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We now have a regular in person home at StartWell (https://startwell.co), Toronto's premier coworking, meeting space and media production campus.

Our monthly fireside chats, keynotes and panel discussions will be produced in hybrid format – combining a limited in-person audience with live broadcasts and on-demand films uploaded to StartWell’s Youtube channel regularly.

Events will typically hosted on the 3rd Thursday of each month with a limited in person audience and free virtual livestreams.

For all the news, livestreams and post-show content we recommend bookmarking a new page we’ve setup at startwell.co/startupgrind-toronto

Upcoming events

Oct 20, 2022 - In-Person Conference

The Upside of Downturns

The startup grind is all about rising against adversity, challenging and motivating your team to innovate and persevere, finding the upside of downturns - there is no better time to put these into practice. We’re hosting this event to help guide you along the way.
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Oct 20, 2022 - Virtual Event (Free)

Marcus Daniels (Highline BETA)

How do large corporations foster a culture of innovation and enable their organisations to create new pathways to revenue? In this conversation we will dig into the work that Toronto based Highline Beta does with clients ranging from AB InBev to Colgate-Palmolive, RBC and many more.
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Past events

Sep 15, 2022

In-Person Event

The Importance of Debt (William Lam - Jeeves & Filip Stoj - Silicon Valley Bank)
Toronto

May 18, 2022

Cross Promoted

SG Women's Summit: Female Fundraising, Leadership, and the Future of the Web
Toronto

Apr 11, 2022

Cross Promoted

Global Conference 2022
Toronto

Jun 24, 2021

Virtual Event (Free)

Andrew D'Souza of ClearCo
Toronto

Jun 1, 2021

Virtual Event (Free)

We are hosting Zak Hemraj of Loopio!
Toronto

Apr 29, 2021

Virtual Event (Free)

We are hosting Zak Hemraj of Loopio!
Toronto

Mar 9, 2021

Virtual Event (Free)

Virtual Co-Working! We are Hosting Nicole Gray of Boxed
Toronto

Feb 23, 2021

Cross Promoted

Global Conference 2021
Toronto

Feb 18, 2021

Virtual Event (Free)

We are hosting Will Sacks, CEO and Founder, Fulcrum Ventures
Toronto

Nov 19, 2020

Virtual Event (Free)

We are hosting Sharon Zohar, Founder CEO of The Big Push
Toronto

Oct 1, 2020

Virtual Event (Free)

Steve Cody and Bruce Linton of Ruckify
Toronto

Aug 5, 2020

Virtual Event (Free)

Creating a Global Luxury Watch Company by Fighting Convention
Toronto

Jul 23, 2020

Virtual Event (Free)

Equity, Compensation + Cap Tables with Carta
Toronto

Jul 1, 2020

Virtual Event (Free)

Content Marketing for Your Startup with Hubspot
Toronto

Oct 24, 2019

In-Person Event

Michael Hyatt - Self-made Millionaire, Mentor, Investor, Dragon, Philanthropist
Toronto

May 30, 2019

In-Person Event

Raptors and 2 Small Fish Ventures Making a BIG Impact - Eva Lau
Toronto

Mar 28, 2019

In-Person Event

Meet 3x TEDx Speaker, Top 20 under 20, Fortune 500 Consultant, CEO of Trufan - Swish Goswami!
Toronto

Feb 28, 2019

In-Person Event

Our 75th Event! Meet Ariel Garten, Co-founder And Chief Evangelist Officer, Muse®
Toronto

Jan 24, 2019

In-Person Event

Meet Roar Ventures Managing Partner Peggy Van De Plassche
Toronto

Sep 19, 2018

In-Person Event

Meet Max Mullen: Co-founder of Instacart
Toronto

Aug 30, 2018

In-Person Event

Meet Wattpad CEO and Co-Founder Allen Lau AND Get China Ready!
Toronto

Jun 7, 2018

In-Person Event

Raising Capital: ICO vs VC >> Pycap Venture Partners
Toronto

Apr 19, 2018

In-Person Conference

ScaleUp Conference - Technology, Strategy, Marketing for Growth
Toronto

Feb 21, 2018

In-Person Event

We are Hosting WIND Mobile Founder, Anthony Lacavera ($1.6B Exit)
Toronto

Jan 25, 2018

In-Person Event

AI Anyone? How are Toronto Startups are Taking It On
Toronto

Nov 29, 2017

In-Person Event

Startup Grind Toronto Presents Omar Dhalla: Element AI and Real Ventures
Toronto

Nov 16, 2017

In-Person Event

Startup Grind Toronto Presents Borrowell CEO: Andrew Graham
Toronto

Oct 25, 2017

In-Person Event

Startup Grind Toronto Presents: Raymond Reddy CEO Ritual
Toronto

Aug 30, 2017

In-Person Event

Legal Questions? Ask the partners at Aird & Berlis: One of Toronto's Top Law Firms
Toronto

Jul 26, 2017

In-Person Event

Summer Party!
Toronto

May 24, 2017

In-Person Event

Startup Grind Toronto Pitch Night
Toronto

Apr 20, 2017

In-Person Event

iNovia Capital is Seeking Investments: Fireside Chat with Karamdeep Nijjar
Toronto

Mar 30, 2017

In-Person Event

Mike McDerment, CEO Freshbooks
Toronto

Jan 31, 2017

In-Person Event

Sanjay Singhal (500 Startups Canada)
Toronto

Dec 15, 2016

In-Person Event

Holiday Mixer (Startup Grind Toronto)
Toronto

Nov 15, 2016

In-Person Event

A Funding Panel (OMERS, Real Ventures, Maple Leaf Angels)
Toronto

Oct 24, 2016

In-Person Event

Ian Lucey (Lucey Fund)
Toronto

Sep 1, 2016

In-Person Event

Bruce Croxon (Lavalife, Round 13 Capital, Dragon's Den)
Toronto

Jul 27, 2016

In-Person Event

Kardinal Offishall (Universal Music Canada, Rapper and Record Producer)
Toronto

Jun 23, 2016

In-Person Event

Ben Zifkin (Hubba)
Toronto

May 10, 2016

In-Person Event

Tami Zuckerman (VarageSale)
Toronto

Apr 21, 2016

In-Person Event

Rory Capern (Twitter Canada)
Toronto

Mar 17, 2016

In-Person Event

Andrew Peek (Shopify, Jet Cooper, Next to North)
Toronto

Feb 2, 2016

In-Person Event

Steve Tam (Indiegogo)
Toronto

Jan 21, 2016

In-Person Event

Selcuk Atli (500 Startups and Nomadic Mentors)
Toronto

Nov 24, 2015

In-Person Event

Andrew D'Souza & Matt Ingram (Clearbanc)
Toronto

Oct 7, 2015

In-Person Event

Senia Rapisarda (HarbourVest)
Toronto

Sep 24, 2015

In-Person Event

Matt Miller (Sequoia)
Toronto

Jun 11, 2015

In-Person Event

Sam Sebastian (Google)
Toronto

Jun 3, 2015

In-Person Event

Mark Evans (Storytelling for Startups)
Toronto

May 28, 2015

In-Person Event

RoadTrip to Buffalo (Empire Genomics)
Toronto

May 13, 2015

In-Person Event

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht (MaRS Discovery District)
Toronto

Apr 23, 2015

In-Person Event

Mike Katchen (Wealthsimple)
Toronto

Mar 26, 2015

In-Person Event

Robert Antoniades (Information Venture Partners)
Toronto

Mar 18, 2015

In-Person Event

Guy Kawasaki (Canva/ex-Apple)
Toronto

Feb 26, 2015

In-Person Event

Matt Golden (Golden Ventures)
Toronto

Feb 11, 2015

In-Person Event

Mark Suster (Upfront VC)
Toronto

Feb 10, 2015

In-Person Event

Matt Rogers & Mike Abbott (Nest & KPCB)
Toronto

Jan 20, 2015

In-Person Event

Alex Baker (Relay Ventures)
Toronto

Nov 27, 2014

In-Person Event

Allen Lau (Wattpad)
Toronto

Oct 23, 2014

In-Person Event

Steve Woods (Google)
Toronto

Oct 8, 2014

In-Person Event

Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures)
Toronto

Sep 25, 2014

In-Person Event

Jordan Levy (SoftBank Capital)
Toronto

Jul 9, 2014

In-Person Event

Ariel Poler (Best of Angel)
Toronto

Jun 5, 2014

In-Person Event

Dominique Belanger (BDC Venture Capital)
Toronto

May 5, 2014

In-Person Event

Annelies Van Den Belt (DC Thomson Family History)
Toronto

Apr 14, 2014

In-Person Event

Jos Schmitt (Aequitas)
Toronto

Mar 27, 2014

In-Person Event

Bohdan Zabawskyj (Mercatus; Rypple, Redknee)
Toronto

Feb 26, 2014

In-Person Event

Robert Scoble (Age of Context)
Toronto

Jan 16, 2014

In-Person Event

Daphne Kis (Golden Seeds)
Toronto

Nov 4, 2013

In-Person Event

Michael Terpin (BitAngels & SocialRadius)
Toronto

Oct 10, 2013

In-Person Event

George Babu (OMERS Ventures)
Toronto

Sep 25, 2013

In-Person Event

Anish Acharya (Google Ventures)
Toronto

Jul 30, 2013

In-Person Event

Bob Dorf (Startup Owner's Manual)
Toronto

Jun 27, 2013

In-Person Event

Michelle Scarborough & Jennifer Evans (& Guest Host)
Toronto

May 13, 2013

In-Person Event

John Ruffolo (OMERS Ventures)
Toronto

Apr 30, 2013

In-Person Event

After Hours in Waterloo (Hosted by ...)
Toronto

Mar 13, 2013

In-Person Event

Kevin Doyle Jones (Founder at Good Capital)
Toronto

Feb 19, 2013

In-Person Event

Marc Garneau
Toronto

Jan 30, 2013

In-Person Event

Nir Eyal (The Hook Model)
Toronto

Oct 25, 2012

In-Person Event

Nikhil Kalghatgi (SoftBank Capital)
Toronto

Sep 10, 2012

In-Person Event

Paul Singh (Partner at 500 Startups)
Toronto

Aug 23, 2012

In-Person Event

After Hours @ Wave Accounting
Toronto

Jul 25, 2012

In-Person Event

Howard Morgan (Partner at First Round Capital)
Toronto

Jul 16, 2012

In-Person Event

Sherwood Neiss (Startup Exemption)
Toronto

Jun 27, 2012

In-Person Event

Paul Connor (Network of Angel Organizations Ontario)
Toronto

May 30, 2012

In-Person Event

Eric Migicovsky (Founder of Pebble)
Toronto

Organizers

Qasim Virjee

StartWell

Chapter Director - Toronto

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Sharn Bassi

Startup Grind

Toronto Chapter Team

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