Food Accelerator Showcase & Celebration

​Join us for a time of celebration, product showcase and networking with our 8th cohort of the Food Accelerator program 🎉

​This is an opportunity to discover new products, connect with ambitious entrepreneurs, meet industry peers, and explore what’s next in Canada’s growing food and beverage ecosystem.

​Come see what these founders have been building. Meet the people shaping the future of food.

​Bring a colleague. Bring a friend. Come ready to connect. 🚀

​The venue will be announced soon!

• ​Event Highlight

  • ​4:00 pm- 5:00 pm | Arrival, registration & opening remarks

  • ​5 pm – 6:00 pm | Product Showcase

  • ​6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Networking  & Celebration

​About The Food Accelerator

​YSpace's Food Accelerator program is designed to help high-growth food and beverage ventures through customized workshops, expert mentorship and peer-to-peer circles. The program will provide founders with the tools, skills and connections they need to scale and thrive in the consumer-packaged goods industry.

​About YSpace:

​YSpace is York University’s pan-university entrepreneurship and innovation hub supporting startups and entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors and communities. Our programming spans across scaling innovative technologies through customer and investor capital to scaling agri-food businesses into mass retail to diversity-focused initiatives like ELLA powered by Desjardins for women-led businesses and Black Entrepreneurship Alliance (BEA) for Black-led businesses. Additionally with our Start Up Visa program, we are building a robust ecosystem, driving positive change and empowering entrepreneurs to shape the future. We are also home to two physical hubs in the City of Markham and the Town of Georgina.

​*Please be advised that this event will be photographed and recorded. By completing your registration, you acknowledge and consent to the possibility of your image and/or voice being captured and used for promotional or archival purposes.