Forge Business Incubator application deadline July 31st
The Forge has played a huge helping hand in the vast majority of tech startup success stories in our region. The application deadline for the next The Forge business incubator cohort is July 31st, don’t miss out on a chance for an amazing opportunity to grow your tech startup business!
Details:
The Forge Business Incubator is a limited-enrollment program for technology entrepreneurs actively working on an early-stage startup. We work closely with a small cohort of tech startups to create a customized plan that will help them launch and grow. We are sector agnostic so any industry sector under the ‘tech’ umbrella is eligible to apply; this includes but is not limited to software, hardware, IoT, medical devices, healthcare IT, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, consumer products, etc.
Our Incubator tenants get access to:
– 8 Months of incubation with opportunity to extend to 18 months
– $3,000 Seed funding to grow your business
– Dedicated office space inside McMaster Innovation Park
– One-on-one mentorship from Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
– Advisory from 50+ Volunteer Mentors
– Access to Professional Service Providers for IP, legal, accounting, finance, tech advisory
– Access to maker-space including advanced prototyping equipment
– Access to 10+ conference rooms for meetings and customer demo’s
– Connections to government funding programs including OCE, NRC-IRAP, NSERC, Mitacs, etc
– One-on-one investor pitch practice
– Direct introductions to angel investors and venture capital firms
– Weekly startup peer2peers and monthly founder socials
– Entrepreneurship workshops, seminars, and networking events
– Access to talent and recruitment support
– PR/media exposure via newsletter and social media mentions
– Business address and mailbox service
Our Incubator does not take equity in the startups we incubate. Our entrepreneur help services are fully funded by McMaster University in an effort to help grow the local entrepreneurship and innovation community.