alate Partners empowers entrepreneurs who are rethinking real estate. Founded through a partnership between Dream and Relay Ventures, Alate focuses on innovative technology companies that enhance how commercial, residential, and industrial real estate is designed, built, and managed. In addition to capital, Alate provides unique access to expertise and customers through its network of influential real estate owners, operators, and [...]

Innovation York and NRC-IRAP are delighted to announce the 2nd call of a terrific funding program to support Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning collaborative research projects for industry and York University researchers.  This funding program is open to all Canadian SMEs that have been in business for at least a year, with up to 500 employees, who are capable [...]

Blueline Bioscience is a biotech incubator established by Versant Ventures in Toronto, Canada. Headquartered in the MaRS Discovery District of Toronto, Blueline Bioscience works with academic and medical researchers across Canada to translate discoveries into early-stage biotechnology companies

BrandProject provides the financial and operational resources to help early stage companies rapidly scale. We take a strategic approach to building solid foundations, focusing on key business building pillars. Our world-class team provides the specific expertise needed to rapidly scale businesses with Founders, exponentially increasing a startups probability of success.

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 [...]

BITS helps young and other low-resource emerging entrepreneurs who face barriers to employment and financing by providing access to business training, micro-financing and peer mentorship. BITS contributes to the overall economic prosperity and improved quality of life of our participants through skill building, business development and community engagement.

To access this program, all business owners must apply through a participating bank, credit union, or caisse populaire. The Canada Small Business Financing Program provides competitive-rate loans up to $1 million in support of business expansion projects. Applicants of CSBFP are typically startups and early-stage businesses that would find difficulty being approved for loans that are provided directly by financial [...]