York Entrepreneurship Development Institute

company

About

York Entrepreneurship Development Institute is a sector-agnostic start-up accelerator that provides mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs.

  • Toronto,Ontario,Canada
  • 11 - 50

Details

Last Funding Type
Grant
Last Funding Money Raised
$10K
Industries
Consulting,Management Consulting,Non Profit,Social Entrepreneurship,Training
Founded date
Jan 1, 2013
Number Of Employee
11 - 50
Operating Status
Active
Also Known As
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI),YEDI
Investor Type
Accelerate

York Entrepreneurship Development Institute is a sector-agnostic start-up accelerator that provides mentorship to innovative entrepreneurs. The company's mission is to develop a free institute where innovators can pursue training, education, and mentorship in order to to produce quality effective businesses and not-for-profit organizations. The company ensures that ideas with high impact are not lost due to lack of knowledge during the start-up process. It guides innovators to process ideas and create tested proof of concepts that are attractive to investors and will benefit Canadian society.

York Entrepreneurship Development Institute was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
2
$387.20K
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute has raised a total of $387.20K in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 16, 2022 from a Grant round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 16, 2022 Grant $10K 1 ventureLAB Detail
Sep 19, 2014 Seed $377.20K 1 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
3
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 9, 2019, when Folium Labs raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Dec 9, 2019 Folium Labs
Seed Health Care Yes
May 4, 2019 MoviWear
Seed $100K Artificial Intelligence Yes
Feb 8, 2019 Folium Labs
Seed Health Care Yes
Aug 25, 2017 MoviWear
Pre-seed $30K Artificial Intelligence

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
2
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute is funded by 2 investors. ventureLAB and Ontario Trillium Foundation are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
ventureLAB Yes Grant
Ontario Trillium Foundation Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
5
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute has 5 current employee profiles, including Executive Marat Ressin
Executive
Executive
Executive
Employee
Executive