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.

Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s BE.BUILD.BRAND. is a 12-week entrepreneurship program that provides youth ages 18-29, with mentorship and capacity-building opportunities to equip them with the hard and soft skills needed to turn their ideas into viable business ventures. Phase 1 (BE), business self-assessment and evaluation of business aspirations. Phase 2 (BUILD), focuses on training and development on [...]

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.

We are a creative community that fosters ingenuity and design by offering temporary or permanent work space as well as ongoing lectures and events by leaders in the design and innovation industries. We offer rates that people can afford, a network to exchange knowledge and barter skills, and hard-to-reach support systems like healthcare, business planning and legal services, a small [...]

Beginner-friendly, hands-on workshops for adults who want to learn practical tech skills. 

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 [...]

The Community Innovation Lab is where entrepreneurs go for cutting edge, unique training programs to help take their business to the next level. Whether you have a start-up or an established business, Community Innovation Lab programs can help. We are funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Centres of Excellence and other community partners. The programs are free to attend [...]

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.

Devhub’s focus is not to support startups or entrepreneurs, but to leverage developers. It is also not a formal program that will help launch your career. The only reasons to join are to learn, code, teach, engage, connect and be challenged. At Devhub you are not a renter, customer, bystander or observer. You are an active member, stakeholder and [...]

Leslieville’s District 28 WorkSpaces is Cowork space perfect for entrepreneurs and freelancers looking for a creative hub to grow their businesses. Our members have access to Production Studios, a 30 seat 4K screening rooms, 4K edit suites, large and small meeting rooms and free tea and coffee from an onsite fully licensed Bar Bistro.