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Co.Labs

Saskatoon, SaskatchewanFinesseMember

Saskatchewan's Tech Incubator

Co.Labs is Saskatchewan's Tech Incubator. We work with exceptional founders & teams to navigate the path from idea to $1M in annual revenue. We provide support and resources to help build Saskatchewan Tech Startups.

Type

Not-for-Profit

Founded

2017

Affiliation

University of Saskatchewan

Non-profit model with no fees or equity taken from founders. Portfolio has generated $68.4M in private investment raised and $123.9M in revenue with 989 jobs created. Operates like a startup internally. Provides 1:1 coaching, curated mentorship introductions, and community access. Operates a job board.

Industries

General/industry agnostic

Focus Areas

hardware productssoftware productsenergyminingICTagtech

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Stages supported

IdeaDiscoveryValidationEfficiencyScaleMature

Services offered

  • Access to free or discounted licenses for products or devkits
  • Discounted and/or free professional services (legal, accounting, bookkeeping, etc.)
  • Financing opportunities and connections with investor groups
  • Free educational events or programming (ie. lunch and learns)
  • Intellectual property education and assistance (Includes: patent, trademark and copyright evaluation, intellectual property strategy, protection and licensing)
  • Mentorship and access to advisors
  • Networking opportunities and community events
  • Office space, co-working environment
  • Trade and export support (Includes: Business development missions, internationalization, and any other activities linked to international market development)
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Refining and expanding venture growth and entrepreneurial competencies and create the connections across innovation ecosystem

Sector-agnostic (broad industry focus). Higher accountability signals (equity/paid programs, later-stage focus).

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Idea/MVP Program

incubator

Early-stage support focused on coaching founders on market validation, product development, and sales

In Revenue Program

accelerator

Support for startups that have achieved revenue, focusing on scaling

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  • Romeo Iula

    CTO

  • Mindy Loverin

    Fractional CRO

  • Drew Dwernychuk

    VP of Energy, Mining, ICT AgTech

  • Ian Meier

    CEO

  • Brittany Melnyk

    VP of Product

  • Greg Sutton

    CEO

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Cultivator Powered by Conexus

Regina, Saskatchewan

We are Canada's first credit union led business incubator, helping founders start, grow and scale their startups in Saskatchewan. In addition we run a national venture backed Agtech Accelerator on conjunction with Emmertech Venture Capital.

General/industry agnostic
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Community Safety & Wellness Accelerator (CSW Accelerator)

Edmonton, Alberta

About Community Safety & Wellness Accelerator Powered by AlchemistX In partnership with AlchemistX, the Edmonton Police Foundation, and Alberta Innovates, the CSW Accelerator is bringing proven Silicon Valley acceleration programming to the social impact space in Edmonton, Alberta. About the Program The Community Safety & Wellness Accelerator (CSW) is a first-of-its-kind accelerator focused on addressing the social and safety challenges facing our communities. In partnership with AlchemistX, the Edmonton Police Foundation, and Alberta Innovates, the CSW Accelerator is bringing proven Silicon Valley acceleration programming to the social impact space in Edmonton, Alberta. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to: - gain targeted introductions to the CSW Accelerator’s partners across Alberta including community agencies and governmental partners (e.g., the Edmonton Police, non-profit organizations, social sector agencies, academic partners), and - receive intensive training to succeed via Alchemist Accelerator’s proven program. All participants gain access to Alchemist’s global network of over 30,000 entrepreneurs and mentors and will be supported to connect with investment and partnership opportunities. The benefits of this program include: 1:1 Mentorship Access to partnerships Access to global funding and VC network Access to first customers and customers in new locations via our network Access to deep, specialized mentorship Extensive coaching that meets the needs of your start up Proven curriculum Space in Edmonton available for on-site support and connections to explore all that Edmonton and Alberta have to offer Access to resources and information about visas and investment attraction to support your start-up scaling in Canada Access to grants for travel and connection to support to relocate to Canada There is no fee and no equity to attend this program Our goal is to accelerate startups that can make a difference with our community partners and innovate for social and economic benefit in our communities while promoting Edmonton as a world-class destination for innovation. The www.cswaccelerator.com is funded by Alberta Innovates and Prairies Economic Development Canada I Développement économique Canada pour les Prairies and the Edmonton Police Foundation. Big thanks to our accelerator program delivery team extraordinaire AlchemistX.

General/industry agnostic
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District 3 Innovation Hub

Montréal, Québec

Transform your ideas into startups and companies with global impact

District 3 Innovation Hub is a leading innovation hub in Montreal that nurtures and develops multidisciplinary startup teams. They focus on harnessing emerging technologies to create businesses with global impact.

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Empowered Startups

Vancouver, British Columbia

Empowered incubates and accelerates driven entrepreneurial leaders capable of building outstanding startups that bring customers and institutional capital knocking on the door. Our unique model incubates talented Canadian entrepreneurs and Foreign entrepreneurs and connects their start-ups with international customers. We invest seed capital and time in the best scalable start-ups so that our start-up founders can aggressively pursue their revenue goals.

General/industry agnostic
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