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.

Canadian Small Business Women was created to provide a place for aspiring Canadian business women to find the necessary resources to take their business from the planning stages to reality.

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 [...]

Community Innovation Lab (I-Lab), is a fast-growing non-profit organization based in Durham Region addressing the social and economic gaps in communities through innovation and entrepreneurship. Our mission is to inspire, catalyze, and advance the growth of underserved entrepreneurs. We are an incubator for enterprising ideas and an accelerator for promising ventures. 
 
Our flagship entrepreneurship accelerators include: 1. The Refinery – the [...]

Despite the fact that women founders are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs, women receive a minuscule 2.7% of venture funding. This has a lot to do with who’s on the other side of the table. Diversity of thought in early-stage venture funding leads to better outcomes. Women have untapped industry experience, corporate networks, and accredited investor capital [...]

CLUTCH is a FREE 6-month intensive arts-based and cultural immersion program for young Filipina women (aged 17-24) to start a dialogue with each other, get mentorship from professional artists, and have access to professional tools to hone their creativity.

Make Lemonade was created because the struggle is real. Tired of jumping from coffee shop to coffee shop with dodgy wifi and limited seating, we set out on a mission to create an office space that lived inside our imagination. Welcome to Make Lemonade, a design-forward coworking environment, where the coffee is strong, the lighting is bright, and phone calls [...]

Shecosystem’s open, flexible coworking space is a home base for women who work independently but want to connect with an engaging community that values holistic wellbeing. Whether you want to drop in once a month or every day, we’ve got a membership plan to suit your needs and a workspace to suit your mood. Come as you are: [...]

SheEO is a leading global innovation in the female entrepreneur marketplace. Our radical new model to finance, support and celebrate female entrepreneurs has received global attention by capturing the hearts and minds of women around the world. Over 150 regions from Asia-Pacific to Latin America to Europe and North America have applied to replicate the model in two short years [...]

THE BIG PUSH The Big Push is a 4-6 month equity-for-service program that identifies the business challenges of your startup and puts together an in-depth project roadmap and scheduling of talent to help execute on your goals. FOLLOW-ON SUPPORT We provide follow-on support in the form of HR talent sourcing, fund-raising, health and wellness facilitation, legal, pitch refinement, advisor and [...]

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 [...]