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🎄 Wishing everybody a happy holiday and new year! The ventureLAB team will be taking a break and the office will be closed from Tuesday, December 24, 2024, and will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2025. We wish you a joyful holiday season filled with warmth and happiness. We look forward to reconnecting and collaborating with you in the New Year! 🌟

🎇 Happy New Year from the ventureLAB team! Wishing everyone a #successful and #prosperous 2025. Thank you for your continued support — let’s make this year amazing! 🌟 #HappyNewYear #2025 #Gratitude #Success #Teamwork

🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We look forward to connecting and starting the new year together on Wednesday, January 2, 2025! 🌟

In this video our advisor, Yuri Navarro, talks about the many #mistakes an entrepreneur can make in their #startupJourney. If you are interested in a conversation with our advisor about how your company can avoid these pitfalls, reach out to us today! Happy Holidays! #advisor #techadvisor #hardtech #hardtechadvisor #techtoronto

AVAC Reimagined™ enables a 70% reduction in infrastructure needs and triples the deployment speed. Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/grKe86Nx

We’re excited to announce that CAYR is a recipient of the 2024 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund (EIF) award from ventureLAB and York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)! The EIF award supports non-profits and businesses operating in York Region and beyond, with funding and resources needed to scale and succeed. This opportunity will help us accelerate our mission to create welcoming, confidential, and inclusive environments for dignified support, care and education to diverse populations. View the 2024 Recipients here: https://lnkd.in/gvtgKCSr... #ventureLAB #EIF #Growth #Support #Community #YorkRegion

On behalf of ventureLAB, may I wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. See you all in 2025!

🎉 As we wrap up 2024, we're excited to share that Relocalize, a company participating in the Capital Investment Program , has earned three prestigious awards: 🏆 Inc. Best in Business 🏆 Progressive Grocer Impact Award 🏆 Food Logistics Top Tech Startup Award These honors highlight their leadership in food system sustainability and innovation. Congratulations to the entire team! 👏 Read full article here: https://lnkd.in/gnV8HyzK #BestInBusiness #Innovation #FoodTech #Sustainability #ventureLAB #CapitalInvestmentProgram #CIP

🇨🇦 Insights on Canada’s Fall Economic Statement 🇨🇦 ventureLAB is pleased to see the federal government exploring new ways to support Canadian founders and businesses in its Fall Economic Statement. While some proposals are still in early stages, they represent important starting points for future policy development and signal a stronger commitment to fostering innovation in Canada. Key highlights for Canada’s innovation economy: ✅ A $1B investment in mid-cap growth companies through the VCCI will help bridge the funding gap for startups scaling into globally competitive firms. ✅ Proposed SR&ED reforms and Capital Gains Rollover incentives move Canada in a more business-friendly direction. ✅ The Small Business Innovation and Procurement Act would unlock the potential of government procurement to drive growth for small and medium enterprises. At ventureLAB, our advisors are ready to help founders access these critical opportunities. Canada’s AI entrepreneurs are poised to benefit from new incentives for AI commercialization and investments in AI data centres and infrastructure. Through programs like Accelerate AI, ventureLAB and our expert AI advisors help founders lead at the forefront of global innovation. Proposed tariffs on semiconductors manufactured in China signal that the government considers semiconductor manufacturing a matter of national security. ventureLAB would appreciate the opportunity to bring together semiconductor founders and the ecosystem that supports them to help the government develop a more systemic approach to semiconductor supply chain resiliency and onshoring. We look forward to seeing continued progress at all levels of government to make Canada a more competitive and attractive environment for entrepreneurs and the investors they need to succeed. Together, we can strengthen Canada’s innovation economy. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/gjbwRpag #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #AI #Semiconductors #CanadianEconomy #Policy #ventureLAB Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de ..., Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

🌟 Celebrating a Landmark Year at ventureLAB 🌟 As we wrap up 2024, we’re proud to reflect on a year of growth, innovation, and impact in semiconductors, AI, and MedTech—areas where Canada excels. 2024 Highlights: ✅ Expanded global partnerships across 19 countries, including a milestone with Serbia’s STI Department. ✅ Hosted Canada’s first-ever CHIPS Month, showcasing semiconductor leadership. ✅ Welcomed 1,100+ participants to our biggest HardTech Summit yet. ✅ Launched ventureLAB Chats podcast, sharing stories from tech leaders. ✅ Supported 55+ companies and 40 startups through key programs like  Hardware Catalyst and Accelerate AI. Our team was also recognized with Great Place to Work® Canada and Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture for the fourth year running. Thank you to our incredible community of founders, partners, and stakeholders for driving Canada’s innovation economy forward. Here’s to an even brighter 2025! 🚀 🔶 Read our Year in Review here: https://lnkd.in/eXBUpXsu #Innovation #HardTech #Semiconductors #AI #MedTech #Leadership #ventureLAB Hugh Chow, Sophia Chan-Combrink, Avinash Persaud, Sep Assadian, Jane Gertner, York Region (The Regional Municipality of York), City of Markham, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario | Agence fédérale de ..., National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada, Ontario Centre of Innovation, City of Vaughan, Sterling Industries, Waterstone Human Capital