Supporting the growth of high-potential startups
Ryerson Futures helps founders accelerate their business through our market-validation and customer-acquisition focus, and we invest in select companies that have demonstrated the ability to scale quickly.
What we deliver to startups
Production validation and customer development
For startups looking to establish traction and drive growth, we provide the structure and guidance to have their products resonate with target audiences.
A global network of corporate partners
Startups can establish relations to pursue partnerships, business development, and investment opportunities.
Insight from mentors and advisors
Access entrepreneurs and industry experts who have first-hand experience in building and growth businesses.
Seed Capital
For high-potential startups, Ryerson Futures can make seed investments and support activities to raise additional capital.
Select Accelerator Perks
In addition to the programming, market access, mentors, potential investment, and workspace, we have partnered with the following companies to provide discounts on pricing for our startups.
Google Cloud
Our startups have access to Google Cloud's Spark Package, including Cloud and Firebase credit, access to Google engineers during office hours, and invitations to local startup events.
HubSpot
Ryerson Futures is an approved HubSpot for Startups partner. Our companies have access to startup-friendly pricing, a growing network of founders, education and demos, and more.
iDeals Virtual Data Rooms
iDeals offers our startups a significant free trial period to share documents securely with a variety of features to customize access to confidential materials.
Sportradar
Our portfolio companies are eligible for up to one year of free Sportradar data, including non-third party sports data API access, sports data widgets, and more.
Some of our Alumni
Remitr
A global payments platform that eliminates manual wire transfers and reconciliations.
Zensurance
A Toronto-based insurance tech company focused on a simple and powerful experience for clients.
Shoelace
Helping small businesses recapture website visitors through retargeted advertising.
Swift Medical
Lets doctors and nurses measure and document a patient’s chronic wounds using a smartphone.
We were at the point where we were figuring out exactly what we needed to do to scale the business quickly. During our stay, we grew the team from 2 to 13, raised $1-million and grew our client base to 75 clients.
– Marie Chevrier | Founder/CEO, Sampler
We were given great business development leads, but equally important were the intangible benefits of working in a fun environment with other cool startups, knowing those teams understand our challenges better than anyone.
– Jim Rand | Founder/CEO, Synervoz