MEIE Open Lecture - Financing a Tech Startup
- Date
- November 17, 2026
- Time
- 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ET
- Location
- Sandbox (SLC 3rd Floor)
- Contact
- shiqiang.jing@torontomu.ca
- Website
- https://www.torontomu.ca/master-engineering-innovation-entrepreneurship/program/
Experience the MEng in Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Open Lecture on Financing a Tech Startup
Thinking about turning your engineering skills into a venture of your own? Sit in on a real class from the Master of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and see what learning here is like.
What you’ll experience
- A live lecture on financing a tech-based startup. This session is part of EI8004: Finding & Validating Business Opportunities for New Ventures, taught by Dr. Tarek Sadek, Executive Director of the Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Learn how founders think about funding at each stage of building a company.
- A fireside chat with Sunny Atwal, VP of Engineering at Luminopia. Hear his career journey and his reflections on navigating the different stages of life and work.
- A look at the program itself. Meet current students and founders in the TMU entrepreneurship ecosystem. See how the program connects engineers with the skills and network to launch and grow ventures.