Free Virtual Entrepreneurship Finance Conference Set for October 21

This report by Editorial team is based on information published by City of Richmond Hill.

According to City of Richmond Hill, this update sets out what residents need to know and when it applies.

City of Richmond Hill lists the 7th Annual Entrepreneurship Finance Conference as a free half-day virtual event on Wednesday, October 21. The city says the conference is meant to support entrepreneurs from all backgrounds as they navigate a changing financial landscape, with expert-led sessions, a panel, success stories, networking breaks and a Virtual Expo packed into one morning and early afternoon online.

Key details

• The listed time is Wednesday, October 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
• Attendance is virtual and the city describes the event as free.
• Sessions cover intellectual property strategy and funding programs to scale and innovate.
• Other topics include SR&ED tax credits and what investors look for in financial statements.
• A panel will discuss artificial intelligence in 2026 and what venture funders are backing.

Planning and next steps

Readers who may be affected should open the official City of Richmond Hill page linked in the Sources box below before they travel, register or change a routine. That linked page is the record used for this report, and it is also the place where the source organization can post a correction, a new time or a change of venue after this article is published. Keeping the source link close to the story matters because event rooms, transit detours, program registration and municipal schedules can move, and a short local report should send residents back to the organization responsible for the service rather than asking them to rely on a summary alone. If a detail is not stated in the official listing, this report does not guess at it; it leaves that point for the source page or for a later update from City of Richmond Hill.

What it means locally

For Richmond Hill founders who cannot spare a full day away from a business, a virtual morning focused on funding and financial statements is a practical format, and the linked city page should be used to register and confirm the access details before October 21. Taken together, the details above give residents a dated, named and linked starting point: what is happening, where the official information came from, and which practical step to check next before the date in the listing arrives.