From individual to startup in 12 weeks
INDIVIDUAL → FOUNDING TEAM → VALIDATED OPPORTUNITY → INVESTORS
CoFonderie is an intensive entrepreneurial experience designed to answer a hard question: what happens when you bring together 28 high-potential people and give them the conditions, the tools and the standards they need to build together?
25 hours a week · Flexible schedule · Montreal
Standards that match the ambition
Moving forward in the program is earned.
CoFonderie is an intensive program that requires a serious commitment: about 25 hours a week.
At key moments in the journey, each team has to show it has what it takes to continue:
commitment
team strength
ability to execute
progress
evidence gathered in the field
A person or a team that does not meet the program's expectations may see their journey end before the 12 weeks are up.
CoFonderie is an intensive, selective program. You're not there to learn how a startup works: you're there to try to launch one and convince investors to bet on it.
Building a startup means diving in. We know everyone's work and life realities are different, and we won't tell you how to organize yours. But you can't find out whether a company is possible with one foot in. Before you apply, think about how you'll make room for it.
The journey
Phase 1: Form your founding team
Find out who you can really build with.
Work with several people in the cohort, test different configurations and put your compatibility to the test in action.
You try. You learn. You adjust. And when a team works, you choose to build together.
Phase 2: Build your startup and pitch to investors
Find evidence, then make the case.
As a team, you move from intuition to the field. Through validation sprints, you test your assumptions, put your project in front of potential customers and look for concrete signals that a real opportunity exists.
Then you structure your proposition, your business model and your pitch, and present your company to investors.
Taking part in the program does not guarantee any investment.
