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.

Entrepreneurship Connections is for newcomers who plan to start a business in Canada. If you have owned or operated a business outside Canada, this innovative and informative program will help you translate that experience to the Canadian market.

Acme Works is a member of the growing global co-working movement, and shares the belief that productivity and creativity are enhanced by collaboration with other like-minded individuals. In addition to the supportive work environment, ACME members enjoy access to our network of experts, including lawyers, accountants, marketers, and senior executives available for consultation on an hourly basis. ACME members also [...]

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

Business Inc. Series is an eight-week business program offered Toronto Public Libraries across the city.  The program is designed to help budding entrepreneurs prepare a business plan, provide access to a business advisor and other valuable resources and opportunities for networking with other entrepreneurs.

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 [...]

Cookhouse Lab gives insurers the creative place to think out of the box, invent and shape the future of insurance. It is a test kitchen in which insurers collaborate with each other and combine organizational knowledge with other ‘ingredients’ such as innovation experts, legal counsel, designers and entrepreneurs to create the customer experience of tomorrow.

The Design Industry Advisory Committee (DIAC) organizes and leads seminars, workshops, networking events and design charrettes. These activities bring stakeholders from different sectors together to collaborate and to explore higher-level opportunities to leverage design and the work of our local design workforce.

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 [...]