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It’s your time to start investing.

No matter your level of knowledge or experience, get to know the landscape of early-stage investing and find your community.

Built by experienced angel investors, venture capitalists and academics

We’ve hand-crafted programs with experienced professionals and educators from both corporate and academic worlds to create accessible, equitable education. And we’re growing, fast…

230+
Graduated

$2.3M+
Capital Activated

48
Cities

91
NPS 

70% Increase in Investment Confidence 

Women learning in a collaborative environment during Movement51 Financial Feminism Investing Lab bootcamp

Our Stories, Education, and Community Impact

How does investing in education help the female economy? What is early-stage investing, and how does it work? Can my company sponsor my program enrolment for professional development?

We can answer all of these questions and more. Our blog is a resource centre to learn about Movement51, walk through detailed investor and founder topics, and celebrate our community.

Group of women founders—Cohort 1 of the Movement51 Founder Lab

Successfully raising capital isn’t just for the few

We’re on a mission to demystify raising capital for every founder and aspiring founder. No gatekeeping, no favouritism — just accessible instruction for early-stage founders to get investment ready.

Are you a founder? Are you looking to raise in the next 6 months?

Women founders and investors learning about Movement51 and The51

Learn how to be an angel

What kind of businesses are you capable of powering? What kind of impact can you start to make, right away?

Learn how to put your dollars to work the right way. 

We make early-stage investing accessible

Since 2021, Movement51 has trained and supported over 150 investors from across Canada to find early-stage ventures, make their first investments and discover what feminist investing means to them!

UPCOMING COURSES

Early Stage Investing Bootcamp:

Edmonton

Date:
December 13, 2024

Time:
9:00 am - 4:30 pm

This one-day intensive bootcamp will teach you:

  • The fundamentals of investing in innovative startups at the earliest stage so you can invest with impact.

  • How to conduct due diligence to increase the level of confidence you have in the start-ups you’re investing in.

  • The ins and outs of venture math, the numbers you need to know and why.

  • How to develop an investment thesis so your investments are aligned with your goals and values.

  • How to evaluate a pitch by watching two local female founders pitch their companies.

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