Seed Your Startup
... is designed to help young entrepreneurs make the transition from ideas to formalized action plans, with the opportunity to win funding! Students from Western University are invited to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas for a chance to win up to $2,000.
About Our Pitch Competition
Prizes
There are over $11,000 in prizes up for grabs at Seed Your Startup 2022.
There are three startup categories to compete in:
1) Technology
2) Product
3) Service
New to Seed Your Startup this year, we are excited to announce three winning opportunities for each category (technology, service and product):
- 1st place prize: $2000
- 2nd place prize: $1000
- 3rd place prize: $500
Bonus: Additional $500 prize up for grabs for our competition “Fan Favourite” winner.
In total: $11,000 in prizes will be given away.
Grand Prizes: 1st prize of $2000, 2nd prize of $1000 & 3rd prize of $500
The Seed Your Startup winner will be selected based on the quality of their startup, delivery of the pitch, and your ability to move the business forward.
Each finalist participating in Seed Your Startup will be granted 6-minutes to live pitch to our panel of judges.
Finale: September 28, 2022
Bonus: Fan Favourite Prize $500
Through a public voting platform, each Seed Your Startup participant will be eligible to submit a one-minute pitch video to be entered into the 'Fan Favorite' prize category. The pitch video that receives the most public votes will win this prize category.
All *current students from Western University (including affiliated colleges) are invited to submit their early-stage business idea in our all-new, virtually revamped, competition.
*Current: You must be an active Western student at the time of application (August 2022).
Competition Timeline
If selected to move forward in Seed Your Startup 2022, please be aware of the following important dates*:
*These dates are tentative and may change. Exact dates will be confirmed by May 31, 2022.
Tentative: July 11, 2022
Tentative: August 15, 2022.
Tentative: Week of August 22, 2022.
18 teams will receive an email indicating if their application is proceeding to the next round in Seed Your Startup 2022.
Tentative: Week of August 29, 2022.
The final 9 teams are selected to move forward to the Seed Your Startup 2022 finale.
Tentative: September 12, 2022
Finalists must attend our virtual “Polish Your Pitch” workshop with one of our Entrepreneurship Advisors. This workshop will be vital in helping finalists develop the strongest pitch for the competition.
Tentative: By September 27, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. (EST).
Tentative: September 28, 2022.
Previous Year's Winners
Each year, we challenge student entrepreneurs to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas and pursuits to the Western community. Our Seed You Startup 2020 finalists were a talented group of driven individuals.
We're proud to learn that last year's winners, AfterSell and Apricotton, have continued growing their businesses.
Where are they now? Click the buttons below to learn where their entrepreneurial careers have taken them.
Snapshot of Important Dates
*These dates are tentative and may change. Exact dates will be confirmed by May 31, 2022.
Open
Applications open on:
July 11, 2022.
Close
Applications close on:
August 15, 2022, 11:59 p.m.
Finale
Finalists will live pitch on
September 28, 2022.
Questions?
Our team at Morrissette Entrepreneurship is excited to offer this opportunity. Should you have any questions, feel free to send us a message.
Get in Touch!