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TiE Ottawa

TiE Ottawa, the Ottawa chapter of TiE Global, is a premier not-for-profit organization committed to fostering entrepreneurship in the Ottawa region. Established in 2002, the organization has cultivated a dynamic community of entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors dedicated to supporting startups and scaling businesses.

With a strong network of experienced Charter Members, industry experts, and successful founders, TiE Ottawa provides a collaborative platform where entrepreneurs support entrepreneurs and help budding entrepreneurs gain insights, access resources, and build relationships to accelerate their ventures.

Founded by entrepreneurs from the Indus background, TiE Ottawa is uniquely positioned to champion inclusion in the innovation ecosystem and welcome innovators and enthusiasts from all backgrounds.​

Mission

Foster entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, funding, and incubation. With a focus on giving back to the community, Tie’s focus is on generating and nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Vision

By assisting entrepreneurs, we believe we can empower individuals and create wealth in communities.

Value

Innovation, community, collaboration, impact, and integrity guide our actions.

Our Story

About TiE Global and its Impact

TiE Global, established in 1992 in Silicon Valley, is a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering entrepreneurship across various industries and stages of business development. With a mission to support entrepreneurs from incubation through their entire lifecycle, TiE has expanded its reach to include over 15,000 members and more than 4,000 Charter Members across 62 chapters in 14 countries.

The organization’s core initiatives are built upon five foundational pillars: Mentoring, Networking, Education, Funding, and Incubation. These pillars are designed to nurture innovation, create value, and facilitate the growth of entrepreneurs worldwide.

Learn. Launch. Lead.

TiE Global offers a variety of flagship programs to support its mission:

 TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE): A program dedicated to fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing high school students with experiential education in entrepreneurship and innovation.

 TiE University (TiE U): An ecosystem that nurtures startups run by college and
university students, bringing together startups, TiE members, mentors, and ecosystem partners.

 TiE Women: An initiative focused on embracing, engaging, and empowering women entrepreneurs across the globe.

 TiE Global Angels: A platform that connects startups with potential investors, facilitating funding opportunities within the TiE community.

Through these comprehensive programs and initiatives, TiE Global continues to drive its mission of fostering entrepreneurship, supporting innovators, and contributing to economic development worldwide.

Pillars Of TiE

Since 1992. TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. The mission of TiE remains to foster entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring, networking and education.

Mentoring

TiE is known for mentoring education and networking to help entrepreneurs and those starting new business. Every day, someone is mentored with the TiE ecosystem and guided towards the right path to achieve great heights. Besides creating wealth the organisation also work to alleviate poverty and unemployment by fostering entrepreneurship worldwide.

Education

TiE signature programs includes the TiE Young Entrepreneurship (TYE), which fosters entrepreneurship and education in high school level students, the TiE International Start up Competition (TISC) which aims to nurture college level students and young start-ups TiE Women’s Forum which empowers women entrepreneurs throughout our network and numerous large scale conferences such as TiECon and TiE Global Summit.

Networking

TiE conference attendees span the spectrum from successful founders of mature companies, entrepreneurs creating new companies, professional from top corporations leading venture capital firms to thought leaders to senior executives and technology professionals

Investing

Several start-ups have received funding and investment from TiE Angel groups in the Network or from Angel Investors. TiE’s success stems from the cycle where chapter member assist younger entrepreneurs with mentoring Investments, networking etc and foster success of younger start-ups in the community.

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