Rise Project

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About the Stacy's Rise Project ™

Created to help bridge the funding gap for founders, the Stacy’s Rise Project™ in the US has been connecting and empowering women-founded small business owners for years. But Stacy’s® Pita Chips wasn’t always a household name. Marketing, mentorship, and monetary support helped this brand rise from a humble sandwich cart to nationwide distribution. The Stacy’s brand believes that these same resources are what today’s women entrepreneurs need to succeed — now, more than ever. So that’s exactly what the Stacy’s brand in Canada is offering to 5 women-founded small business owners in their journey to make their dreams a reality with the Stacy’s Rise Project™.

If your business is selected you will receive:

Our expertise. Through a virtual mentorship program, we’ll connect you with PepsiCo leaders and other industry experts to help you grow your business.

Our financial support. We'll award a $25,000 CAD grant to 5 women-founded small businesses in Canada.

Ideal Applicants:

Your small business is run by or founded by one or more women. Your business is purpose-driven. You know you have an incredible product, and you are ready to invest in the most important part of your business - yourself.

To be eligible, applicants must:

Be a for-profit Canadian-based business
Be a woman-founder/woman-entrepreneur
Have women founders or current women ownership participants;
Have annualized sales of between $25,000 and $1M CAD.

Other eligibility criteria include that you:

Must be willing to participate in a virtual 16-week mentorship program
Must not be part of an accelerator program at the time of application
Must be age of majority or older

For full details regarding eligibility criteria, see the Terms & Conditions.

Application Timelines

The Stacy’s Rise Project™ will accept applications from November 9 at 9:00 am ET through December 15, at 12:00 pm ET.

Applications will be reviewed by a judging panel according to the criteria outlined in the Terms & Conditions. Selected recipients will be notified by email and publicly announced in March 2024.

Welcome to the Stacy's Rise Project™ Application Registration.

Please complete the application below and you could be selected as a Stacy’s Rise Project™ grant recipient.

All questions marked with an* are required.

Tell us about what you do!

The most important part!

This is your one opportunity to share with us everything else we need to know in order to make this funding decision. You have 250 words per question - use them! Help us understand and connect with you and your business. Read each question carefully and do your best to answer them fully.

The final clicks…

By clicking "Submit", I agree that I am sharing my application with PepsiCo Canada ULC (the “Sponsor”), that the Sponsor may contact me by using the contact information above, and that I have read and agree to the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and the Terms & Conditions of the program. I also understand that if I am selected as a grant recipient, I may be asked to participate in marketing activities, and that I may be contacted at a later date to share how I invested the grant and its impact on my business.

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