DMZ Women Innovation Summit 2025 (up to $100,000 in cash investments)

Are you a woman-identifying founder disrupting the Canadian tech space? Applications are now open to pitch your business at the DMZ's Women Innovation Summit in partnership with The Firehood. This is your chance to showcase your business to a community of angels built around the mission of backing women founders and an opportunity to secure up to $100,000 in cash investments.

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About DMZ Women Innovation Summit

Opportunity Details

They are accepting applications from Canada's most promising and high-impact women tech founders. The top 25 selected women founders will receive two pitch advisory sessions, PR opportunities through DMZ, invites to DMZ's Women of the Year breakfast event and participation in intimate roundtable sessions on Summit Day.

  • Sponsor Organisation: DMZ

Benefits of DMZ Women Innovation Summit

  • The top 10 selected founders will have the opportunity to pitch in person for $100,000 cash investment from The Firehood.

DMZ Women Innovation Summit Requirements

Eligible companies include those that have:

  • A woman founder or co-founder;
  • A business with a functional MVP dedicated to solving a compelling problem using innovative technology;
  • An in-house technical lead;
  • A driven, coachable, and collaborative leadership team;
  • The ability to become a venture backable business in a growing market.

Application Date and Process

Interested founders can submit an application to pitch at the Summit. Applications must include a 3-minute pitch video and a pitch deck copy.

Applications close on January 19 and finalists will be notified by the week of February 3, 2025. Finalists invited to pitch must be able to attend the Women Innovation Summit in person on Thursday, March 6 at DMZ's HQ in downtown Toronto.

Application Deadline

19 January, 2025

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