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The Entrepreneurship Hatchery
Nurturing a culture of entrepreneurship at Skule™.
One of two in-house startup accelerators, The Entrepreneurship Hatchery provides mentoring, networking, financial and other resources to enable our students to develop and launch their own businesses. Established in 2012, the Hatchery nurtures a culture of entrepreneurship within the U of T community through a comprehensive suite of programs and services. To date, the Hatchery has launched more than 100 startups.
By supporting the Hatchery with a philanthropic gift, you invest in U of T’s thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem and demonstrate to students the passion that alumni have for future innovators. Whether you support the Hatchery Development Fund, provide a monetary award, or establish a True Blue Accelerator Fund, the gift opens doors for the next generation of students to bring their ideas to marketplace.
Beneficiaries
Students through one of the Hatchery’s four processes:
- Hatchery NEST: designed for all current U of T students
- Hatchery LaunchLab: caters to graduate-level research driven startups looking to commercialize their discoveries
- Hatchery Social: enables social impact startups such as non-for-profit and social critical challenges
- Start@UTIAS+Hatchery: a process designed for UTIAS students or recent graduates with the goal of feeding into either the NEST or LaunchLab stream
Leadership
Joseph Orozco
Executive Director, The Entrepreneurship Hatchery
Support Opportunties
Individual donations at any level help to support all Hatchery activities
Establish your own named True Blue Accelerator Fund and receive 1:1 match from the University (minimum $50,000)
Become a mentor, attend events, apply to be a guest speaker or submit a problem to be solved by one of our student teams
Sponsor an Entrepreneurship Hatchery event
