North Forge Founders Program

Run by North Forge.

North Forge runs a four-stage Founders Program in Winnipeg for science-based, technology-enabled and advanced manufacturing startups. Rather than one fixed term, Pathfinder runs 10 weeks and Base Camp 11, both in weekly Zoom classes, before Ascent's 12-month term of Entrepreneur-in-Residence meetings and then North Star. Four Pathfinder and Base Camp cohorts run each year. The programme is delivered at no cost, publishes no equity terms, and states that it does not disburse funds to participants.

Investment: Not disclosed
Equity taken: Not disclosed
Duration: Not disclosed
Format: remote
Cadence: quarterly
Location: Winnipeg, Canada

Sectors

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

https://www.northforge.ca/founders-programs read 2026-09-21 — supports name, organization, duration weeks, duration note, format, sectors, website, contact email, status
https://www.northforge.ca/faqs read 2026-09-21 — supports cheque amount, cheque note, equity note, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors
https://www.northforge.ca/apply-founders-program read 2026-09-21 — supports application url, cheque note, batch cadence

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Last verified 2026-09-21.