Entrepreneurship While Black

Updated: Oct 3, 2023

The month of November is known as National Entrepreneurship Month, proclaimed by Past President Obama, and on the third Tuesday of the month it is #entrepreneursday. It happened to fall on November 17th this year and we wanted to support our Black entrepreneurs by putting together a list of resources to help them build and scale their businesses.

Here is a no nonsense resource page for all of the Black entrepreneurs out there to make sure they are in the know and getting the support they need, especially at a time when business is being sidelined by government policies.

Here are some of the mostly Canadian resources you entrepreneurs can use starting up, running and growing your business:

Backstage Capital - Entrepreneur Investment Program

Black Business Initiative - Financial Assistance Program

Northwestern Mutual is making a $20M venture capital commitment to Black entrepreneurs

Black Entrepreneurship Program

BPTN - Mentorship Initiative for Black Tech Professionals

Volunteer with BPTN

Centennial College - Accel Program

City of Toronto - Digital Main Street Platform

City of Toronto Funding Programs

DMZ - Black Innovation Bootcamp

DMZ - Launchpad