With advisory board in place, OneEleven’s new MD shares plan to rebuild the Toronto innovation hub
With new leadership and familiar advisors, Toronto innovation hub OneEleven has re-launched. Shuttered following the onset…
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Federal government announces $5 million for three Québec innovation orgs
On Thursday, Minister of Economic Development Mélanie Joly announced funding of close to $5 million for three Québec innovation…
Matthew Lombardi tapped as new head of OneEleven
Matthew Lombardi has been named the new head of the new OneEleven, BetaKit has learned. BetaKit has confirmed with multiple…
IBM pursuing global expansion of “made-in-Canada” internal incubator program
IBM is in global expansion mode for an internal employee incubator that was first launched in Markham, Ontario in 2018. The…
OneEleven to return under OCE control in next few weeks
OneEleven, the once shuttered Toronto incubator, is set to return in the next few weeks under Ontario Centres of Excellence…
Ryerson’s Legal Innovation Zone announces international (virtual) tech entrepreneurship program
This fall, Ryerson University’s legal tech startup incubator, the Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) is launching Sprint Studio,…
City of Toronto commits $250,000 to expansion of Black Innovation Fellowship
The Black Innovation Fellowship (BIF), a DMZ program designed to provide Black tech startup founders with more equitable entrepreneurial…
Sustainable Development Technology Canada invests in 17 cleantech startups through seed fund
Seventeen Canadian cleantech startups have received funding from the federal government through Sustainable Development Technology…
Five student-led startups graduate from Platform Calgary’s summer AI incubator
Five early-stage, AI-enabled startups have graduated from the artificial intelligence stream of Platform Calgary’s Summer…
Velocity announces winners of its first virtual pitch competition
University of Waterloo-based incubator Velocity recently hosted its first virtual Velocity Fund Pitch Competition (VFPC), investing…
Ryerson’s DMZ reaches $400,000 of $1 million goal to expand Black Innovation Fellowship
The Black Innovation Fellowship (BIF), a program dedicated to providing Black tech founders with more equitable entrepreneurial…
Oxford reportedly moving forward with OCE proposal for OneEleven
Oxford Properties has reportedly chosen a proposal from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to take over recently closed…
DMZ launches virtual incubator program with Town of Innisfil to help scale tech startups
The DMZ has partnered with the Town of Innisfil, Ontario to help scale tech startups and increase government procurement in…
Jon French departs NEXT Canada to take entrepreneurship role at University of Toronto
Jon French, who has long held a senior leadership position at NEXT Canada, has departed his role with the Toronto-based accelerator.…
Platform Calgary receives $30,000 from federal government for summer incubator program
Platform Calgary, an organization that offers access to space, programming, and advocacy for startups based in the city, has…