Canada’s 2024 SaaS Accelerator for Women Founders and Leaders

Deadline: August 31, 2024

Applications are open for the Canadian Women-in-Tech SaaS Market Accelerator 2024. The Canadian Women-in-Tech SaaS Market Accelerator will help 10 Canadian startups evaluate and prepare for expansion into Washington state and the broader United States markets.

This hybrid accelerator will last 8 weeks, including 7 weeks of virtual workshops and 1 week of programming in Seattle, WA. The accelerator will include a mix of curriculum, B2B & investor introductions, and dedicated mentorship with subject matter experts to help cohort companies refine their go-to-market strategy and begin market validation in the USA.

Benefits

Participants will receive:

• Introductions to local companies for market validation.
• Workshops on fundraising, sales, marketing, hiring, U.S. immigration, U.S. taxes, and other stage-appropriate topics.
• Free WTIA membership, which includes access to benefits like AWS Credits, Carta Cap Table Management software, HubSpot marketing automation, Brex corporate credit card, and more.
• Mentorship and coaching to help with localization efforts and US go-to-market strategy.
• Introductions to relevant local community leaders and investors.

Eligibility

Open to companies:

• In Data Analysis, Analytics, Machine Learning (ML), SaaS, Big Data, Cloud, Blockchain, Quantum Computing;
• Located in Canada;
• Incorporated;
• Prototype, users or paying users stage;
• Angel, Pre-seed, Seed or Series A;
• Have raised funding or not;
• Currently raising or not raising funds;
• Have revenue or not.

Application

Click here to apply