2024 AC:Studio Innovation Showcase

Where: Crowne Plaza, 105 King St E, Kitchener, ON N2G 2K8

When: March 5th, 2024
            1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 


1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.      Networking
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.      Opening Remarks
1:40 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.      Partner Remarks
1:45 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.      Sponsor Remarks 
1:50 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.      Keynote
2:05 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.      Booth Browsing and Networking
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.      Founder Pitches
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.      Closing Remarks and pitch competition winner selected
4:35 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.      Networking

The AC:Studio Showcase is a free community event. All are welcome. Feel free to drop in and stay for a short time or network for as long as you’d like.

Meet the Keynote Speaker

Jonah Midanik 

Jonah Midanik has spent the last twenty years building companies in Canada and the US as a serial entrepreneur. He has been lucky enough to have seen the startup journey from a variety of perspectives: as a successful bootstrapped founder/CEO, having helped launch new corporate divisions at BigCo, and as the founder/CEO of Limelight, a Venture backed company, where he raised 8 figures of capital. Jonah currently spends his time helping companies grow with Forum Ventures as the COO and General Partner, and running Forum’s Ai Studio, where he leads launching 8 AI native companies a year.

Learn More About AC:Studio

The AC:Studio program was designed to support high-potential startup founders, whether they have an existing business idea or they are looking for their next startup adventure. This hybrid accelerator/venture studio program combines the best of our award-winning AC:Incubate program with a venture studio model that funds high-impact startups, matches great ideas with talented founders, and delivers:

• Up to $100,000 in seed funding grants for startups and small business
• One-to-one mentorship with our team of in-house and specialist mentors
• Sales training from pros like Uvaro to build a team that delivers
• Tactical support in product development, marketing, UI, and UX from industry experts and
• freelancers through partnerships with experienced startup builders at SnapPea and Conestoga
  College's Gig Lab
• In-kind hours with industry experts like RSM, Bereskin & Parr, and Gowlings WLG

Special Thanks

AC:Studio is funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), and is delivered in partnership with WEtech Alliance, Innovate Niagara, Conestoga College, SnapPea, and Uvaro.

Our Sponsors

The AC:Studio Program and Innovation Showcase is sponsored by Artemis Canada, Bereskin & Parr, RSM, Gowling WLG, RBCx, BLUMEx, and Prosh Marketing.