Tag: women
Federal government commits $2.7 million to new education project through Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund
FAIR.E, launched this week, will provide entrepreneurship education programs to 1,800 women in six provinces. The federal government kicked off Small Business Week 2023…
Healthtech startup Medreddie takes home the first Elevate Women + Pitch Prize
Kara LeBlanc takes home $450,000 cash to grow her AI-enabled healthcare supply chain startup. The inaugural Elevate Women + Pitch Prize at the Elevate…
The Forum introduces index to support access to capital for women and diverse entrepreneurs
The resource aims to help close the funding gap for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ founders. The Forum, a Canadian charity that supports women entrepreneurs,…
Elevate, The Firehood reveal first cohort of 36 startups in new incubator for women entrepreneurs
Some participants already backed by The Firehood, such as Ora, Permalution, PragmaClin. The Firehood, an angel network that focuses on supporting women in the…
Canadian startups NL Patent, BorderlessHR, Monark crack Google’s Women Founders accelerator| BetaKit
Three startups represent Canada in a cohort of 11 North American companies. Three Canadian startups are joining Google’s latest cohort for its women founders…
Elevate and The Firehood receive $2.3 million in federal funding to train women leaders
Applications are open until July 5 for women investors and entrepreneurs to get a chance at a $100,000 prize. Elevate and The Firehood have…
Applications are open for Google’s startup accelerators for women and Black founders
Three Canadian startups were selected for each program last year. Google has opened applications for its Black Founders and Women Founders startup accelerator…
A survey of the challenges women founders face when fundraising (and how to overcome them)
40 women founders from 25 different countries share their views for other women entrepreneurs fundraising. Co-founded by Kate Dwyer and Penelope Gazin, Witchsy is…
Eli raises $5 million to make at-home hormone testing for women more accessible
“It will allow us to build a large-scale dataset of daily hormone levels for the first time in history.” Montréal-based healthtech startup Eli, which…
BDC appoints Sévrine Labelle as head of $100 million Thrive Lab for women entrepreneurs
Thrive Lab is set to launch this spring. BDC Capital has named the managing director of its new Thrive Lab—one pillar of its recent…