Venture Accelerator

A 4-month intensive accelerator program that helps tech founders develop the skillsets and mindsets to turn their vision into world-changing companies. Join Us and Accelerate Your Future FounderFuel is a mentor-driven venture accelerator that helps early-stage startups make meaningful progress on the venture path. Backed by Real Ventures, Canada’s most active seed-stage venture firm, we have invested in 100 companies since 2011, including Sonder, Transit, Unsplash, Mejuri, Benchsci, Login Radius, XpertSea and Bus.com. Our portfolio companies have gone on to raise over $470M in financing. FounderFuel works with companies across sectors that are using technology and business model innovation to create value in large markets. Our 4-month intensive program is supported by a network of seasoned startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and executives as well as the entire Real Ventures team. The program culminates with Canada’s largest Demo Day.

Grant Deadline

2024-08-23

Funding Amount

Deadline not available

Type of Grant

Venture Capital, Investment, Funding, Incubator Accelerator

Sectors

Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, Clean Tech, Computer sciences, Software, Technology, Web 3.0, SaaS

Demographics

Incorporation

For Profit

Perks

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

In general, we look for teams that meet the following requirements: A founding team of at least two people, open to coaching and personal development. At least one technical co-founder. All key members committed full-time. Founders need to be based in Montreal for the duration of the program. For the record, it is possible to be accepted without meeting all of these requirements, but your chances are far better if you fit the above profile.

While many factors come into play, we’re especially focused on a few key aspects: Team – Do we think the founders can build a massive company? Market – Is the company attacking a venture-scale opportunity? Product – Can the product deliver 10x value vs. other options? Stage – Is the company at the right stage to benefit from FounderFuel?

FounderFuel works with companies across all sectors that are using technology and business-model innovation to create value in large markets. While we view technology-powered innovation broadly, we focus primarily on companies that have software and data as part of their core technology. We are especially interested in companies leveraging artificial intelligence to drive innovation. This is driven by Real Ventures’ investment thesis and the strength of Canada’s AI ecosystems.

Grant Application website

https://founderfuel.com/apply/

Contact

https://founderfuel.com/contact-us/