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MEDIA ALERT: Inaugural accelerator for Indigenous-owned businesses starts in Toronto today

SOAR providing five Indigenous businesses with first-of-its-kind training and mentorship to help them increase their revenue 5x over in 12 months

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SOAR, a grassroots initiative to support Indigenous entrepreneurs, is hosting a first-of-its-kind-accelerator in Toronto, starting today, to address gaps in support of high-growth Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada. Its goal is to propel five Indigenous companies (who are all already making over $1M in revenue) to increase their revenue by at least five times over the next 12 months.

Co-presented by Square, BDC and Futurpreneur, the SOAR Accelerator is a unique 2.5 day program (June 15-16) that provides executive-level training and mentorship to build skills and capacity, organizes meetings with major buyers with the goal to create purchase orders, and creates connections between successful Indigenous business owners on a similar path. The inaugural cohort from across Canada includes: Cheekbone Beauty, Indi City, MINI TIPI, Sequoia, and Wabanaki Maple.

What:

Inaugural SOAR Accelerator, an executive-level training and mentorship program supporting Indigenous entrepreneurs.

 

  • Participants will be dressed in traditional Ribbon Skirts and Ribbon Shirts
  • Indigenous entrepreneurs to participate in a SOAR Shawl Ceremony on Thursday, June 15 at 9:15 a.m. EDT
  • Additionally, participants will present ‘Love Letters’ to Indigenous Entrepreneurs at a breakfast at Indigenous-owned Tea’N’Bannock Café on Friday, June 16, 8:30 - 9:30 AM, 1294 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, M4L 1Y7

Who:

Sunshine Tenasco, Founder & Chair of Pow Wow Pitch and organizer of SOAR

 

Jenn Harper, Founder, Cheekbone Beauty

 

Angel Aubichon and Alex Manitopyes, co-Founders, Indi City

 

Trisha Pitura and Mélanie Bernard, co-Founders, MINI TIPI

 

Michaelee Lazore, Founder, Sequoia

 

Jolene Laskey, Founder, Wabanaki Maple

 

 

When:

Thursday, June 15, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 1- 4 p.m. EDT

 

Friday, June 16, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 2 - 4 p.m. EDT

 

 

Where:

Futurpreneur, 33 Yonge Street, Toronto Ontario M5E 0A9

 

Contacts

Kassondra Walters, SOAR Program Manager
Kassondra@soarcircles.org
613-983-5423
https://soarcircles.org/

Industry:

SOAR

Release Versions
English

Contacts

Kassondra Walters, SOAR Program Manager
Kassondra@soarcircles.org
613-983-5423
https://soarcircles.org/

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