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Launch Academy LaunchPad Program
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PAID membership — costs the applicant $200 CAD/month (6-month...
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Launch Academy LaunchPad Program provides up to PAID membership — costs the applicant $200 CAD/month (6-month minimum) or $2,000 CAD/year, plus tax. No cash funding is provided. A paid incubator membership for full-time tech entrepreneurs, delivered fully online by Vancouver-based Launch Academy with no location requirement, providing perks, partnerships, mentorship and programming rather than grant funding. Applications open all year round; monthly plan requires a minimum 6-month commitment.
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Program Description
A paid incubator membership for full-time tech entrepreneurs, delivered fully online by Vancouver-based Launch Academy with no location requirement, providing perks, partnerships, mentorship and programming rather than grant funding.
Eligibility Requirements
- Tech startups and founders building global technology businesses
- Launch primarily works with companies in the following emerging areas of tech: Artificial Intelligence, VR/AR/MR, Blockchain, Financial Technology, Data Sciences, Quantum Computing, Health Technology, CyberSecurity and SaaS
- Launch's own fit list is: a full-time tech entrepreneur, a founder committed to becoming part of the Launch community, a founder motivated by big results, and a business with an MVP and traction
- Ideation-stage companies are steered elsewhere — asked 'Do you take companies in their ideation stage?', Launch points first-time founders building out an idea to its separate Launch Your Startup course
- Potential members should be eager to learn from both mentors and peers, and ready to contribute their own expertise to the community
- Selection is by an initial application form, then a detailed application for those shortlisted, then a 40-minute virtual interview with the Program Manager
- Program is delivered fully online; Launch is a Vancouver-based not-for-profit and states all program proceeds are reinvested back into building the Canadian tech and talent ecosystem
- Paid membership: $200 CAD/month (auto-renewing, minimum 6-month commitment) or $2,000 CAD/year, plus applicable taxes, charged PER COMPANY
- The first payment is due prior to the start of the program — full access is granted only upon receipt of payment
- Applicants may re-apply as many times as they wish, including with a different startup
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- PAID membership — costs the applicant $200 CAD/month (6-month minimum) or $2,000 CAD/year, plus tax. No cash funding is provided.
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- Applications open all year round; monthly plan requires a minimum 6-month commitment
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Application Steps
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Get your pitch deck or website in shape first Launch's own instruction: 'Make sure your landing page/website and pitch deck are spiced up. We will also accept your lean canvas in lieu of a pitch deck.' Its application FAQ repeats that the pitch deck or website must be updated before applying.
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✓ Proof of MVP and traction
✓ Founder information
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Does LaunchPad give my startup money?
No — it charges you. LaunchPad is a paid membership at $200 CAD a month plus tax with a minimum six-month commitment, or $2,000 CAD a year plus tax. No cash funding is provided.
Is the fee per founder or per company?
Per company. Launch's FAQ answers that question directly and the LaunchPad page footnote agrees, although an older answer elsewhere on the same site still says per person — confirm before you enrol a multi-founder team.
Will Launch take my company at the idea stage?
Not into LaunchPad. Asked whether it takes companies at the ideation stage, Launch points first-time founders building out an idea to its separate Launch Your Startup course, and its own fit list names a business with an MVP and traction.
How long does a decision take?
Within four weeks of applying. Launch does not give reasons for rejections because of application volume, and says that if you have not heard back beyond the four-week window you can consider the application refused.
How much are the startup perks really worth?
Launch quotes three different figures for the same bundle on its own pages: up to $700K, over $300,000, and up to $400,000. The headline components — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Stripe and GitHub credits — are available directly from those vendors' own startup programs, so price the bundle yourself before enrolling.
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