| Canada - United States |
Revenue-Based Financing |
Clearbanc is the fastest, most affordable way for founders to fund their business without giving up equity or risking personal assets. |
$10k - $10m |
https://clearbanc.com/ |
| United States |
Venture Debt |
In 2003, Hercules was founded with a vision to serve the needs of both entrepreneurs and public investors, in providing an alternative investment vehicle by which they could gain access to the prestigious and elusive world of venture capital investing |
$5m - $200m |
https://www.htgc.com/ |
| United States |
Venture Debt |
We take pride in being open to new opportunities in every industry to produce the most variety and diversification possible for our investors. |
$2m - $5m |
http://www.pointfin.com/ |
| United States |
Venture Debt |
Vencore Capital was founded by entrepreneurs who have served emerging-growth companies with venture debt financing for the past 20 years. |
$50k - $2m |
http://www.vencorecapital.com/ |
| United States |
Venture Debt |
SaaS Capital™ was founded in 2007 to help SaaS companies fund their growth without selling more and more equity. |
$2m to $12m |
https://www.saas-capital.com/ |
| US - Canada - Europe - Asia - Australia |
Venture Debt |
From our roots providing debt finance to technology companies in the 1980’s, the team at Partners for Growth have been providing innovative financing solutions for emerging growth companies for over three decades. |
$1m - $20m |
https://www.pfgrowth.com/ |
| Canada |
Venture Debt |
You see potential where others don’t—and so do we. We provide flexible junior capital financing to propel growth and keep you in the driver’s seat. |
$500k - $10m |
https://www.firstwestcapital.ca |
| Canada |
Revenue-Based Financing |
Revenue-based financing, also known as revenue sharing or royalty-based financing, is a method of raising capital for emerging and high-growth businesses in which investors inject growth capital in exchange for a percentage of future monthly revenues. |
$500k - $4m |
https://flowcap.com |
| United States |
Revenue-Based Financing |
At Lighter Capital, we don’t take equity or ask you to make personal guarantees. And we don’t take a seat on your board or make you write a big check if you’re having a down month. |
$1m - $3m |
https://www.lightercapital.com |
| Canada - United States |
Venture Debt |
PARTNERS FOR GROWTH MMV Capital Partners is dedicated to providing timely and effective growth capital to emerging technology and life sciences companies throughout North America. |
$1.5m - $10m |
http://mmvf.com |
| United States |
Venture Debt |
We understand what it’s like to be in your shoes; we have been lending capital, advocacy, and a steady hand to growing technology companies since 1980. We take pride in helping companies tackle opportunities and challenges in all phases of growth. |
NA |
https://westerntech.com |
| Canada |
Venture Debt |
Espresso Capital has provided more than 260 early and growth-stage technology companies with founder-friendly capital since 2009. |
$1m - $15m |
https://espressocapital.com |
| Canada |
Venture Debt |
We provide loans of $2 to $10 million to help small and medium-sized enterprises grow and reach their full potential.$2m |
$2m - $10m |
https://www.quantius.ca |
| Canada |
Revenue-Based Financing |
The executives and board members of TIMIA Capital have deep experience in both tech financing and entrepreneurialism. Many of us have been on both sides of the founder-investor relationship over the past few decades. |
NA |
https://timiacapital.com |
| Hong Kong - France - China - India - Thailand - Japan - United States |
Revenue-Based Financing |
At Galton Voysey, our mission is to help founders and brands grow by leveraging 5x more inventory or through social media marketing. |
NA |
https://galtonvoysey.com |
| United States |
Family Office |
We’re a global network of innovators, entrepreneurs, technologists, advocates, investors, activists, and organizations committed to addressing the most critical economic, technological, and societal issues of our time. |
NA |
https://www.omidyar.com |
| United States |
Family Office |
At Kapor Capital we believe in the power of transformative ideas and diverse teams. We are an Oakland-based fund that understands that startup companies have the ability to transform entire industries and to address urgent social needs as they do so. |
NA |
https://www.kaporcapital.com/ |
| United States |
Family Office |
We partner with ambitious and curious early-stage founders who want to learn and grow as leaders. |
$500k - $750k |
https://winfunding.com/ |
| United States |
Family Office |
J. Hunt Holdings is a family investment holding company that invests in promising early-stage ventures. |
$100m - $1.1m |
http://jhuntholdings.com/ |
| Canada - United States |
Family Office |
Hedgewood invests across a wide variety of asset classes, including startups. |
NA |
https://hedgewood.com/ |
| United States |
Family Office |
At Winklevoss Capital, we believe in determined entrepreneurs. Risk-taking is just in their blood. |
NA |
https://winklevosscapital.com |
| United States |
Family Office |
Bezos Expeditions manages Jeff Bezos' personal venture capital investments. |
NA |
https://www.bezosexpeditions.com/ |
| United States - Singapore |
Family Office |
ICONIQ Capital is a privately-held investment firm that serves some of the world’s most influential families and organizations. |
NA |
https://iconiqcapital.com/ |
| United States |
Family Office |
The R-Group is a Portland-based family-office focused on angel investments. |
NA |
rraviv@hotmail.com |
| United States |
Family Office |
We look for exceptional teams pursuing rapid growth by using technology to disrupt their industry. We care deeply about your business succeeding. |
$2m to $15m |
http://www.smedvigcapital.com/ |
| United States |
Crowdfunding |
Kickstarter is specifically for creative projects in the following categories: Art, Comics, Crafts, Dance, Design, Fashion, Film & Video, Food, Games, Journalism, Music, Photography, Publishing, Technology, and Theater. |
5% fee on contributions |
https://www.kickstarter.com/ |
| United States |
Crowdfunding |
Indiegogo is a launchpad for entrepreneurial ideas. Not sure how to begin? Our handy guide walks you through every step of a successful project. |
5% fee on contributions |
https://entrepreneur.indiegogo.com |
| United States |
Crowdfunding |
Start a membership business to develop a direct relationship with your biggest fans and generate predictable, recurring revenue from your creative work. |
5% to 8% take rate |
https://www.patreon.com/ |
| United States |
Crowdfunding |
GoFundMe is the best place to fundraise, whether you are an individual, group, or organization. |
2.9% plus 30 cents |
https://www.gofundme.com/ |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
Wefunder is a crowdfunding service which connects startups with investors online. Wefunder uses a provision in the 2012 JOBS Act which allows unaccredited investors to provide equity for entrepreneurial undertakings. |
7.5% of the total fundraise |
https://wefunder.com |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
StartEngine is one of the world’s largest equity crowdfunding sites. StartEngine facilitates investors to buy equity in companies that are raising up to $50 million. |
7% of total raise plus 2% in equity |
https://www.startengine.com |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
Fundable is the startups.co crowdfunding platform. “We Help Companies Get Crowdfunded” is Fundable’s tagline in their “About” section, and they mean it. |
$179/month |
https://www.fundable.com/ |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
Republic is an investment crowdfunding using Reg CF to offer investments in startups to anyone, in some cases for as little as $10. Most offerings match with a clear affinity audience (eg veterans, parents, pet owners). |
6% of total raise plus 2% crowd safe |
https://republic.co |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
SeedInvest is a leading equity crowdfunding platform that provides individual investors with access to pre-vetted startup investment opportunities. |
2% non-refundable processing fee |
https://www.seedinvest.com |
| United States |
Equity Crowdfunding |
MicroVentures is an equity crowdfunding website offering investments in early stage companies. |
5% from issuer 5% from investors |
https://microventures.com/ |
| Canada |
Equity Crowdfunding |
Raise $250,000 to $50 million from investors that believe in your company. |
$145 annual fee plus $75 transaction fee |
https://frontfundr.com |
| Canada |
Equity Crowdfunding |
Vested.ca is an equity crowdfunding portal established to provide the opportunity for Canadian companies to raise funds via Canadian investors. |
2.9% plus 30 cents |
https://vested.ca |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
Startup Battlefield at brings the world’s top early stage startups together on one stage to compete for equity free prize money, and the attention of media and investors world wide. |
Up to $300,000 |
https://techcrunch.com/startup-battlefield/ |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
HATCH Pitch is the revolutionary pitch competition hosted by the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals. |
$1m |
https://www.hatchpitch.com/apply-full-form |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is not just a startup pitch competition for MIT students. Startups based in the Greater Boston area are also welcome to participate. |
$100k |
https://www.mit100k.org/apply |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
Web Summit’s PITCH is a startup pitch competition open to ALPHA- or BETA-stage startups that focus on creating Web and Internet technologies. |
Funding and Exposure |
https://websummit.com/pitch |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
Flash Pitch is a monthly startup pitch competition held in New York. Six startups will be given two minutes to pitch their products or services to potential investors. |
Various prizes |
https://www.flashpitch.nyc/apply-to-pitch |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
Hello Tomorrow is a global startup competition open to two-year-old startups that have raised not more than 250,000 euros. |
15k euros to 100k euros |
https://hello-tomorrow.org/startups |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
This startup pitch competition is hosted by Arch Grants—a nonprofit organization with a mission to build a new economy in St. Louis by attracting new and innovative entrepreneurs. |
$50,000 |
https://archgrants.org/ |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
PITCH is one of the major events held during Collision—the fastest growing tech conference in America. |
Funding and Exposure |
https://collisionconf.com/pitch |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
This startup pitch competition is organized by the venture capital SevenVentures and is held every month. |
Various prizes |
http://www.sevenventures.de/en/7vpden |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
As its name suggests, the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is a startup pitch competition that aims to support and encourage aspiring women entrepreneurs all over the world. |
Various prizes |
https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/application-selection-process |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
U.Pitch is a startup pitch competition that focuses on encouraging and supporting startups whose founders are still in college or just recently graduated from college. |
$10K |
https://futurefounders.com/startup/upitch/ |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
CodeLaunch Pitch Day is an annual startup pitch competition hosted by CodeLaunch—a startup seed accelerator program. |
Various prizes |
https://www.codelaunch.com |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
StartCon is the largest startup pitch competition in Australia. Open to high-growth startups based in Australia |
$1m |
https://www.startcon.com/pitch/ |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
Seedstars World hosts several local and regional startup pitch competition each year. The biggest is the SeedStars Summit. |
$500k |
https://www.seedstarsworld.com/summit/ |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
South Summit is the leading innovation platform which connects the most disruptive startups with worldwide investors and corporations seeking to improve their global competitiveness through innovation. |
$1m |
https://www.southsummit.co/en/competition |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
Organized by Fenox Venture Capital, the Startup World Cup is the culmination of a series of local and regional startup pitch competitions held in North and South America Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. |
$1m |
https://www.startupworldcup.io/ |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
This annual startup pitch competition is hosted by the Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and Citi Foundation. |
up to $30k |
https://www.nypl.org/help/services/startup |
| International |
Startup Competitions |
The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is one of the world largest startup pitch competitions for green startups developing products or services that have the potential the reduce greenhouse gases. |
100k euros to 500k euros |
https://www.greenchallenge.info/ |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. |
Up to $1.5M |
https://rbpc.rice.edu/about-rbpc |
| United States |
Startup Competitions |
PitchFest is a yearly competition which brings together New York City’s best and brightest entrepreneurs to compete for seed investments. |
$15k in cash prizes |
https://techincubatorqc.com/pitchfest-2/ |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
UPstart Venture Challenge, a pitch competition led by Queen’s Venture Network, has been created to accelerate success and give alumni and students the opportunity to present creative business plans to a panel of experienced judges. |
$55k |
https://smith.queensu.ca/centres/business-venturing/venture-network/UPstart.php |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
The Synapse Competition is Ontario's premier life science pitch competition and is dedicated to fostering the commercialization of innovation in the life science sector. |
Various prizes |
https://www.synapselifescience.com/apply---open |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
To celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of young Canadians, Enactus Canada runs the Student Entrepreneur National Competition, proudly presented by HSBC Bank Canada. |
Various prizes |
http://enactus.ca/student-entrepreneurs/?mc_cid=7cb90307f1&mc_eid=c27635054a |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
The Nestlé Spark case competition is a part of Nestlé Canada’s promise to foster entrepreneurial spirit while championing today's youth. |
Various prizes |
https://nestlecanada.vfairs.ca/en/competition-registration |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
The BMCC invites student entrepreneurs to learn about business models, business model validation, and the business model canvas and then demonstrate their understanding through a video submission. |
Various prizes |
http://epicbmc.ca/ |
| Canada |
Startup Competitions |
The 2020 RBC Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is an annual business pitch competition offering $50,000 in prizes to recognize, reward, and accelerate the University of Toronto’s most innovative startups. |
Various prizes |
http://entrepreneurs.utoronto.ca/rbcprize/ |
| Canada |
Television Pitch Contest |
Enter the Dragons' Den, where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts and products to a panel of Canadian business moguls who have the cash and the know-how to make it happen. |
Funding and Exposure |
https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/ |
| Canada (Quebec) |
Television Pitch Contest |
L’émission réunit sur un même plateau des gens d’affaires au succès fulgurant, les dragons, et des entrepreneurs ambitieux. |
Funding and Exposure |
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/dans-l-oeil-du-dragon/site |
| United States |
Television Pitch Contest |
Aspiring entrepreneurs from around the world pitch their business models to a panel of investors and persuade them to invest money in their idea. |
Funding and Exposure |
https://abc.com/shows/shark-tank/applications |