Funding your Startup

*Applications open* The University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Startup Prize is an annual business pitch competition offering $50,000+ in prizes to recognize, reward, and accelerate the University of Toronto’s most innovative…

*Apply by November 15, 2021* Take part in the annual competition for intake into The Hub. Startups pitch in hopes of winning up to $5,000 in seed capital.

Participants of the Hatchery have the opportunity to receive summer fellowships to work on their business idea, or support from the prototype fund to develop a minimum viable product.

Up to $2,000 for a graduating Victoria College student with entrepreneurial spirit and interest in innovation and invention, to support their plan to develop an environmental or humanitarian product or…

An opportunity for donors and partners to support our emerging entrepreneurs and double their impact. Through the True Blue Fund, the University is committing $2.5 million to match donations in…

U of T-affiliated startups selling to U of T entities can access funds provided by the Provost aimed at accelerating our startup’s products and services to the marketplace.

Connaught is an internal program that provides U of T researchers with funding to further their work. Connaught is the largest internal university research funding program in Canada. Since 1972,…

*Applications will open in the winter 2022 semester. This annual competition offers over $25,000 in prizes to recognize, reward and accelerate U of T’s most innovative sustainability ideas.

Many of U of T’s Accelerators offer funding opportunities through a wide range of cohorts, programs and pitch competitions.