BUILD program
Are you beginning an innovative enterprise? 
…planning a new technology venture?
…launching your first product?
…expanding your enterprise?
ventureLAB™ can help you make it happen through the BUILD Program and our team of advisors.
BUILD your enterprise with us
The BUILD Program is designed to support entrepreneurs of technology ventures – especially first time entrepreneurs. As you progress through the key stages of your business, you will be assigned to a ventureLAB™. advisor.
Qualified entrepreneurs can enter the BUILD Program at whichever pillar is appropriate for them and their business. The entry pillar will be decided at a BUILDReady orientation at ventureLAB™.
The five key stages of a successful business are:
- Begin – develop your great idea into a presentable viable business concept
- edUcate – prepare a bootstrap business plan to launch with limited capital
- Invest – prepare to pitch to investors to finance business growth
- Launch – anticipate and take control of the chaos, when your business goes LIVE
- expanD – expand your company through strategic diversification
As York Region’s Innovation Centre and member of the Ontario Network of Excellence, we are passionate about turning great ideas into globally competitive products and services. We help talented entrepreneurs begin, launch and expand new high growth companies.
We support companies across Advanced Health Technology, Digital Media and ICT, Green Energy, Clean Tech, and Advanced Materials & Manufacturing.
If this describes your business we would like to hear from you – whether you are at the concept stage with a clearly articulated product or service idea, or already selling products and seeking to accelerate expansion.
To participate in the BUILD Program, we ask you to register as a ventureLAB™ client.
For other ways to connect to ventureLAB™, please check out Next Steps.
If you are a technology entrepreneur, we look forward to meeting you.



