Toronto

Entrepreneur First Toronto opened the doors to our first cohort in September 2020, bringing together exceptional minds from Canada and beyond.

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Our Community

Our cohorts bring together diverse, exceptional people from across technology and business.

Founders have joined us from leading institutions including Mila Technical Institute, Alberta Machine Learning Institute and University of Toronto, and left impressive jobs at Google, Facebook and Huawei (to name a few).

Despite their varied backgrounds, they all share one thing in common; the ambition to build a game-changing tech company right now.

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Life on the programme

"We're united by the shared belief that we're going to build something."

Our first Toronto cohort reflect on Day 1 of the programme.

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Toronto Team

Our Toronto team brings together start-up and entrepreneurial expertise from across Canada and the world.

Rachel Zimmer

Partner and General Manager, Toronto
Exited founder and startup mentor, passionate about accelerating Canadian entrepreneurship

Milad Alucozai

Venture Partner
Founder, scientist, mentor and angel investor

Alex Norman

Venture Partner
Operator, advisor and angel investor, builder in the Canadian tech ecosystem

Rob Bishop

Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First
Investor & co-founder of Magic Pony, built through EF & exited to Twitter for US$150M

Gina Yoo

Head of Ventures, Toronto
Previous co-founder and COO of Mannr with investor networks in Canada and NYC

Derek Jouppi

Programme Lead, Toronto
Ex-COO & co-founder of Suncayr, established voice in the entrepreneurship and tech communities
How it works

Want to know more about our program?

Take a detailed look at how we can take you from an individual, to the founder of a seed funded company – from kick-off weekend and team building, to investment, pitching and launching your business.

How it works