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Are you the owner of a new business? There is still time to apply for the Startup Canada Equal Slice 2025 Virtual Pitch Competition. It is recommended that candidates click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
Opportunity Details
As part of the Startup Canada Equal Slice Program, The Startup Canada Equal Slice Pitch Competitions offer early stage, underrepresented entrepreneurs the chance to showcase their businesses, receive expert feedback, and compete for $100,000 in cash grants to help further develop their businesses.
Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
Be at least one of the following for the business the application is based on: founder, owner, co-founder, co-owner, person who owns or co-owns (51% or greater ownership) the entity, product name, or service
Be active in the business and a senior leader/key decision-maker
Have a business founded and based/headquartered in Canada
Have a business that has been operating, with a product or service in market for a minimum of two years
Have had annual revenues of no more than $400,000 CAD in at least one year of the business's operating years
Be a member of an equity-deserving and/or racialized and underserved community(ies). Equity-deserving groups include, without limitation, the following:
Indigenous, First Nation, Inuit, Métis
2SLGBTQI+
Newcomer
Black
Other racialized community (East Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, South Asian, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Mixed race)
Woman
A person with a disability
PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously received a grant from another Pizza Hut Equal Slice Program, you are not eligible to participate in this pitch competition.
Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Apply for Startup Canada Equal Slice - Virtual Pitch Competition
