Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize
Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.
Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize is a University of Toronto Entrepreneurship (UTE) prize that awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes. Later-Stage applicants are judged the same way at both the entry stage and the pitch itself, against seven named criteri…
The Later-Stage track is open to the same U of T community (current full-time students, post-docs, or alumni who graduated no earlier than June 2024, any faculty or sector) but for startups further along in fundraising -- UTE's own eligibility and prizes sections give two different cumulative-funding bands for this track ($50,000-$500,000 under Eligibility, $50,000-$250,000 under Prizes), with revenue caps of either $200,000 or $100,000 depending on the section.
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