Our partners and offers

Our partnerships and offers can offer additional tools and resources to help you succeed. Discover what’s available to you.

Offers

We've partnered with leading companies from around the U.S. and Canada to help you manage your business, build your brand and more!

Find out what your business can accomplish with personalized insights from someone who’s been ‘through it all’ before. The Mentor Program powered by The Forum thoughtfully pairs women entrepreneurs across Canada, in all stages of business, with experienced mentors who can offer practical guidance & support on the individual challenges & opportunities your business is facing.

Get the support your business needs.

The Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) represents the diverse voices of more than 1.2 million women and gender-diverse business owners across Canada. As a chamber of commerce, they represent your voice. Program participants receive 50% off their annual membership fee which includes access to the community of entrepreneurs, networking opportunities, educational workshops, partner discounts and much more. Make your voice heard.

Virtual Gurus proudly collaborates with The Scotiabank Women Initiative to empower women entrepreneurs with essential business support services through our network of experienced virtual assistants, many of whom are women.

The Scotiabank Women Initiative Program Participants receive 15% off the first three months of Virtual Gurus Commercial Subscriptions.

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The Scotiabank Women Initiative partners with Pocketed to offer their intelligent grant matching platform and expert grant writing service. This simplifies the funding journey for North American businesses. Getting funding can truly be that simple. Program participants receive a one year basic membership for free.


This membership offers:
Grant matching, priority access to grant services and partner perks.

The Scotiabank Women Initiative has teamed up with HubSpot to provide resources to help your new company scale smart. 

Scotiabank® and ADP® have teamed up to offer payroll and HR solutions to help you run your business more efficiently. Eligible program participants can receive payroll services free for 3 months.

Scotiabank has partnered with Chase to provide you with exceptional payment processing, allowing you to accept payments from your customers in-store, online, or on-the-go.

The leading provider of QuickBooks Online cloud accounting software helps you track, manage and organize your business.

Scotiabank offers an exclusive banking package for OFA members.

Entrepreneurs are working together to build and give a voice to the Canadian Startup community.