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The mission
What Sets Us Apart
The FemTech Breakfast Club brings together incubators, accelerators, entrepreneurs, and investors to support FemTech founders looking to raise a Pre-Seed or Seed round, ultimately bridging the current Funding Gap.
The pitch competition is designed with founders in mind. The FemTech Breakfast Club will travel across Canada to find one winning FemTech company per city.
Coaching Program in Partnership with FemTech Canada
The top 5 selected companies per city are invited to participate in a hybrid coaching program. This program, which is focused on FemTech, will combine workshops and networking to maximize your chances of getting funded by pre-seed and seed investors.
A $2,500 value.
MaRS Promotion & Advisory
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A ticket to attend the MaRS Impact Health Conference (Toronto: May 7-8, 2025) offered to all 15 selected companies
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Fast-tracked acceptance to the MaRS Venture Services Program*
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Priority consideration for inclusion in an article featured in MaRS Magazine or another MaRS media channel and in at least one MaRS Event*
* Some conditions apply
1-year OBIO Membership
A one-year OBIO Membership ($1300 value) which provides access to OBIO’s HEALTHMINT program, networking opportunities through industry events and workshops, training on investor targeting, databases, data room setup, and market research, preferred rates to select international investment conferences, workforce programs and job board.
Toronto winner only
The Prizes
More than $22,500 in prizes to win
Who can apply?
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75% or more of targeted consumers are women
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Incorporated in Canada
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Can travel to the event location to pitch
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Looking to raise a Pre-Seed or Seed round in 2025
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Products or services that improve the health and quality of life of women.
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Fertility solutions/Egg freezing
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Reproductive health & contraception
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Menstrual health
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Treatment or diagnosis of diseases specific to women
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Pregnancy and nursing
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Breastfeeding care
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Mental health
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Pelvic & uterine healthcare
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Menopause care
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Women’s longevity solutions
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Gynecological solutions
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Digital health services for women
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Non-invasive screening tools
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Sexual education around consent and pleasure
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Reproductive rights solutions
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Women contraceptives
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Hormone-related mental health solutions
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Postpartum solutions
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The Process
Call for applications are open!
Focus on your solutions and impact! We are not looking for the best pitch deck but rather the best solution.
Applications close March 15, 2025
All applicants are screened during a selection committee, where our ecosystem partners select the Top 5 to participate in each of our in-person events.
Coaching Program
5 founders are selected per location and invited to participate in a coaching program to help them become investor-ready. While most workshops are done online, we will host a few in-person events to maximize your networking opportunities.
Top 5 founders pitch in our local Showcases.
The five startups are invited to pitch, and a jury of 20+ Pre-Seed and Seed investors is invited to vote based on FemTech-adapted criteria. One startup per location is awarded the prize.
Why FemTech?
$75B Market potential.
The FemTech industry is expected to grow rapidly at an average CAGR of 13% to reach $75Bn by 2025.
Underfunded industry.
Only 13% of all digital health venture capital is allocated to FemTech, while it has the potential to improve and impact 51% of the population.
Lack of Access to Capital
While VC funding has tripled since 2015, the lack of investments and insufficient R&D funding remain the key barriers.
FemTech-Adapted Selection Criteria
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Value Proposition
Solutions that address significant women's health challenges or conditions that disproportionately impact women and improve their quality of life.
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Market Traction
Evidence of an emerging community, health advisors or strategic investors.
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Market Opportunity
Aligns with healthcare providers' readiness to recommend, prescribe or adopt new care solutions.
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Growth Strategy
Sticky solutions that evolve with a woman's hormone journey, integrate into care plans and have clear US expansion strategies.
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Impact
Solutions have a measurable impact on many women (dept x breadth), and are collecting data to gather evidence on the impact on women's improved wellbeing.
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Team
Founding team is able to surround themselves with healthcare professionals and subject matter experts.