The Accelerator is a Canadian seed accelerator. The Accelerator provides curriculum, services, seed money, mentors, and connections at two five-month programs per year. We believe a startup is an entrepreneurial venture that aims to solve a problem by developing or offering an innovative product, process or service designed around a rapidly scalable business model. Startups usually leverage technology via the Internet, e-commerce, mobile devices, connected devices (IoT), or robotics.