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There are many different innovation resources available to help entrepreneurs and startups grow. Whether you’re in the early stages and need a place to incubate your idea, or you need a push to help scale-up your existing venture, York Region is the place to launch your next big idea.
Entrepreneurs can accelerate and incubate their ideas with the help of Seneca’s HELIX, York University’s YSpace or ventureLAB, the our Regional Innovation Centre that builds globally competitive tech titans that build-to-scale from Canada for global markets.
There also four Small Business Enterprise Centres providing business advisory services and training to business owners that are not building technology companies. Makerspaces across the region provide access to 3D printing and other tools and technology to get your innovative design into prototype and testing.
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York Region Innovation Partners
The Regional Municipality of York collaborates with various partners on innovation-related initiative to support the development of York Region’s ecosystem including, but not limited to, the following organizations:
Career and Workforce Development Tools
We’ve partnered with the Workforce Planning Board of York Region to bring you exciting new interactive tools. These tools will help talent discover career opportunities and assist companies in learning more about talent opportunities present with York Region.
Latest Startup & Innovation News
- Culture, recreation-based initiatives could get up to $10K from Aurora’s new community grant program
The grant program will offer up to $10,000 to eligible organizations and individuals through four submission deadlines each year. - ventureLAB initiative attracting tech firms to York Region
The semiconductor industry supports a variety of products since the semiconductors, or tiny chips, can be found in thousands of products such as computers, smartphones, appliances, gaming hardware and medical equipment like ventilators. This has been an important initiative through the pandemic given the global shortage of supplies, the region stated. - Aurora entrepreneur driven to propel economic growth in York Region
“I have lived in York Region for over 30 years, and have worked here for half that time. Contributing to the continual growth and success of our Region is truly important to me,” says Loo. “York Region has a phenomenal history of innovation and entrepreneurship – and it’s important that we continue to build on this…”
Join the #YRtech Conversation
#YRtech is the official hashtag of all things tech and innovation in York Region. Want to join in the conversation? Use the hashtag and your post can appear right here on York Link!
Check out this #YRtech spotlight courtesy of @ventureLABca: The one-of-a-kind startup making it easy for companies to use #autonomous machinery https://www.yorklink.ca/the-one-of-a-kind-startup-making-it-easy-for-companies-to-use-autonomous-machinery #YorkRegion
The March 31st application deadline is coming up fast! International tech startups looking to join the #YRtech ecosystem in #YorkRegion should check out the Canada Catalyst program from @ventureLABca 👇
ventureLAB’s Canada Catalyst is a program enabling international companies to go global by growing and scaling in @YorkRegionGovt - one of the fastest-growing Canadian Tech ecosystems.
Apply today! Visit https://bit.ly/3fjTJjm Applications close on March 31, 2023!
#YRtech to be used to monitor liquified natural gas emissions in the 🇺🇸. Emission monitoring tech developed by #Vaughan, #YorkRegion HQ'd @KontrolGroup to be leveraged in New York State through 4 different projects with an eye on expanding to other markets https://www.yorklink.ca/vaughan-headquartered-kontrol-technologies-wins-multiple-new-projects-with-liquified-natural-gas-lng-emission-monitoring-and-analytics-customer
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