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ventureLAB™ brings together experts from many different fields all with the same goal in mind: build and scale globally competitive ventures that advance Canada's knowledge-based economy.

People & Culture

People-Driven, Culture-First Organization

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ventureLAB™ is made up of passionate, driven individuals and growing quickly. It is a fast-paced, flexible environment where individual contributors make a big difference and work collaboratively to achieve shared goals. Diverse experience, perspectives, and backgrounds bring great ideas and create stronger teams — we embrace it, because we know that by including everyone, we all thrive.

ventureLAB™ leads by example with a gender-balanced, diverse team with a deeply rooted performance-based culture. We are proud of the work that we do, the culture we cultivate, the support we give one another and the pride with which we accomplish our goals. We’re made up of a wide range of professionals, including tech entrepreneurs, industry executives and public and private sector partners.

What Sets Us Apart

We’ve built a team and network that leverages decades of industry experience in building IP-rich companies and commercializing transformational products, to give unbiased support to founders in this program. You get access to our growing global network and comprehensive support services.

Culture

ventureLAB is a culture-first, people-driven organization. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are ingrained in our core values, and we lead by example with a gender-balanced, diverse team with a deeply rooted performance-based culture. Our five values form Team RIVIR and shape what we do and how we help.

Our Values

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Relentless

We are tenacious and resilient. We follow through and remove roadblocks so together we succeed and go further.
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Inclusive

We are empathetic, open-minded and collaborate respectfully so that we build trust with each other and value diverse opinions, ideas and perspectives to learn and make better decisions.
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Visionary

We inspire bold futures with our founders, team, partners and community by challenging each other respectfully and thinking differently.
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Innovative

We celebrate ingenuity and empower the team to create new ideas, processes and strategies. We are curious and resourceful by asking questions for clarity.
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Results

We are proactive and plan. We are accountable and focused. We are direct and transparent through fact-based discussions.