Deadline: 15-May-23
IFundWomen is pleased to announce a call for participations for the Visa She’s Next Grant Program to support small businesses.
Funding Information
- Ten remarkable entrepreneurs will be selected to receive a $10,000 CAD grant plus customized coaching and mentorship.
- A spot for the confirmed Winner in the Ella Ascend program from York University.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Contest is open to any natural person who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:
- The entrant is a legal resident of Canada.
- The entrant is at least the age of majority of their province or territory of residence at the time of entry, except employees (and those with whom such employees are domiciled) of Visa (“Supporter”) or IFundWomen (“Administrator”), its affiliated companies or agents, advertising and promotion agencies and the Contest judges.
- The entrant must own at least 51% of their business and operate their business in Canada.
- The entrant’s business must have been operating for 2+ years.
- The entrant must have a business that has a product or service in market and is generating revenue.
- Administrator reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at any time, to disqualify any entrant or business if IFW determines that allowing such entrant or business to participate (or continue to participate) in the Contest would bring discredit to IFW or the Supporter, or damage in any way the good reputation of the IFW or the Supporter in the eyes of the general public. IFW’s decisions on all matters arising in connection therewith shall be final, binding and not subject to appeal.
Ineligible
- Administrator, Supporter, their respective advertising and promotion agencies, the prize providers, any other company or organization involved with the design, or operation of the Contest, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively, the “Contest Parties”), and immediate family and household members of such individuals, are not eligible to enter the Contest. For the purposes of this Contest and these Official Rules:
- Immediate family members” shall mean a person’s spouse and a person’s and their spouse’s parents, stepparents, legal guardians, children, stepchildren, siblings, and stepsiblings, and each of their respective spouses.
- “Household members” shall mean those people who share the same residence, whether or not related.
Entry Requirements
- The written portion of the Entry must not exceed 1,000 words in total length for answers to the questions (specific caps are included for the questions).
- All Entries must be received by the end of the Entry Period. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. Proof of transmission of an Entry does not constitute proof that it was received. Incomplete, unreadable, late, or unintelligible Entries are void and will be disqualified.
- Limit of one Entry per person.
- In the event of a dispute as to the identity or eligibility of an entrant, the Entry will be deemed to be made by the “Authorized Account Holder” of the email address listed in the Entry, provided they are eligible according to these Official Rules. The “Authorized Account Holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the applicable service provider or other organization (such as a business or educational institution) has assigned the email address. An entrant may not use multiple email or social media accounts to enter, and if an entrant does so, all of such entrant’s Entries may be disqualified.
- Each Entry (including the Contest Entry form and all other data, information, images, content, and other materials included in the Entry) must comply with the following:
- It must be entirely the original work of the entrant.
- It must not contain any individual’s photograph, likeness, name, voice, or other element of persona and identity unless the entrant has obtained all releases and consents from such individual necessary to enter the Entry in the Contest (or the parent/legal guardian for any minor depicted), and to grant the rights in the Entry as provided in these Official Rules.
- If a professional image or video is submitted, Entrant is responsible for securing usage rights from the photographer or videographer to reproduce, distribute, display, and create derivative works of the image by Administrator, Supporter, and their respective agents, in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known.
- It must not infringe, misappropriate, or violate any intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights or other proprietary rights of any third party.
- All information provided in the Entry must be true, accurate, and correct in all respects.
- It must not be created or submitted through any script, macro, or other automatic method.
- It must comply with these Official Rules and all applicable Laws.
- It must be suitable for publication to a general audience and must not contain anything that:
- is illegal, abusive, tortious, defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or otherwise objectionable;
- promotes discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age;
- promotes violence or unsafe or illegal activity;
- is threatening, harassing, or degrading;
- serves to impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent affiliation with any person or entity;
- or disparages or injures the reputation or goodwill of the Administrator, Supporter, the prize providers, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, products, or services.
- Entries that do not comply with these requirements (as determined by Administrator in its sole discretion) are void and will be disqualified. Media must be of high resolution and no more than 10MB per file. Photos must be provided in PNG or JPG format, in videos in MP3 format. Entrants may be required to submit proof of compliance with these requirements, and failure to provide such proof on request may, in Administrator sole discretion, disqualify an entrant’s Entry.
- Neither submission of an Entry nor any other participation in the Contest creates any confidential, fiduciary, agency, employment, or other relationship or contract between Supporter or Administrator and any entrant, and by submitting an Entry each entrant acknowledges that no such relationship or contract exists.
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