The York Small Business Enterprise Centre invites the community to two special showcases where local ambitious students from the Summer Company program will promote their businesses.
Event & Conference News
Inaugural Newmarket market to highlight young entrepreneurs
Chris Cartwright and Bill Gianopoulos team up to organize and support a marketplace experience for young people with fledgling businesses
Aurora’s Christmas Market features vendors, attractions, performers
Top 100 Ontario event in Town Park Dec. 1-3, 8-10 features 115 vendors, buskers, geodome, inflatables playground, Christmas tree lighting.
Revolutionizing healthcare: MedTech start-ups win $50,000 at ventureLAB’s third annual Hard Tech Summit
The summit featured an exclusive Pitch Gala where eight companies vie for a chance to win a collective $50,000 in non-dilutive cash prizes to further advance research and scale operations.
ventureLAB’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
At ventureLAB’s third HardTech Summit, speakers discussed challenges and opportunities facing deep technology startups across the country and offered entrepreneurs advice on navigating them.
Sustainable semiconductor solutions with AI: ventureLAB recaps the deeptech-focused panel at Elevate Festival
ventureLAB’s VP of the Hardware Catalyst Initiative, Avinash Persaud, took on the role of moderator for a thought-provoking panel discussion “Sustainable Semiconductor Solutions with AI” at Elevate Festival 2023.
Markham Fair: A Grand Tradition of Excellence and Community Spirit!
Set against the backdrop of the crisp autumn season, this iconic event, happening annually the weekend before Canadian Thanksgiving, draws over 80,000 attendees. With a staggering 12,000+ items showcased by about 3,000 exhibitors, it’s a vibrant display of excellence, competition, and community pride.
Savor East Gwillimbury’s Agricultural Wonders: Farm to Fork Tour!
One of the fastest growing regions in Canada, East Gwillimbury is an agricultural community of villages connected by forest and farms, making it a seamless blend of heritage and innovation.
ventureLAB launches nation’s first Hardware Angel Network
The network, the organization said in a release issued at Collision 2023 in Toronto, “catalyzes investments in the Canadian hardware and deep-tech sectors,” through the raising of capital and development of third-party partnerships for startups.
2023 Autotech Detroit Conference was an incredible success for the York Region Delegation!
York Region is a leading jurisdiction in Canada’s automotive technology industry. Among others it is home to 250+ sector related companies, Canada’s largest independent auto parts and electronics manufacturing cluster, global headquarters of 3 of the 5 largest Canadian auto parts companies and location of the largest corporate automotive innovation hub in the country.
Celebrating the future of women in tech at ventureLAB
On March 29, women entrepreneurs, founders from ventureLAB’s Tech Undivided initiative and senior leaders in the hardware and semiconductor industry came together from across the province to celebrate and recognize women in the tech sector.
Tech Investments, Jobs, and Tech Experts Collide in York Region’s #YRtech Pavilion at Collision
With the announcement of over $250 million in business investments and expansions, along with the creation of 800 jobs, new partnerships, and multiple startup pitch competitions, York Region’s #YRtech Pavilion was a big draw for those that came to check out the ‘Olympics of Tech’ in North America.
The Township and Kingbridge Centre Partner to Invite Sustainability-Oriented Innovators to Find Climate Solutions at Innovation Hub
The targeted areas of innovation are forestry management; carbon sequestration; climate change resiliency; carbon neutral innovations; sustainable energy; green and clean tech; food security; and the agri-food value chain.
Newmarket’s Treefrog Certified to Invest in Immigrant Entrepreneurs
At the Collision Conference in Toronto, the Town of Newmarket and Treefrog Inc. announced that the Treefrog Accelerator (the Accelerator) successfully received designation from the federal government as a Start-up Visa organization.
OFFICE SPACE IN A POST-COVID WORLD: RETHINKING OFFICE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES
With the COVID-19 pandemic creating a mass-scale transition to working from home for many industries in York Region and across Canada, it has created a sense of uncertainty and intrigue around what the future of office space holds.
YORK REGION TECH FIRMS GET READY FOR COLLISION FROM HOME
Collision was set to happen in Toronto again this year, but COVID-19 upended those plans. Instead, the massive conference is pivoting too, and will go virtual as Collision from Home, June 22-25.
York Region featured in 'Different Format, Same Energy: Collision from Home's Partners'
This year, we are all facing some of our greatest challenges yet, and people all over the world are struggling to adapt. At Collision, we’re no different, but we want to do whatever we can to keep bringing people together – that’s why we decided to host Collision from Home as an entirely virtual event.
Newmarket Headquartered AirBoss Announces US$96 Million Contract for FlexAir™ PAPR System from FEMA to Help Battle COVID-19
NEWMARKET, Ontario, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AirBoss of America Corp. (TSX: BOS) (the “Company” or “AirBoss”) today announced that AirBoss Defense Group (“ADG”) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the manufacture and sale of 100,000 FlexAir™ Powered Air Purifying Respirator (“PAPR”) systems, 615,000 filters, and related accessories.
FedDev Ontario Invests $5 Million For New Incubator Lab in Markham
FedDev Ontario has announced a $5 million investment into innovation centre ventureLAB for the creation of a lab and incubator hub in Markham, Ont.
Top 5 Highlights from York Region's #YRtech Experience Pavilion at Collision!
York Region, Canada’s second largest tech hub, was front and centre at Collision Conference’s inaugural debut with a 30ft2 space, aptly named the #YRtech Experience Pavilion. York Region’s Economic Development team partnered with local tech scale-ups, startups, innovation support organizations, and a few of our local municipalities – Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan – to create a space for Collision attendees to “play” and “interact” with cutting edge technology in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI), autotech, intelligent building solutions, gaming, virtual reality (VR), smart watches, robotic vision solutions, mobile app development, and more.
York Region Aims to ‘Elevate’ its Tech Sector Amid Marketing Push
Since hiring two marketing firms — Shikatani Lacroix and Jones Lang LaSalle — to promote its tech sector in 2016, York Region has “learned a lot,” a director says, adding that there are more plans under its sleeve.
Markham is Creating an Innovation Hub the Size of Roughly 600 Soccer Fields, its Mayor Says
The mayor of Markham is using a major technology conference to tell startup enterprises that his city north of Toronto is preparing a large parcel of land to be the home of a new innovation hub.
Robot inspectors aim to revolutionize the factory line: Markham Headquartered Bluewrist Feature
Larysa Harapyn talks to Jason Niu from Bluewrist at Collision Conference in Toronto. The Markham-based company builds robots and software that serve as quality inspectors for a wide range of manufacturers.
Vaughan Headquartered Mircom in Talks With Microsoft Over its 3D Visualization
Mircom Technologies Inc. in Vaughan is in talks with the U.S. giant Microsoft over its 3D tool used to visualize different aspects inside buildings, senior manager engineering Brian Leung told York Region Media Tuesday during big tech event Collision in Toronto.
‘There is war for talent’: York Region Gears Up for Big Tech Event Collision
York Region is getting ready for Collision, a gigantic three-day tech event that attracts companies from more than 120 countries vying to scoop up some stellar talent or simply attract some much-coveted investment.
The Technology Sector in the Greater Toronto Area: A Multi-Market Success Story
The GTA is not a single option but, rather, offers a wide variety of submarkets giving information and communications technology (ICT) firms the range of real estate options and concentrations of skilled workers that the firms require to facilitate their future growth and success.
YEDI Running Canada Start-Up Visa Sessions at Collision | York Link Tech Interview
As a designated entity under the Government of Canada Start-Up Visa Program, YEDI works with entrepreneurs all around the world and we are hoping to connect with entrepreneurs looking to bring or launch their business in Canada.
York Region: A Magnet for Talent
The Greater Toronto region is ready to break out as a leading global tech hub, outpacing established regions like Seattle and San Francisco’s Bay Area in job creation, talent and workforce diversity.
Markham-based CIeNET Looking For Talent Fascinated With Automotive Tech at Collision | York Link Tech Interview
In our latest #YRtech series interview we’re catching up with Autotech company, CIeNET. They recently expanded into Canada opening their Canadian Centre of Excellence for Automotive Technologies in Markham, York Region. We caught up with their team to ask a few questions about their presence at Collision, the future of their industry, and what they are looking for in prospective tech talent.
Seneca College Developing The Entrepreneurial Mindset at Collision | York Link Tech Interview
In our lead-up to Collision we asked a few questions to Chris Dudley, Director of Entrepreneurship at Seneca College. We asked about their presence at Collision and the startups joining them, what they are looking to accomplish at the conference, plus what it’s like to participate in York Region’s largest collaboration of tech companies and innovation partners. Here’s what they had to say