Canadian Women-in-Tech SaaS Market Accelerator 2024

The Canadian Women-in-Tech SaaS Market Accelerator 2024 is a hybrid accelerator designed for Canadian startups to evaluate and prepare for expansion into the Washington state and broader United States markets. It runs for 8 weeks, with 7 weeks of virtual workshops and 1 week of programming in Seattle, WA, including a curriculum, mentorship, and investor introductions to refine go-to-market strategy and initial market validation in the USA.

Introductions to local companies for market validation; workshops on fundraising, sales, marketing, hiring, U.S. immigration and taxes; free WTIA membership with access to AWS Credits and other tools; mentorship and coaching for localization and U.S. go-to-market strategy; introductions to local community leaders and investors.

Open to Canadian startups active in data analytics, analytics, machine learning, SaaS, big data, cloud, blockchain, or quantum computing; located in Canada and incorporated; at prototype, users, or paying users stage; angel, pre-seed, seed, or Series A; whether or not fundraising is ongoing.

Complete an online application form on the official program website; shortlisted applicants may be interviewed.