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Accelerator for Women-led Startups Announced in Waterloo, Ontario
Are you part of a women-led, high-potential startup? If so, Communitech’s Fierce Founders Accelerator may be the program you’re looking for.
The Fierce Founders Accelerator is a six-month startup accelerator with structured programming to help women-led startups prepare for early customers and build a scalable business strategy for fast growth. Selected startups will receive, among other benefits:
- Up to $30,000 in matched funding, with no equity taken
- Business training by Communitech’s Executives-in-Residence
- Six months of furnished office space at the Communitech Hub, in the heart of the Waterloo Region tech community
- Up to $100,000 in Google Cloud Platform credits for one year (including an architecture review)
- A UX review of your product by Google Experts.
In order to qualify, your startup must have:
- At least one female founder or C-suite executive
- Proof of funds up to $30,000
- A validated problem-solution fit and an in-progress minimum viable product
- The ability to relocate your entire team to the Communitech Hub for the six-month program.
The deadline to apply for this cohort is Midnight on July 29, 2016. The registration form can be found here: https://communitech.blitzen.com/form/fierce-founders-accelerator-application