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Startup accelerators in Ontario

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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Startup accelerators in Ontario
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49 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Pioneer Fund Toronto, Canada 860 12 34 225
2 Ontario Centres of Excellence Toronto, Canada 434 18 64 15
3 NEXT Canada Toronto, Canada 311 18 31 4
4 DMZ Toronto, Canada 288 37 41 0
5 Accelerator Centre Waterloo, Canada 211 167 11 3
6 L-SPARK Ottawa, Canada 108 88 14 0
7 Center of Aging and Brain Health Innovation Toronto, Canada 85 68 1 0
8 Extreme Venture Partners Toronto, Canada 70 23 20 6
9 Techstars Toronto Accelerator Toronto, Canada 61 29 4 108
10 HIGHLINEvc Toronto, Canada 61 1 28 0
11 BrandProject Toronto, Canada 46 12 11 5
12 Ontario Junior Exploration Programme Toronto, Canada 43 42 38 174
13 DigitalCPR Waterloo, Canada 39 4 0 0
14 Canadian Technology Accelerator Ottawa, Canada 36 32 8 11
15 LatAm Startups Toronto, Canada 36 1 2 2
16 500 Startups Canada Toronto, Canada 26 1 7 0
17 Highline Beta Toronto, Canada 23 6 1 5
18 i.d.e.a. Fund Guelph, Canada 22 22 0 0
19 NorthSpring Capital Partners Cambridge, Canada 22 8 4 0
20 Altitude Accelerator Brampton, Canada 19 19 2 2
21 Intuit Prosperity Accelerator Toronto, Canada 17 17 0 941
22 Social Ventures Zone Toronto, Canada 17 1 0 0
23 GDA Capital Toronto, Canada 16 5 0 4
24 Communitech Kitchener, Canada 14 2 3 13
25 Canadian Technology Accelerator Silicon Valley Ottawa, Canada 12 12 1 716
26 Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada Toronto, Canada 12 11 0 0
27 Costarter Thunder Bay, Canada 11 0 0 0
28 UMMAH1 Toronto, Canada 9 5 0 0
29 TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario London, Canada 8 8 0 0
30 Women4Climate Toronto Toronto, Canada 6 6 0 0
31 York Entrepreneurship Development Institute Toronto, Canada 6 3 0 0
32 Grit Ventures Mississauga, Canada 6 0 2 1
33 INOVAIT Toronto, Canada 5 3 0 1
34 HaloHealth Toronto, Canada 5 1 0 0
35 ODX Ventures Waterloo, Canada 5 1 0 0
36 AcCELLerate ON Toronto, Canada 4 4 0 0
37 Communitech HYPERDRIVE Kitchener, Canada 4 2 0 0
38 Web3 Ventures Toronto, Canada 4 1 0 0
39 Climate Ventures Toronto, Canada 2 1 0 0
40 University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Toronto, Canada 2 1 0 0
41 Delbridge Capital Partners Vaughan, Canada 2 0 0 0
42 Red Jar Capital Toronto, Canada 2 0 0 0
43 Joule Ottawa, Canada 1 1 0 0
44 Creating Hope in Conflict: a Humanitarian Grand Challenge Toronto, Canada 1 0 0 0
45 Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre Kingston, Canada 1 0 0 0
46 INcubes Toronto, Canada 1 0 0 0
47 Canada India Accelerator Program Ottawa, Canada 0 0 0 0
48 KIGALabs Toronto, Canada 0 0 0 0
49 Marketplace Ventures Toronto, Canada 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup accelerators in Ontario, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 49.

Investment stages

Among these 49
Seed investors38 Early stage investors19 Grant makers16 Non equity assistance9 Venture investors7 Late stage investors4 Crowdfunding investors2 Convertible note investors1

Other investors in Ontario

Venture capital firms295 Angel investors263 Private equity firms165 Investment partners71 Micro VC funds38 Angel groups32 Startup incubators30 Investment banks29 Government investment offices25

Startup accelerators elsewhere

California306 New York141 England140 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi90 Central Region73 Texas54 Ile-de-France52 Massachusetts43 Berlin34 Illinois34 Dubai31 Catalonia30 Colorado28 New South Wales28 Maharashtra27 Madrid26 Washington26 Hong Kong Island25 Karnataka25 Ohio25 Pennsylvania25 Sao Paulo25 Tel Aviv25 Tokyo25
Cite: FundingWatcher, 49 startup accelerators in Ontario, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/ontario-canada/