Incubators and Accelerators

Located in Markham, ventureLAB is a leading global founder community for hardware technology and enterprise software companies in Canada. The organization is led by seasoned entrepreneurs and business leaders with decades of industry experience in building IP-rich start-ups, scale-ups, and global multinationals to help businesses scale. ventureLAB is part of one of the biggest and most diverse tech communities in Canada. 

Since 2011, ventureLAB has enabled over 4,000 tech ventures to create over 6,800 jobs and raise more than $420 million in investment capital through initiatives focused on raising capital, talent retention, technology and IP commercialization, and customer acquisition. Together with a community of entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and partners, ventureLAB enables technology startups to accelerate the commercialization of transformational products on a global scale. ventureLAB is home to the Hardware Catalyst Initiative — Canada’s only lab and incubator for hardware and semiconductor-focused companies.