Incubation

Our market validation and traction program

The VAI’s pre-accelerator program helps World’s most-promising tech startups with a minimum viable product, build early sales, marketing and product development traction and prepare them for our growth accelerator.

Our market validation and traction program

The VAI’s pre-accelerator program helps Canada’s most-promising tech startups with a minimum viable product, build early sales, marketing and product development traction and prepare them for our growth accelerator.

Venture An Idea

What You Get

We help high-potential startups grow and scale to world-class businesses

Over the course of eight to 12 months, VAI’s pre-accelerator startups have access to exclusive programming and work closely with our experienced EiRs.

1

Customer

Refine your product or service to meet the needs of your customers through hands-on product development and market validation programming.
2

Capital

Meet and network with our leading VCs and angels to pursue funding opportunities and better understand what investors look for in a business.
3

Community

Connect with North America’s top tech entrepreneurs to immerse yourself in a dedicated and tight-knit community comprised of peers, investors, advisors and partners who will help you validate your product.
4

Coaching

Work with best-in-class mentors who have built, scaled and sold businesses around the world. Access and work with our experienced and well-connected entrepreneurs who are ready to help you learn, test, connect, de-risk, adapt and grow.
Venture An Idea

Selection Criteria

1

Solve Problem

A business dedicated to solving a compelling problem using innovative technology
2

Founder

At least one full-time founder
3

Must have the ability to manage the product directly

Have a CTO or in-house technical lead or show a clear path to moving a part time lead onboard full time
4

An MVP that has some form of market validation

Startups that are identified as having a marketplace business model must demonstrate a unique value proposition, paying customers and clear defensibility in their application as validation due to the highly competitive nature of marketplaces.

Ready to validate your business?

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