Grant+

Every year, Fondation Montréal inc. awards fifty Grant+ in amounts between $5,000 and $30,000 to innovative Montréal businesses that show high growth potential. A Grant+ is awarded with lifetime access to all the à la carte services offered by the Fondation — coaching, business referral, training/workshops, co-development groups, and several networking activities with recognized entrepreneurs and business community professionals. There are two drafting rounds every year, occuring in February and September.

Deadline : February 13, 5 p.m.

Are you ready to submit your application eligible for grant+?

Preparatory kit

Webinar: how to obtain the Montréal inc. Grant+? > Rewatch the last webinar on Youtube (In French with bilingual Q&A)

5@7 : Montréal inc. goes to MT Lab !

Tip-clinic: the essentials of a business plan and financial statements January 16

Tip-clinic: the essentials of a business plan and financial statements January 31

Are you eligible for grant+?

Eligibility Criteria


AGE 18 – 35 Be 18 to 35 years of age inclusive. EXERCISE AT LEAST 50% CONTROL OF THE COMPANY +Info USE OF TIME Devote 100% of their time to their business project	RESIDE IN GREATER MONTRÉAL Reside in the territory of the communauté métropolitaine de Montréal HEAD OFFICE Established on the Island of Montréal or in the Agglomération de Longueuil	CITIZENSHIP Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident or hold the Québec selection certificate	STARTUP PHASE Be ready for market in the short term or have started sales recently +Info

Will you be among the 50 selected companies?

Evaluation criteria


INNOVATION Innovative project +Info	JOB CREATION The number of jobs potentially created within 3 to 5 years. GROWTH POTENTIAL Capacity to extend sales and operations +Info	ENTREPRENEUR Team, training, experience, entourage, expertise	MARKET Market analysis, the competition’s offering, competitive advantage, marketing strategy PROJECT REALISM The financial aspect, the business and operational process

What applications are excluded?
Exclusion Criteria

Non-profit projects
Projects rejected in the past
Project of a sexual, religious or political nature
Projects related to illicit or recreational drugs (projects related to therapeutic drugs are considered)
Bar or discotheque projects
Student projects: internships and university projects
Research and development projects
Self-employed workers
Projects for which the main value-added activities are outside the territory covered by Fondation Montréal inc.

La Zone Montréal inc.

La Zone Montréal inc. was born in 2014 from a partnership between the Fondation and Desjardins, with the aim of offering more upstream support to promising businesses that did not obtain a Grant+ on their first application to the Fondation. La Zone offers a chance to these candidates, who are full of potential but have to upgrade, to polish their business project over a 12-month period, so that they can reformulate a grant application to the Fondation.
N.B.: a rejected candidacy for a Grant+ doesn't automatically mean admission to La Zone Montréal inc. Only the Fondation chooses the candidates who will access the Zone.

Drafting Rounds

La Fondation Montréal inc. is perpetually looking for talented entrepreneurs who will lead their business to success. Every year, the Fondation launches two Drafting Rounds, during which the eligible candidates can submit their application.

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Preselection of applications by the Montréal cadvisors' team inc. Applications may be

1. Selected

2. Postponed

3. Refused

(3 – 4 weeks)

Evaluation interviews of entrepreneurs by Montréal inc.'s business volunteers.

(3 – 4 weeks)

Final decision by the Grant committee. Entrepreneurs can become

1. Laureates (with Grant and support for life)
2. Promoters (with a 12-month access to Desjardins Zone services)

(2 weeks)

(10 weeks in total)

N.B.: The application submitted during a drafting round are processed only after its deadline. You will not receive any response before the deadline. The same project may be submitted only once.