We exist to help ambitious dreamers like you impact global change through your business.
The Accelerator Centre is an award-winning startup accelerator dedicated to building and scaling sustainable, globally competitive companies and giving startups the highest probability of long-term success.
Our vision is to be the #1 full stack startup hub in the world - offering a variety of programs and services to entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, industry innovators and our academic partners to catalyze the innovation economy.
Our flagship offering, The Accelerator Program®, offers a milestone based curriculum and one-on-one mentorship that is proven to help you grow your startup faster.
We also offer affordable office space, funding opportunities through our AC JumpStart program, and have specialized programs for cleantech, hardware, and voice-enabled technologies.
Our clients and alumni are the world’s most ambitious innovators and dreamers. Through their relentless pursuit to impact global change through their business, they've become the biggest startup brands in Canada and around the world.
We work with startup founders across Canada through our incubation and acceleration programs and with startups and innovation leaders from around the world through our Global Hubs and Startup Visa Programs.
We have 4 world-class facilities dedicated to supporting high-growth startups in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Our headquarters, established in 2006, is the center of our operations. Home to a selection of our Phase Three and Four clients, the space sees significant foot traffic and regularly hosts a variety of industry and community events focused on building and celebrating the entrepreneurship community in Waterloo Region.
The TD Sustainable Future Lab is the only incubation facility in Ontario dedicated to the development of sustainable technologies and the clean economy. Home to our specialized cleantech programming, the facility offers the benefits of co-location with the region’s sustainability hub evolvGREEN.
Our Advanced Manufacturing and Hardware Innovation Lab is the first facility of its kind in Waterloo Region. A partnership with the City of Kitchener it is the only facility within the ecosystem offering extensive support specialized for hardware companies.
Located inside Catalyst 137, the world’s largest technology campus focused on makers, the impressive 60,000 square foot Catalyst Commons is a co-working space built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneur. Through Commons’ Mentorship Services Program, we provide 3 levels of programming to support your company’s needs.
295 Hagey Blvd
1st Floor, West Entrance
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6R5
info@acceleratorcentre.com
519-342-2400
