Date/Time
Date(s) - 26 Jun 2025
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, University of Toronto
Category(ies)
The Intergovernmental Committee for Economic and Labour Force Development partnered with the City of Toronto to present Enabling Success for Toronto Ventures as part of the city’s Ecosystem Connects event. The research examined Toronto’s innovation infrastructure, identifying key challenges and opportunities to strengthen the startup ecosystem and was undertaken by the Canadian Accelerator and Incubator Network (CAIN). Dr. Chris Diaper presented on behalf of CAIN, providing an overview of the research study and findings, followed by a Q & A/discussion with the audience.
Chris Diaper, Former CAIN CEO
Chris has a wealth of experience in startup ecosystem development. In his previous role as Managing Director at CAIN he developed the startup tracker service and established CAIN’s lead role in the Business Accelerator and Incubator Performance Measurement Framework, a multi-year data project between CAIN, MAIN, Stats Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and Canadian incubators and accelerators. Prior to that, he was the Director of Strategic Partnerships at TEC Edmonton where he built and ran their international startup programming. Chris started his career by obtaining a PhD in chemistry and working in the pharmaceutical sector, initially as a medicinal chemist and then in business development.
The research report can be downloaded at: Enabling Success for Toronto Ventures Final Report
A full recording of the event can be watched here: https://youtu.be/DnTOGvtgric