The IDEA Mississauga team participated in this year’s DiscoveryX, a leading tech and innovation conference that brings together over 3,000 entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, government and industry leaders, hosted by the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI). During the conference, we showcased five Mississauga-based companies — Digy4, Deaf AI, Ace Inc, MangoVisa, and Actuality Live that unveiled […]
In 2023 Nikky Saclamacis reached a bar many entrepreneurs can only dream of achieving. She marked 30 years in business. The Dance PAC founder started out in the basement of her parents’ home. Today, the Dance PAC is a 6000 square foot studio in a prime location near the 401 and Winston Churchill Blvd in […]
Today, Mayor Bonnie Crombie joined the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Vice-President and Principal, Alexandra Gillespie, at the BIO International Convention in Boston to announce the creation of SpinUp – the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’s first venture incubator offering wet lab space. SpinUp will provide early-stage entrepreneurs and life science companies with affordable access […]
Today, Mayor Crombie and Councillors joined Mississauga’s Economic Development Office, in partnership with Oxford Realty Properties, to celebrate the grand opening of Mississauga’s new anchor innovation location – IDEA Square One Entrepreneur and Innovation Hub. Located in Square One Shopping Centre in downtown Mississauga, IDEA Square One is an important physical anchor for Mississauga’s broader […]
The City of Mississauga is seeking input on an incentive program that will help transform a former industrial area along the waterfront into an innovation campus. The Lakeview Innovation District, part of the 177-acre Lakeview Village development, will become an employment hub where people can research, test and develop solutions in state-of-the-art offices, flex-offices and lab spaces. […]
Join us for the Official launch of IDEA Square One Innovation Hub! IDEA Square OneEntrepreneurship Hub is the home of IDEA Mississauga. Located Downtown inside the Square One Shopping Centre, IDEA Square One is a 4,300 square-foot facility for startups, scale-ups, corporate leaders, and investors to collaborate and grow together. Come experience Mississauga’s vibrant entrepreneurship […]