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Accelerate the growth of your startup with the resources and expertise available at the Hunter Hub. Our programs are designed to help you navigate the intricacies of scaling up, offering mentorship and coaching from Innovation Sandbox.

The best part? You'll join a powerful community of fellow innovators, expanding your network and unlocking new opportunities. Here at the Hunter Hub, we seek to amplify entrepreneurial stories and showcase the incredible impact of these startups every day.

Why the Hunter Hub?

The hunter Hub is a powerful community with intention. Serving as the epicenter for interdisciplinary entrepreneurial thinkers and innovators across campus and beyond, we help entrepreneurs turn ideas into reality.

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Find out how the Hunter Hub's programs can help your startup. No matter what stage you are at, the Hunter Hub has the right program for you.

Innovation Sandbox

Located on the 4th floor of the Hunter Student Commons, the Innovation Sandbox is a vibrant community and dedicated co-working environment tailored for entrepreneurial ventures. Here, we celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship that pulses through UCalgary, bringing together entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers like you.

Summer Accelerator

Summer Accelerator at UCalgary is designed to help promising startups in the UCalgary community continue to build and develop their startup. Offering funding and essential resources, the objective for this program is for startups to validate their business as a viable business.

Experience Ventures

Experience Ventures, powered by the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Calgary, enables post-secondary students to make an impact alongside real-world innovators through entrepreneurial thinking placements.

AEiR

AEiR's mentorship program offers a unique blend of group mentoring and individualized guidance. Our approach focuses on setting clear, achievable objectives, assisting you in transitioning your research from the lab to the market with precision and strategy.

Launchpad

Our flagship program empowers students and post-docs from all faculties and departments to become founders and changemakers in their fields. Through Launchpad, participants will bolster their resumes with early career experience as they build key entrepreneurial thinking skills.

Attend events

Attend our many events to join a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers. Grow your network, develop new skills, and take your startup to the next level.

Questions?

Email us directly at hunterhub@ucalgary.ca to let us know what you're curious about, and we'll get back to you with answers.