Funding Opportunities
RBC Venture Accelerator Program
The RBC Venture Accelerator Program provides an opportunity for full-time Laurier students to gain entrepreneurial experience. The program will fund a total of five students per semester to work on their own venture or work for a startup in their field.
Currently this opportunity is open to undergraduate students only. Undergraduate students in all faculties are welcome to apply.
Applications are now closed for the Winter 2021 Term.
Entrepreneurial Advantage
The program delivers substantial entrepreneurial advantage through:
- $30,000 in seed capital (grant);
- Mentorship from experts in areas relevant to their venture;
- Access to market research; and
- Invaluable connections to prospective investors.
Terms and Conditions
- A limited number of grants are available in each round.
- Applications are evaluated on a competitive basis.
- If you are not approved, you may apply again in the next round.
- SmartStart funding and JumpStart funding cannot both be awarded to a company.
- Employees and their families including individuals with a contractual work arrangement with any of the educational institutions involved are not eligible.
Laurier’s Past JumpStart Recipients
- Alaunus
- BridesMade
- English Never Stops
- Local Line
- Meal in a Jar
- Oneiric
- Plasticity
- Sage Care
- Sociavore
- Traffic Soda
- Vidhub