Recently featured on the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) Success Stories page, this article recognizes Sonya’s long-standing commitment to supporting founders from diverse backgrounds and addressing systemic barriers in entrepreneurship. SheBoot is one of Sonya’s success stories. And the impact is real. As Ania Geerts, co-founder of Paloma Software and a 2025… Continue reading Sonya Shorey: Building an economy for everyone through leadership and vision
Written by Nathan Drescher, published Dec 5, 2025 Alida Burke has spent more than a decade helping build Growcer, a sustainable food technology company, working her way through university programs and accelerator and scale-up stages. Last year, Anya Geerts launched Paloma, an event booking app and back-end system that allows guests and planners to easily… Continue reading Women tech founders are scaling up in Ottawa, but you may not have heard of them
Ottawa, Ontario – November 5, 2025: SheBoot, the national non-profit that prepares women founders to pitch their business and secure investment, proudly announces the winners of its annual $300,000 equity investment, contributed by a collective of 30 women angel investors. Each year, SheBoot delivers an intensive investment-readiness program that includes a rigorous six-week bootcamp designed… Continue reading Top Women Tech Innovators Win Big at SheBoot 2025
Ottawa, Ontario – November 13, 2024: SheBoot, a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping women founders secure investments and scale their businesses, proudly announces the winners of its fifth pitch competition. SheBoot’s annual program, which includes a six-week intensive bootcamp, accelerates the growth and investment-readiness of women-led technology startups through training, coaching, and hands-on advisory… Continue reading Trailblazing Women Founders Claim Top Prizes in SheBoot’s Fifth Annual Pitch Competition
Ottawa, Ontario – October 16, 2024: SheBoot, the national non-profit corporation focused on preparing women-identifying founders to pitch their businesses and secure investment, is proud to announce the appointment of Mandy Potter to its Board of Directors. Potter is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Misfit Ventures, Canada’s first LGBT+ venture capital fund, and an award-winning… Continue reading SheBoot Welcomes Mandy Potter to the Board of Directors, Marking a Major Milestone for National Non-Profit