Food Investment Program Showcase
YSpace, York University, is excited to invite you to our Food Investment Program Showcase. The event will feature our 2025 cohort as they present their businesses to potential investors, funders and partners.
This is an opportunity to connect with our vibrant community of entrepreneurs and discover some of the most innovative Agri-Food CPG and Tech companies in the Canadian market.
Join us for an evening of networking with the founders and ecosystem partners as we celebrate the success of our Food Investment Program cohort!
About the Food Investment Program
The Food Investment Program is funded by IRAP and delivered by YSpace to support scaling Agri-Food CPG and Techventures to be investment-ready as they navigate key stages in their startup journey.
Event Highlight
Opening remarks & Refreshment: 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Product Showcase & Networking: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Note: There will be a Founders/Investors Matching forum from 3:00 pm - 5 pm EST (invite-only).
If you're an investor and interested in participating in the matching forum, please send us an email: [email protected] and we'll contact you with details.
We look forward to welcoming you!
About YSpace
YSpace is York University’s pan-university innovation hub supporting startups and entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors and communities. Our programming spans across scaling ventures through customer and investor capital support.
Our focus areas are in supporting Technologies, Food & Beverage, Women-Led and Black-Led Ventures
For more details, visit https://www.yorku.ca/yspace/programs-streams/
About IRAP
The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) is Canada's leading innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized businesses.
If you operate an innovative small or medium-sized business in Canada, IRAP can help you build your innovation capacity and take your ideas to market. IRAP offers financial assistance, advisory services and connections to the best business and R&D expertise in Canada to drive business growth—and Canada's innovation system—for over 70 years.
About BDC
BDC’s mission is to support Canadian entrepreneurs by providing financing, capital, and advisory services with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises. For more than 80 years, BDC has been working with business owners in all industries and at every stage of growth with money and advice. BDC aims to support Canadian entrepreneurs to build strong and resilient businesses and, in doing so, contribute to creating a more prosperous, competitive, and inclusive Canada. Learn more: https://www.bdc.ca/en
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