External Funding Opportunities
Numerous competitions, grants and awards are available to students engaged in entrepreneurship. A comprehensive list has been gathered and will be updated annually.
Numerous competitions, grants and awards are available to students engaged in entrepreneurship. A comprehensive list has been gathered and will be updated annually.
Anytime
Open to the public
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Anytime
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Multiple sessions
WatCo
Program Overview
The Waterloo Commercialization Office (WatCo) offers research faculty and graduate students access to intellectual property management expertise and commercialization services to facilitate licensing and startup company formation commercialization pathways.
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Problem Lab
Multiple sessions
UWaterloo students, staff and faculty
Every term
Program Overview
The Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch competition invites teams of up to four students to choose an important industry problem and thoroughly research its history, scope, and impact. Students pitch their findings to a panel of judges to compete for $15,000 in funding to support research & development needs for their venture.
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Anytime
Open to the public
Velocity
Program Overview
A pre-seed fund spun out of the University of Waterloo to invest in world-changing companies at the earliest stage. Velocity Fund is the next step in Velocity’s evolution and the fund that we wanted to exist when we were founders. We invest at early stage in ambitious founders across software, deep tech and health tech. We offer nimble cheques, no nonsense advice, connection to Canada’s most successful incubator and a world-class network of alumni founders.
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Velocity
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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