We’re working to increase national prosperity by making Canadian tech entrepreneurs globally competitive.

Located in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, the Lazaridis Institute is rapidly becoming a global authority in the management of high growth technology companies.

Scale-Up Program: We support the most promising Canadian tech frms to scale

Our Research: We investigate how tech frms successfully move from start-up to stay-up to scale-up inglobal markets

Our National Data Platform: A one-of-a-kind information source on- and for- Canadian tech firms