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York Entrepreneurship Development Institute
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York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI) is a venture fund, startup accelerator, incubator and entrepreneurial community located within York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. YEDI facilitates collaboration between students, alumni, and academic and business leaders.[1] The organization was founded in 2013 by businessman Dr. Marat Ressin, a native of Russia with close ties to the Jewish community in Canada.[2]
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Overview
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute is a sector-agnostic start-up supporting organization that provides mentorship to entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organizations. Upon graduation, the entrepreneurs receive formal certification from The Schulich School of Business (York University) and YEDI.[3] The accelerator programs also assist high potential start-ups with securing funding.[4]
YEDI holds events aimed at creating connections between members from different industry sectors.[5] Start-ups and entrepreneurs use the YEDI spaces during their start-up programs to make prototypes and have a co-working space located within facilities of York University and YEDI's partners.[6]
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Partnerships and events
YEDI is a general partner of Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.[7] In March 2016, YEDI partnered with Israeli Ariel University to share its methodology with students through an intensive two-week business acceleration program that was launched for the first time on August 7, 2016.[8][9] In 2018, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics opened the Joint Department of International Finance and Economics of Small Business Development with YEDI.[10] In 2020, YEDI brought its International Program to Kazakhstan in partnership with Suleyman Demirel University.[11]
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