Foodpreneur Lab Step Up, Scale Up Program 2025

Applications are open for the Foodpreneur Lab Step Up, Scale Up Program 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.

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About Foodpreneur Lab Step Up, Scale Up Program

Opportunity Details

This 16-week opportunity is designed to move you forward with a first-of-its-kind, scale-focused approach, where you identify what's been holding your business back and they build you a customized roadmap to help you overcome it.

Whether it's access to production space, sales channels, capital, expert support, or something else entirely, your personalized roadmap shows you the way, guiding you past the barriers that have been holding you back.

Benefits of Foodpreneur Lab Step Up, Scale Up Program

You will be matched with the right advisors, resources, and support to tackle those barriers head-on. Every step is guided by Foodpreneur Lab, backed by a proven track record of helping food entrepreneurs grow and thrive.

Foodpreneur Lab Step Up, Scale Up Program Requirements

In order to be eligible, you:

  • Must be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident.
  • You must reside in and have your corporation registered in one of the regions in Southwestern Ontario.
  • You must have launched a food product and have it in market.
  • Your business has liability insurance.

Eligibile Regions

Your business address must be in Southwestern Ontario in one of the following regions: Brant, Bruce, Chatham-Kent, Dufferin, Durham, Elgin, Essex, Frontenac, Grey, Haldimand-Norfolk, Haliburton, Halton, Hamilton, Hastings, Huron, Kawartha Lakes, Lambton, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Middlesex, Niagara, Northumberland, Ottawa, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Peterborough, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Simcoe, Stormont, Dundas and, Glengarry, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington, York

Application Date and Process

  • Click on the link to the application website to apply.

If chosen as a participant for Step Up, Scale Up you will be required to provide the following documentation (details and timelines will follow if you are selected):

  • Signed Participant Agreement
  • Business Incorporation
  • Liability insurance
  • Food Handler's Certificate

Application Deadline

15 August, 2025

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