Sponsoring Agency: Invest Ottawa
Type of Fund:
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/07/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
SheBoot is an Ottawa-based 6-week bootcamp that prepares founders to pitch their business and secure investment.
Together, Capital Angel Network and Invest Ottawa built this bootcamp to help scalable technology and technology-enabled women-led businesses tackle tough challenges like:
• Access to capital
• Access to mentors
Objectives
• Help more women founders access capital.
• Have more women investing in startups.
What to Expect
• The bootcamp will take place over six weeks in fall 2021, from September 13 – October 23. If accepted, be prepared to commit an average of 1 day per week to the program.
• Be ready to rapidly develop skills, build your network and perfect your business pitch through workshops, mentorship, coaching and more.
• The details are to come, but you can count on:
o Business coaching
o Specialized mentorship
o Masterclass workshops
o Meet investors
o Build your peer network
o Continued support
Prize Information
• The finale: pitch to win a grand prize of a minimum of $100,000 in investment!
• SheBoot’s 6-week bootcamp concludes with a celebration and pitch finale. Finalists pitch their business to a panel of investors who select our winners.
• The program prepares each founder to compete for the grand prize of – a minimum – $100,000 in equity-based funding. This top prize is an investment made by 10 women investors in the Capital Angel Network. Although there is a top prize, all participating companies will leave the program with $10,000 in non-dilutive funding.
Criteria
Apply if your startup is:
• Women-led, meaning a women has significant ownership of the business (33% minimum) and holds the title of CEO, COO or CTO;
• Prepared with a clear vision of the product and defined roadmap to reach identified markets and target segments;
• Innovative, scalable, and a tech or tech-enabled startup;
• Showing initial signs of traction, i.e. customer feedback, beta tested or generating revenue;
• Looking for support and mentorship;
• Ready to put insight into action; and
• Eager to join a founder community.
More information at: https://www.investottawa.ca/sheboot/
