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🏗️ The room that's been changing trajectories
In 2025, 23,400 builders, operators, and investors walked into a TechTO event. More than a quarter came back. Not because they had to, because something clicked the first time.
Here's what showing up has produced:
Pavla Bobosikova built WFHomie into a company that raised $1.9M CAD and was acquired by GoCo, with TechTO as part of the origin story
234 founders, operators, and investors took the TechTO stage in 2025 alone, unicorn founders, builders behind exits, senior VCs, giving back what someone gave them when they were in the early rows
TechTO now gathers communities across Canada - Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and beyond.
ICYMI: Vancouver, see you next week! May 10, Hackathon | May 11, Rocketships
But Together Toronto is where it started. It's our flagship.
Healthtech, fintech, commerce, marketing, deep tech - every vertical converges here. Together Toronto has never been about one sector. It's always been about one thing: builders in the trenches, in the same place, at the same time.
May 4 brings that same energy, and raises it. The speakers on stage have built, scaled, and left real companies.
Add a community open mic, a curated crowd of founders and operators, and an afterparty where the real conversations start.
For founders in the YC S26 application process, doors open at 5pm with a focused YC alumni-led session, if you've already submitted, this will sharpen it. If you haven't, this is the room to be in before you do.
What's the best connection you've made at a TechTO event? Hit reply.
📚 THREE READS WORTH YOUR TIME THIS WEEK
🔗 Q1 2026 Venture Report - Crunchbase
Q1 2026 broke every funding record on paper. But zoom in and the picture is more complicated - more capital, fewer deals, and 80% of it going to AI. If you're raising right now, this is the context you need.
🔗 What Canadian Entrepreneurs Can Expect in 2026 - BDC
Canada's bank for entrepreneurs breaks down what's ahead: cautious VC markets, tariff uncertainty, AI opportunity, and where capital is actually flowing. Essential context for any founder building here right now.
🔗 What 2025 Taught Us About Building for 2026 - Maveron
The Maveron team on what held up last year: trust, habit, and owning more of the end-to-end experience. Relevant whether you're building B2C or not.
🎤 Speaking of Maveron - Jason Stoffer, CIO & General Partner at Maveron, is coming to Toronto. On May 27 at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, he sits down with Alex Norman for a deep dive on consumer behavior shifts, how Maveron identifies opportunities before consensus, and what Canadian founders should know before pitching a US consumer investor. Canadian founders on stage too.
🗓️ Together Toronto and YC S26 Application Session: Monday, May 4 @ 6:00PM - GET YOUR TICKETS
🗓️ YC Canada Spring Social: Wednesday, May 6 @ 6:00PM - REQUEST TO JOIN
🗓️ TechTO x Althra Hackathon: Vancouver: Sunday, May 10 @ 9:00am PT - SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS
🗓️ Vancouver Rocketships & Web Summit Social : Monday, May 11 @ 4:00pm PT - REQUEST TO JOIN
🗓️ TechTO Hackathon: Sunday, May 24 @ 9:00am - WAITLIST
🗓️ TiEQuest Summit 2026: Monday, May 25 @ 8:30am - GET TICKETS
🗓️ People First, Product Second: A Consumer Deep Dive with Maveron: Wednesday, May 27 @ 1:00pm - REQUEST TO JOIN
🗓️ Beyond the Bubble: An Intimate Chat with Will Hsu and Alex Norman: Wednesday, May 27 @ 4:00pm - REQUEST TO JOIN
🗓️ TechTO Summer Social: Wednesday, May 27 @ 6:00pm - GET TICKETS
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