The Government of Canada is committed to advancing gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and supporting women entrepreneurs through the new Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (the Strategy) announced in Budget 2018. As part of the Strategy, the Government has made funding available to women-owned and/or women-led businesses to support them to grow and pursue market opportunities abroad. The Women [...]

The Laurier LaunchPad is a campus-linked accelerator dedicated to help Laurier students and alumni start and scale unique and distinctive ventures across all domains and faculties. LaunchPad Start focuses on achieving your product-solution fit through iteration and customer interviews. By the end of this part of the program, you will have confidence in whether your venture concept is viable. LaunchPad [...]

ventureLAB is where talented entrepreneurs get help bringing their innovations to market. We apply a unique combination of mentoring, partnering, and connecting to help pioneering entrepreneurs turn their great ideas into globally competitive businesses with successful start-up business training. Since its inception in 2011, ventureLAB has supported over 3,000 start-ups in the fields of: Advanced health technology Digital media [...]

WatCo at the University of Waterloo helps researchers commercialize innovations by developing startups or licensing technology to existing companies. Services include intellectual property (IP) management, commercialization support and access to funding programs.

From ideas to product development to commercialization, University of Waterloo’s Velocity program provides the knowledge, tools, space and network that startups and entrepreneurs need for success. Programs and supports include the largest free incubator in North America, a residence for entrepreneurs, science lab, workshops, mentorship programs and more. Velocity does not charge fees or take equity from startups that [...]

Based at St. Paul’s University College at the University of Waterloo, GreenHouse is Canada’s only live-in social impact incubator focused on social innovation and entrepreneurship. GreenHouse startups apply innovative approaches to pressing societal problems to create economic growth and improve the human condition.

I-CUBE is the business accelerator at the Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto Mississauga. I-CUBE offers students and community youth early-stage business development and commercialization services including an entrepreneurial curriculum, business advisory services, collaborative space, expert speaker sessions, and a mentorship program.

Techno is an elite program for scientists and engineers who want to create technology-based companies. Starting only with scientific expertise, these entrepreneurs are guided by experts to learn by doing, building their companies in the process. Techno is about actual company creation. It has led to more than 60 new start-up companies in the physical sciences’ sector, aimed at [...]

UTIAS is a graduate studies and research institute, forming part of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto.  Start@UTIAS Entrepreneurship Program was developed through a  a $1 million donation to establish a new entrepreneurial incubation program at UTIAS called Start@UTIAS. The purpose of this program is to encourage and facilitate UTIAS graduate students [...]

Health Innovation Hub (H2i) was established to create a culture and infrastructure that aligns, connects, serves and facilitates student driven translation of discoveries and ideas into problem-solving designs that impact positively on health matters.

The Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and nurturing Canadian fashion designers and entrepreneurs. Housed in an 8,000 sq. ft. heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, TFI provides strategic business-building programs and services including one-on-one mentoring, educational seminars and master classes, shared workspace, in-house design studios, exclusive networking, promotional and marketing opportunities, valuable [...]

The Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) is an award-winning and highly-acclaimed non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and nurturing Canadian fashion designers and creative entrepreneurs. Housed in a heritage building at Exhibition Place in Toronto, TFI provides strategic business-building programs and services including one-on-one mentoring, educational seminars and master classes, shared workspace, in-house design studios, exclusive networking, promotional and marketing opportunities, valuable [...]