Welcome to North Forge, a not-for-profit startup incubator, accelerator and fabrication lab making the future happen today, for those who dare to do.

ElevateIP

Safeguard Your Intellectual Property

Start-up Visa (SUV)

Immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build businesses in Canada

Founders Program

Curated resources from ideation to acceleration

FabLab™

One of North America’s largest fabrication and rapid prototyping facilities

Startups supported

548 Jobs created (FTE*)

1080

Capital raised

$35.0M

Revenue growth since joining North Forge

$21.1M

Driving innovation, building community.

We fuel Manitoba’s innovation economy, providing founders with experienced mentors, entrepreneurs-in-residence, award winning growth coaches and a unique, online four-stage Founders Program.

Metrics from June 2020 to present.
*FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) represents the total number of full-time jobs created, with part-time positions converted to a full-time basis (1 part-time job = 0.5 FTE)

We help startups build their companies through groundbreaking programming, mentorship and resources.

A powerhouse entrepreneur community fuelling Manitoba’s innovative science-based, technology-enabled, and advanced manufacturing startups.

A non-profit incubator accelerator that works with startups across Canada in technology, STEM and advanced manufacturing from the ideation stages all the way through to Series A.

What we do

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