From using solar energy to create green hydrogen to advancing genomics research with AI and improving urban mobility, University of Toronto entrepreneurs are at the forefront of some of the most important innovations of our time - and there's no better place to connect with them than U of T Entrepreneurship Week .
The annual flagship event of U of T Entrepreneurship - one of the top five university business incubators in the world, comprising more than 10 campus-linked accelerators - Entrepreneurship Week, which kicked off March 3, provides an ideal opportunity to connect with founders of more than 50 cutting-edge startups.
These companies are part of a thriving university entrepreneurship community that has created more than 1,200 venture-backed startups and, in the past five years alone, raised in excess of $12 billion and created more than 17,000 jobs.
Here are nine U of T startups that will participate in Entrepreneurship Week by competing in the Desjardins Startup Prize pitch competition or exhibiting at the True Blue Expo - both of which take place during True Blue Impact Day on March 6:
Re:Pair Genomics
Re:Pair Genomics uses AI to fast-track gene therapy research by designing customized gene regulatory elements, particularly those related to DNA transcription. Co-founded by U of T graduate alum Shiron Lee, post-doctoral research associate Yosuke Niibori and PhD student Luca Hategan, the company's technology is useful for researchers who are targeting specific cell types or transfecting cells with DNA plasmids.
