Velocity Cornerstone Program
Cornerstone is the culmination of the student entrepreneurial process. It’s a community of student founders all looking to start their careers in entrepreneurship. They are actively building out their business plans through customer discovery and validation while getting coaching and support from their fellow student teams, Velocity coaches, Velocity founders and business advisors. The goal is to gain enough traction by graduation to join a top-tier accelerator/incubator program or attract investment.
Cornerstone is the culmination of the student entrepreneurial process. It’s a community of student founders all looking to start their careers in entrepreneurship. They are actively building out their business plans through customer discovery and validation while getting coaching and support from their fellow student teams, Velocity coaches, Velocity founders and business advisors. The goal is to gain enough traction by graduation to join a top-tier accelerator/incubator program or attract investment.
Every term
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Multiple sessions
Concept
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Fulltime-program / Courses
Open to the public, UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Anytime
Program Overview
Velocity is an incubator for pre-seed technology startups from the University of Waterloo and around the world. The program is designed to guide and amplify early-stage start-ups as they turn ideas into scalable companies with the potential for positive, global impact. We welcome ambitious founders with bold ideas that scale. Velocity offers product development labs, collaborative workspaces, manufacturing equipment, and an expansive network paired with expert business support from seasoned professionals and past founders.
Velocity takes rolling applications. Founders must be willing to join the incubator to work on their company full time and must demonstrate they can build a company that solves a $1B+ problem.
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Every term
Faculty of Science or Engineering, Research Masters
Program Overview
The WIN-Velocity Scholarship, with a value equivalent to a Graduate Research Studentship (GRS) for two years, has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) to support domestic research-based master’s students, who will be registered full time in their first year of graduate studies, in the Faculty of Engineering and/or Faculty of Science.
Eligible students must pursue commercialization and entrepreneurship activities for establishing a start-up company at UW with Velocity support, based on a business idea in “deep-tech” (a category of startup companies that develop new products based “on scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation) which matches research conducted by the WIN supervisor. Students participating in the program will receive mentorship and advice for start-up and entrepreneurial activities from Velocity.
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Grebel Peace Incubator
Fulltime-program / Courses
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Anytime
Program Overview
The Grebel Peace Incubator provides a collaborative community and access to mentorship and funding for early-stage non-profits and social enterprises focused on advancing peace and justice. Their expertise in thinking and working politically helps new ventures engage governments and transform systems. New ventures in this incubator thrive within a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and community-mindedness.
Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
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Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Fulltime-program / Courses
Undergraduate students
Every term
Program Overview
Do you want to put an entrepreneurial spin on your undergraduate degree at Waterloo? Get a jump-start on your entrepreneurial path by enrolling Conrad School’s specialized academic programs and courses:
- Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (BET) Courses
- Minor in Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship Option in Engineering
- Entrepreneurial Mindset Career Specialization in SAF
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