$20,000 CAD grants for Montreal early stage startups

Grant+ program ditches age restrictions

Montreal In c has just changed its entry requirements to now include entrepreneurs of any age group (over 18) and accept applications for up to $20,000 CAD grants.

How to qualify?

In order to be eligible to apply for the Grant+ program:

Entrepreneurs need to have a validated market and MVP

The product must either be on the market for less than one year and if not already on the market, short term go to market strategy is required

The entrepreneur must be over 18 years old

The entrepreneur must be working on the project full time

The entrepreneur must reside in Montreal

More entry requirements can be found here.

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What is Grant+?

Grant+ is a yearly competition sponsored by Montreal Inc. offering Montreal’s startups up to $20,000 non-equity asked funding. The program has been going for ~25 years and offered grants to over 500 Montreal based startups. Forty startups will be awarded a $10,000 CAD grant. In the second phase of the competition, winning startups can be awarded another $10,000 CAD.

The time to apply is right now

September 15 – October 29, 2020. The submissions will be evaluated in November and December 2020.