Deadline: 12 January 2025
The THRIVE Academy is a 12-week agrifood tech pre-accelerator program for agri-food early stage startups looking to commercialize their innovations.
The immersive program helps entrepreneurs de-risk and validate their ideas, develop and execute their go-to-market strategy, and prepare to raise capital.
Benefits
- Through THRIVE Academy you’ll receive the tools and support to build a company foundation for scalable growth
- Acceleration
- The program is specifically designed to kickstart your entrepreneurial journey and accelerate rapid progress towards commercial outcomes.
- Mentorship
- They’ll match you with mentors from their extensive network of industry insiders, corporates, alumni and investors.
- Investment Readiness
- They’ll teach you the fundamentals of what founders need to be investment ready ensuring your highest chance at success when you seek outside funding.
- Validation
- They’ll help you test and validate your idea and make fast informed de-risked decisions that minimize your risk.
- Smart Farm Access
- You’ll have an opportunity to apply to get access to Old’s College Smart Farm & other PSI’s to evaluate, demonstrate, and validate your developing technology.
- Accelerator Opportunities
- Selected startups will have the opportunity to graduate into THRIVE’s Canada or Global Accelerator programs.
- Partner Perks
- Gain access to over $3.5 million in exclusive perks and discounts from their network of leading industry partners, designed to accelerate your startup’s growth and success.
- Acceleration
Eligibility Criteria
- They’re looking for promising founders with innovative ideas
- Specifically they are looking for:
- Pre-seed to early seed-stage agrifood tech companies
- Early stage innovators with ground breaking ideas for agrifood tech.
For more information, visit SVG Ventures.