1) CEED – Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
CEED has been working for more than 25 years to promote and support the spirit of entrepreneurship.
Details of the startup:
- City: Halifax
- Started in: 1993
- Industries: EdTech, Education
- Number of investments: 342
- Number of exits: 1
You can find their website here.
2) NEXT Canada
NEXT Canada is a national, non-profit organisation that trains talented people to start world-class businesses and get more people to use technology.
Details of the startup:
- City: Toronto
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Ajay Agrawal, Claudia Hepburn, Reza Satchu, Tim Hodgson
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 316
- Number of exits: 16
You can find their website here.
3) Velocity
Velocity is a leading entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo that has helped more than 400 companies start and grow.
Details of the startup:
- City: Waterloo
- Started in: 2008
- Industries: HealthTech
- Number of investments: 261
- Number of exits: 18
You can find their website here.
4) DMZ
DMZ is a startup incubator at Toronto Metropolitan University that is one of the best in the world.
Details of the startup:
- City: Toronto
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Hossein Rahnama, Sheldon Levy
- Industries: Technology
- Number of investments: 256
- Number of exits: 26
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 16
You can find their website here.
5) Startup Edmonton
Edmonton provides the best resources and tools for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Details of the startup:
- City: Edmonton
- Started in: 2009
- Founders: Cam Linke, Ken Bautista, Sam Jenkins, Sam Jenkins
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 143
- Number of exits: 11
You can find their website here.
6) Accelerator Centre
Accelerator Centre is committed to making a community for entrepreneurs that is diverse, fair, and open to people from all walks of life.
Details of the startup:
- City: Waterloo
- Started in: 2006
- Industries: Healthcare, Technology
- Number of investments: 112
- Number of exits: 6
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 144
You can find their website here.
7) entrepreneurship@UBC
Through venture creation, entrepreneurship@UBC gets UBC innovations out into the world and gives startups the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed.
Details of the startup:
- City: Vancouver
- Started in: 2013
- Industries: Mobile, Robotics, Drones
- Number of investments: 112
- Number of exits: 5
You can find their website here.
8) FounderFuel
FounderFuel is a 4-month intensive incubator program that helps tech founders learn the skills and ways of thinking they need to turn their ideas into companies that change the world.
Details of the startup:
- City: Montréal
- Started in: 2010
- Founders: Alan MacIntosh, Ian Jeffrey, Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer, John Stokes
- Industries: Technology, AI
- Number of investments: 95
- Funding amount: $50,000
- Number of exits: 13
- Equity Taken: 9%
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 16
You can find their website here.
9) NextAI
NEXT Canada is a national, non-profit organisation that trains talented entrepreneurs to start world-class businesses and get more people to use technology.
Details of the startup:
- City: Toronto
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Ajay Agrawal
- Industries: Technology
- Number of investments: 89
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 27
You can find their website here.
10) UTEST
The University of Toronto Early Stage Technology (UTEST) Program helps entrepreneurs at the University of Toronto turn their cutting-edge research into businesses.
Details of the startup:
- City: Toronto
- Industries: Industry Agnostic
- Number of investments: 83
- Number of exits: 4
You can find their website here.
