Elevate your entrepreneurial journey with TiE Toronto's 19th Annual Business Acceleration and Venture Program.
At TiE Toronto, we believe in more than just businesses; we believe in creating legacies. Over the past 18 years, TiEQuest has helped hundreds of startups find investors, markets, and experts. In its 19th year TiEQuest goes one step beyond - helping founders achieve product-market fit (PMF) faster. Entrepreneurs that show the best progress during the program win the competition and take home cash prizes, investments, and a network of well-wishers to rely upon.
Meant for entrepreneurs working in medical devices, healthcare, or pharma domains. Businesses could be B2B or consumer-focused. However, SaaS, technology, or consumer products targeted towards the healthcare industry, if they don’t have regulatory barriers would be considered general stream
Businesses working in any areas other than those covered in Med-tech, think B2B SaaS, Consumer SaaS, Fintech, D2C, climate, or any other domains would be considered in the general stream.
Phase I:
Standard content designed specifically for early-stage startups delivered via webinars - to all the applicants
Elevator Pitch Round:
Based on the quality of the application submitted, the top 50 businesses move to the elevator pitch round. In this round, they get access to one-on-one mentoring, fine-tune their positioning, and validate problem-solution fit. Post mentoring, every entrepreneur gets to pitch to a panel of judges.
Business Plan round:
Those who advance to this round, get personalized coaching and further mentoring on highlighted areas of their business which could help them move towards PMF faster. After this, they get to pitch to the next set of judges. The businesses that make the cut, move to the finals. There will be 3 finalists chosen from each stream.
Finals:
The final Gala is where 3 finalists from each stream get to pitch on stage to a panel of judges and audience. Winners take home cash prizes, in-kind perks, and the opportunity to secure angel investment from TiE Toronto Angels.
