NEXT Canada

📍 Toronto, Canada🗓 Founded 2010👥 109 employees💰 Last funded Sep 2021
Higher Education🌐 nextcanada.com
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NEXT Canada is a national non-profit dedicated to accelerating Canada’s most ambitious entrepreneurs and innovators. Founded in 2010 as The Next 36 by visionary business leaders and academics, NEXT Canada now delivers world-class, founder-focused programming through three streams: Next 36, Next Founders, and NextAI—with NextAI delivered in both Toronto and Montréal. Our mission is to develop exceptional talent, build globally competitive ventures, and drive technology adoption across industries—strengthening the foundations of Canada’s economic prosperity and innovation ecosystem. NEXT Canada is supported by generous donors and partners including Tim and Frances Price, Reza Satchu and Marion Annau, Som Seif, Chiko Nanji, Morgan Wyatt, and Steven Wellman, as well as EY, Hatch, BDC, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, and Air Canada. To date, we have empowered more than 1,300 alumni entrepreneurs who have raised over $5.5 billion in capital investments and created thousands of jobs from coast to coast. Their ventures include transformative companies such as Ada, Super, Mistplay, OTI Lumionics, Flashfood, SeamlessMD, Bridgit, Kira Talent, and many others. NEXT Canada is where bold ideas meet lifelong entrepreneurship—and where Canada’s next generation of world-class ventures begins. For more information, please visit: www.nextcanada.com
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Frequently asked questions
Who invested in NEXT Canada?
NEXT Canada has 3 investors on record on gritt.io, including 1 early-stage backers and 1 late-stage investors.
When did NEXT Canada last raise funding?
The most recent investment in NEXT Canada recorded on gritt.io was in September 2021.
When was NEXT Canada founded?
NEXT Canada was founded in 2010.
What industry is NEXT Canada in?
NEXT Canada operates in Higher Education. Find similar Higher Education investors on gritt.io.
Where is NEXT Canada based?
NEXT Canada is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.