Elevate’s Women+ Entrepreneur Incubator: Applications close

Shape the future of funding by applying for the Women+ Investor Incubator, focused on helping aspiring women and gender-diverse angel investors get introduced to the world of startup investment, develop valuable skills in funding high-growth entrepreneurs and explore making their first startup investment.

Apply to the 8-week Virtual Women+ Investor Incubator to gain valuable skills in evaluating, funding, and advising high-growth entrepreneurs, including the opportunity to receive Due Diligence support and access to an online investment platform to manage the investment process.

The inaugural investors selected for the Women+ Investor Incubator will have the opportunity to engage with a vetted group of tech entrepreneurs raising funds and join a panel of judges in a startup showcase on stage at Elevate Festival. This comes with the opportunity to award a cash investment prize to one of the women or gender-diverse founders from Elevate’s Women+ Entrepreneur Incubator.

TOPICS COVERED

• How to Engage with Founders through the Investment Process
• Analyzing Startup Pitch Decks
• Investment Memo Writing
• Preparing Term Sheets for Investment
• Running an Investment Due Diligence process
• Deal Closing

All participants in the program will be invited to become members of The Firehood, a leading investment group focused on increasing the participation, leadership, and prosperity of women-identified and gender-diverse investors.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

You may be the ideal fit for the Women+ Investor Incubator program to invest in the next generation of women and gender-diverse founders if the following apply to you:

• A women-identified or gender-diverse individual
• Based in Canada
• Qualify as an accredited investor (i.e. have a minimum of $200,000 CAD individual annual income or $300,000 CAD household annual income; or have net financial assets equal to or greater than $1 million CAD alone or with a spouse; or have over $5 million net worth)*
• Interested in joining The Firehood and investing in women-identified or gender-diverse founders’ innovative tech solutions
• Can commit to 2 months of dedicated investor-readiness programming and follow-up coaching on the investment due diligence process.

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