Are you a business leader with demonstrated experience in management consulting, investment banking or business development? You’re a lifelong troubleshooter, obsessed with identifying market gaps and exceptional at bringing structure to complex problems? On top of that you want to have full ownership of your ideas, are able to make the right decisions and execute quickly? Are you looking to build your next tech venture from scratch? You’ve come to the right place!

🚀 About Antler

At Antler, we lower the barriers to entrepreneurship by giving you the necessary support to find the right co-founder, test and validate your idea, and by providing funding from day zero so that you can build truly global companies. We are a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining companies of tomorrow to fundamentally improve the world with groundbreaking technology. Our residency brings together experienced and driven professionals from diverse backgrounds to build strong teams and launch their own companies. We are present in 27 locations worldwide, have received over 75.000 applications, supported 6.000+ founders through our programs, invested in 850+ startups, with the goal of backing more than 6.000 by 2030.

💡 About you

For our upcoming program on March 25, 2024, we are looking for Business Strategy and Business Development Leaders who want to build the next disruptive tech venture from scratch! Business and Strategy Leaders joining our program play an instrumental role as Co-founder & CEOs/COOs, mainly being responsible for developing the business model and running the operations, which requires that you:

• Identify as a business/commercial leader with a proven track record in Investment Banking, Management Consulting, Business Development or equivalent
• Your proficiency in interpersonal communication and leadership enables you to effectively manage teams and inspire excellence amidst complex and constantly evolving environments
• Know how to run the operations of a business and are great in building relationships across markets and functions
• Have previously worked with leadership teams and you’re comfortable around venture capital investors
• Are an exceptional problem solver with very strong analytical skills, capable of breaking down complex issues and bringing structure into business cases
• Might have an idea (optional) that will solve a problem that you’re passionate about, but you do not want to do it on your own. You understand that you need co-pilots who share your vision and value

📝 Program details

Start date: March 25, 2024

Duration: 10 weeks

Location: Toronto

Requirements: you will need to be a Canadian citizen or PR card holder in order to qualify

Structure: the in-person program is structured in two phases and runs full-time:

• Phase 1 runs for ~2.5 months and is focused on venture development and testing a startup hypothesis. Here we surround you with everything you need to build at lightning speed: a community of diverse founders so that you can find the right co-founder, coaching from our team of proven founders and advisors, perks from hundreds of partners and a global network. At the end of this phase, your team will pitch to our Investment Committee. Successful teams will receive pre-seed funding from Antler and move to Phase 2
• During Phase 2, which runs for ~3.5 months, you will receive personalised coaching from our partners and global network of advisors to help you scale and hire your core team. It culminates with Demo Day, where you will get the opportunity to pitch to local and international investors

What you get:

• Pool of potential co-founders
• Personalized coaching sessions with business experts
• Access to a global network of startup advisors and experts in their fields
• Antler provides founders with a CAD$3,000 stipend during the 10-week Residency.
• The opportunity to pitch at Antler Canada's Investment Committee, that will invest at the following terms: CAD$150,000 pre-seed investment for a fully diluted 10% equity stake. If you don't get an investment from Antler, we do not charge any fee nor take any equity.

💎Antler Highlights:

Here you can find some examples of successful companies that were built during the Antler Residency, received pre-seed investment from Antler, and have gone on to raise substantial investment afterwards:

• Airalo - The world’s first eSIM subscription and top-up store
• Xailient - World’s fastest Computer Vision AI
• Enerza - Revolutionizing distribution grid reliability with autonomous on-wire robotic monitoring and cutting-edge AI-driven predictive analytics.
• homebase - Making home ownership accessible
• reebelo - circular economy for e-devices
• Vamstar - Data science powered B2B healthcare marketplace platform.

Apply now to stop dreaming and start building!