The Start Now Incubator is a Launch Pad for Your Next Great Idea!

We know that Canadian women entrepreneurs face barriers growing and starting their own businesses, and rural and diverse women entrepreneurs face even greater hurdles.

Powered by ONSIDE, the Start Now Incubator helps diverse Canadian women explore and launch their businesses through a flexible and supportive hybrid community.

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We serve Canadian women and non-binary entrepreneurs with a focus and commitment to rural, indigenous, diverse, and underserved women.

Within a hybrid community of intersectional women, you’ll unearth renewed confidence and tactics to help you start and grow your dream business.

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Get Ready to Start Now!

Our program is built around the idea that every woman has the potential to be a successful entrepreneur, regardless of her background, education, or experience. We believe that by providing you with access to a supportive community of like-minded women, mentorship, and resources, we can help you turn your business dreams into a reality.

Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level, Start Now Incubator is here to help.

  • Through our work, 2500+ women entrepreneurs have accessed the support and services they need to take bold steps forward. Each woman represents a ripple in a larger system of change. Together, they’re building momentum for inclusive innovation and stronger communities

    Collective Impact in Action

  • 1200+ women entrepreneurs have built networks, mentorships, and partnerships through our project. Collaboration creates resilience. By weaving connections across geographies and sectors, we’re fostering systems that work for everyone, specially women in underrepresented spaces

    Stronger Together

  • 1000+ women entrepreneurs have gained skills, tools, and confidence through training and capacity-building opportunities. Knowledge doesn’t just empower individuals, it strengthens entire ecosystems. When women have the resources to grow, our communities transform.

    Capacity Building for Collective Change

  • 190+ women entrepreneurs have taken the leap to start new businesses with our support. This isn’t just about startups, it’s about shaping systems where women’s ideas can thrive, especially in underrepresented and rural communities. Every new business strengthens the ecosystem for all

    New Ventures, New Possibilities

  • 320+ women entrepreneurs are sustaining and scaling their businesses with our support. Growth is a collective achievement. When women-led businesses succeed, whole communities benefit. This is the power of inclusive, systems-focused entrepreneurship.

    Sustaining Growth, Building Futures

Our Services

  • Start Up Services

    Virtual Business Incubator

    Education & Technical Training

    Advisory Services

  • Success Tools

    Mentor Matching

    Peer to Peer Mentoring

    Fireside Chats

  • Community

    Inclusive Connector Events

    Workshops

    Alumni Events

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With Support from the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Fund (WES), Start Now Incubator will strengthen capacity and address ecosystem gaps for diverse populations of women entrepreneurs, including rural and underserved women. The program will focus on fostering connections and cultivating networks, mentor-matching opportunities, and resources/supports for women entrepreneurs.