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Purpose: Up to eight companies pitch for their chance to take home a collective $50,000 and showcase their breakthrough products and innovations in hardware technology!
The HardTech Pitch Competition, held in partnership by ventureLAB and the Regional Municipality of York, is open to small and medium enterprises incorporated in Canada developing hardware innovations. Finalists will have the opportunity to showcase their technology to a broad audience including industry, investors, government, media, and more!
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Company Requirements
- Developed or are developing a novel semiconductor, sensor, silicon-based IP or embedded system hardware product
- You are an incorporated company in Canada
- You have a business number (CRA)
- You have 99 or fewer employees, and earned less than $5M in revenue in the last 12 months
- If you are not already located in York Region, you are committed to co-locate to York Region or at ventureLAB’s innovation hub for at least six months upon winning the prize (dependent on public health regulations). Note that this can be fulfilled through a ventureLAB membership, which will be provided free of charge to the winners
- You are not a winner of a previous ventureLAB pitch competition (Made in York Region 2019 or 2020; HardTech 2021)
Companies must meet the following criteria to be eligible to participate in the HardTech Pitch Competition: