Finalists prepare their pitches in the summer then present in front of our business experts, "The Lions", for a chance to win CASH prizes!
The competition gives ten up-and-coming entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of Hamilton’s top business experts.
The LiON'S LAIR competition culminates in a fall gala, where the winner is announced live. This highly-anticipated event brings together Hamilton's innovation and entrepreneurship community.
IRIS technology enables cities to conduct real-time monitoring of road conditions using AI-enabled dash cams installed on city buses, garbage trucks and other ubiquitous city assets, saving taxpayers two-thirds of the cost of manual patrols employed by cities today.
ARCH is a shared-equity housing program providing up to 100% of the down payment for first time home buyers helping them realize their dream of home ownership.
The BTXpen is the only dial-a-dose medication syringe in the world that can be filled by the user, it is a complete solution for providing safer, simpler injections.
Engagement Agents helps retailers engage their shopping centers’ digital and physical marketing channels, which they pay significantly for via their lease agreements, to drive impressions, traffic and sales to their stores and ecommerce channels while also saving them tremendous amounts of time, money and resources!
HAMILTON – Sept. 26, 2019 – IRIS, a company which enables cities to conduct real-time monitoring of road conditions using AI-enabled dash cams, took home a top prize of $35,000 after making their pitch the Read more...
In 2018, when MesoMat took home top prize at the 8th annual LiONS LAIR competition, their flexible fibres were targeting the wearable tech industry. Today their focus is on a much larger target. “Wearables were Read more...
Gowling WLG has been a proud supporter of LiON’S LAIR since its inception, and for many years we have offered our legal services as one of the LiON’S LAIR prizes. Indeed, helping startup companies get Read more...
McMaster Innovation Park
B21 - 175 Longwood Road South
Hamilton, ON Canada
L8P 0A1