Stephen Elop comes to McMaster!
On November 14th 2018, The Forge in collaboration with the new Innovation Minor will be hosting Stephen Elop to lecture about Entrepreneurship and Innovation! Seats are limited so register now to guarantee your spot! Register @ https://bit.ly/2z0WMoc
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99 Problems Competition Winners Announced!
On November 6th, we hosted our first ever 99 Problems Competition! Congratulations to the Top 3 teams Eco-Pen (1st) Longan Vision (2nd) and 99 Solutions (3rd) and to First Down for winning the Audience's Choice Award! All these teams will be fast tracked in the Student Startup Competition in March! Congratulations!
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Student Startup Competition Applications
Applications for the Student Startup Competition open on January 3rd 2019. For more details on the competition or to watch a recap of last year's competition, scroll down and click "Student Startup Competition". Recruit your team, perfect your pitch and apply to compete for up to $100,000 in seed funding money!
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Office Space
We offer free office space because we want you to be among like-minded peers. The Forge provides flexible, dynamic office space to build your company, within a premier research and innovation centre minutes from McMaster University.
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Mentor Network
Building a startup is hard. Getting help from people who’ve been there before makes the hard a little more manageable. We have a network of 50+ do-ers armed with thought leadership and domain expertise ready to support you.
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Community
When you join the Forge you get more than just free desk space and bottomless coffee, you become part of a family. We host regular founder meetups and community events to get your brand and asks out there, and we work closely with McMaster University to leverage each other’s unique networks. We celebrate wins together and learn from failure together because that's what we believe is a community.
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Capital
No rent. No fees. No equity. We realise funding is critical for a successful startup. We give you access to our active angel network, lend guidance through grant applications, facilitate investor pitch events, set up one-on-one’s with VC’s and work hands-on with you to perfect your pitch.
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Everything we offer
How The Forge helps on campus
Win up to $100,000 at the yearly student startup competition
Learn from regular campus events featuring world class
entrepreneurs and startups
Gain the support needed by applying to the next cohort
of The Forge free incubator
We incubate companies at the earliest stages of their lifecycle
Ideation
Prototype
Scale
The Forge is supported by
Partners
80
Companies incubated
300
Jobs created
12.9
Funds raised
