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Powered by people: Made at Mac celebration highlights entrepreneurial momentum at McMaster 

McMaster’s innovation community showed up in full force to celebrate the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem at the third annual Made at Mac event....

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The Forge Advantage: Mentorship, Momentum and Market-Ready Startups

Parisa Agahi had just earned her masters degree from McMaster’s Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization Program when she was prescribed compression...

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McMaster awarded $300,000 to expand Startup Survivor program  

McMaster University has received $300,000 from the provincial government to expand entrepreneurship programming for startups.   The investment comes from Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON) as part of their postsecondary...

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How McMaster life sciences student Tharsan Rasasakaram stepped into startup life

“Startups have this energy,” Tharsan Rasasakaram says. “Things move quickly, and you have to be ready to adapt. But that...

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OneChart partners with C3 EMR to deliver advanced ambient documentation and telehealth solutions across Canada and the US

C3 EMR, a leading provider of integrated electronic medical record (EMR) and practice-management solutions, and OneChart, an innovator in AI based...

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Forge Wrapped 2025: Building Futures, Growing Together

2025 was a year of growth, collaboration, and impact for The Forge and for the innovators who call this community...

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Student innovator wins $15K at Startup Survivor for AI sensor that detects UTIs 

A PhD student developing technology to make urinary tract infections (UTIs) easier to detect won first place at the annual...

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McMaster startup uses vehicle sensors to map the ‘urban nervous system’ 

A McMaster-based startup is poised to drive the future of urban planning and development with mobile sensors that gather data...

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McMaster Student Innovation Takes Center Stage at Startup Survivor Pitch Competition

Hamilton, ON – Five dynamic student-led startups from McMaster University are gearing up to compete in the highly anticipated Startup...

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The Forge Welcomes Final Business Incubator Cohort of 2025

The Forge, McMaster University’s startup incubator, is proud to announce the launch of its final Business Incubator cohort of 2025,...

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Five Startups. One Stage. $30,000 on the Line.

Meet the Finalists of The Forge’s Startup Survivor Pitch Competition This November, five startups will step into the spotlight to...

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From Lecture Halls to Boardrooms: How Three Students Built and Sold a Startup Before Graduation

While most undergrads were juggling exams and group projects, Sarah Simionescu, Jason Huang, and Nikos Dritsakos were negotiating a company...