2016 Social Finance Forum: Venture showcase application
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Are you ready to showcase your business at Canada's leading social finance event?
Use this form to apply for venture showcase opportunities at the 2016 Social Finance Forum! All applicants will be considered for the both opportunities.

Venture Village - The Venture Village showcases how Canada's leading social enterprises are transforming and impacting their communities. Show off your products and make personal connections with potential partners at the Social Finance Forum. This opportunity is targeted at ventures seeking to grow with new stakeholders. Selected ventures will receive two conference passes and a showcase table in a prominent Forum location.

Venture Showcase – Selected Social Entrepreneurs receive exposure to the SFF audience prior to and during the conference. Ventures will have prominent placement at SFF and be featured through conference communication channels. Ventures will also be eligible to make their pitch to potential investors and partners. The top three ventures will continue to pitch to the entire SFF audience during lunchtime on Oct 28th for the RBC Venture Prize ($5,000). This opportunity is targeted to ventures seeking to raise capital in the next 3-6 months. Selected ventures will receive two conference passes, a travel bursary and will be considered for the pitch event. Ventures must commit to writing a short blog entry about the problem they are tackling. Ventures may have to participate in a pitch interview.

*Please note this is separate from the Ewart Newton Award for Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award (http://www.socialfinanceforum.ca/social-finance-awards/)
Who can apply?
• Canadian incorporated for-profit, not for-profit or cooperative organization
• Minimum one-year operational history
• Strong business model with existing revenue or customers
• Demonstrable, measurable impact in target outcome areas
• Ventures that wish to be considered for the Venture Showcase should be raising or planning to start raising investment capital within the next 3-6 months.

DEADLINE: Friday, September 30


Venture Name *
Contact - First Name *
Contact - Last Name *
Email *
Phone Number *
Venture Website *
Please indicate which sector your venture falls under *
How are you incorporated? *
One line business summary *
For promotional purposes
Elevator pitch *
What do you do and why is it valuable? Include who your customers are, the problems you're solving, solution, value proposition and revenue model.
What traction does your venture have? *
Metrics on customers, partners, revenue, etc. for your venture specifically.
Please describe your venture's social / environmental impact. *
Describe metrics, certifications, impact narrative as appropriate.
At a high level, what are your 6 month goals? *
E.g. launch product 2.0, hire marketing director, finalize partnership with three distributors, raise capital, etc.
Are you planning to raise capital? If yes, please share how much are you raising, when do you aim to close and how plan to use the funds. *
Please specify if debt/ equity/ grants.
Why do you want to be featured as a showcase company at the Social Finance Forum? *
If you are raising capital, please share an upload link to your pitch deck *
Dropbox/ Box link etc
Optional: Please share an upload link for a 1 pager or sales document
Dropbox/ Box link etc
Are you affiliated with a regional innovation centre (RIC), campus-linked accelerator (CLA) or other ONE partner? Please specify which. *
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