York University YSpace Venture Catalyst 2026

The York University YSpace Venture Catalyst 2026 is a two-month, early-stage startup development program delivered through York University’s entrepreneurship hub. It provides structured business development support, expert mentorship, interactive workshops, peer learning, and access to an entrepreneurial ecosystem to help technology startups validate ideas, develop MVPs, and accelerate progress toward market readiness. The program is free to participate and does not take equity from participating companies, with a focus on founders in ideation or early validation stages.

Structured venture development support, expert mentorship, interactive workshops, peer-to-peer learning, and access to an entrepreneurial ecosystem; aims to help validate ideas, develop an MVP, and gain early market traction.

Open to early-stage technology founders who are in ideation or early validation stages and are willing to participate in a two-month program; not limited to York University students or alumni.

Applications opened August 25, 2026; submit by September 25, 2026; final acceptance decisions by October 9, 2026; program runs October 21 to December 10, 2026.