10 Years of Impact, Innovation, and Inspiring Change

A Decade of Innovation

We are the home of Social Entrepreneurship and early-stage start-ups at UTM, dedicated to providing resources, programs, workshops, and mentorship for individuals committed to changing the world. Whether you’re starting your first venture or scaling an idea, ICUBE has been here to support the journey for the past 10 years—and we’re just getting started.

January 20th, 2025

10 Years of Impact

Startups Supported

500 +

Funds Raised

$ 40 M+

Workshops Delivered

250 +

Workshops Delivered

250 +

Community Partners

10 +

Community Partners

10 +

Mentors

10 +

Core Team Members

0 !

The Faces Driving 10 Years of Innovation and Impact

Dr. Ann Armstrong

Director

Ignacio Mongrell

Assistant Director

Kayla Sousa

Programs Lead

Mohammad Tahvili

Creative Studio Lead

Hear From Our Entrepreneurs

Each exercise has allowed us to focus on learning skills related to and planning specific aspects of our business, and gaining these skills has given me so much more confidence in being able to run a business!

This was a great hands-on experience, I felt like I was thoroughly introduced to a lot of the key concepts and strategies required to build a startup and then slowly got to chew on and reflect on the content and learnings throughout the program.

Prior to participating in ICUBE, talking about our business was something that felt intimidating for me. Since creating a clear statement of what our value proposition is, I have felt so much more confident talking about our business. Even more, taking our value proposition and then validating it with our research and creating a business model canvas has helped to clearly state how we are going to create our product and the impact we will have.

Startup Spotlight

First Zero Waste Corporate Catering. A marketplace that encompasses a reusable container borrowing system, rewards system and a food ordering platform.

Merging UAV technology, automation, and ecological science to reforest post-wildfire areas on a global scale. Our technology is built to respond to the urgent needs of the global climate crisis.

Eliminating 8 billion food miles before 8 billionth person is born. We are doing this by empowering urbanites to grow their own food at home with our FarmWall.

Support Our Mission

We empower innovators, creators, and change-makers to explore their ideas and make them happen.

Help us continue driving innovation and supporting changemakers for the next 10 years.

Contact Us

ICUBE UTM, The home of Social Entrepreneurship at UofT, offers resources, programs, workshops and mentorship for people who are changing the world. If you want to make a difference, ICUBE is here to help you make it.

Room L1240 & L1212, Innovation Complex, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6

icube.utm@utoronto.ca

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