Conestoga Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship is proud to collaborate with a diverse range of organizations, from innovative startups to established enterprises. These partnerships demonstrate our commitment to advancing innovation, addressing real-world challenges, and creating meaningful impact across industries. Below is a selection of the remarkable organizations we’ve had the privilege of working with, highlighting the breadth of our expertise and the value we strive to deliver.
The Conestoga Entrepreneurship Collective (CEC) supports the specific needs of Conestoga students and alumni, delivers unique offerings to the entrepreneurship community and provides programming that creates room for collaboration in the broader ecosystem. Multiple pathways have been created so that students can choose an experience that matches their skills, aspirations and definitions of success: Create a startup in the Venture Lab. Launch a freelance business in the Gig Lab. Join a high tech, high growth company as a B2B sales professional in the Sales Lab.
As an applied food research lab, the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) meets the needs of industry through research and technical expertise. Our advanced facilities are essential in providing solutions for small, medium, and large businesses in the food and culinary sector. Our focus is to work with partners to provide innovative solutions and support throughout the product development cycle, including formula development, shelf-life studies, packaging testing, and scale-up using our pilot plant equipment.
The SMART Centre, established in 2020, is a dedicated hub for applied research, technical services, and training with a focus on advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, and advanced recycling technologies. Occupying over 13,000 square feet of space equipped with cutting-edge technology, the SMART Centre fosters an interactive environment where faculty and students collaborate to provide industries with innovative solutions for manufacturing and cybersecurity challenges. As part of the network of Canada’s 60 NSERC-funded Technology Access Centres (TACs), the SMART Centre stands as a beacon of state-of-the-art applied research and innovation across the nation.
The Centre for Commercialization (C4C) helps entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) unlock the full potential of their intellectual property (IP). C4C offers a full suite of IP services across the entire innovation continuum to help businesses maximize the commercialization outcome for their goods and services. The Centre for Commercialization was created, in part, with support from Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON).
