Siakam EdTech Engine Accelerator Program 2025 ($50,000 in grant prizes) – YOA

Deadline: March 11, 2025

Applications are open for the Siakam EdTech Engine Accelerator Program 2025. The Siakam EdTech Engine is a 12-week digital accelerator program designed to assist early-stage EdTech startups scale their impression. Co-founded by NBA champion Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation and powered by DMZ, this system provides mentorship, assets, actual-world testing, and funding alternatives.

Whether you want assist elevating capital, accessing business-main mentors, tapping into a brand new buyer base or all the above, DMZ’s globally-acknowledged packages give startup founders the assets and connections wanted to develop a profitable startup.

Benefits

The program consists of:

• A digital 12-week accelerator from April to July 2025:
  • Startups can be required to commit 1-2 hours on common per week all through the length of this system.
• Access to skilled mentorship and objective-setting assist from DMZ:
  • Bi-weekly 1:1 periods with devoted Program Leads, providing strategic steerage and progress monitoring
  • Bi-weekly 1:1 mentorship periods with Experts-in-Residences to assist founders obtain their enterprise aims
  • Monthly workshops led by EdTech business leaders
  • Monthly peer-2-peer conferences to attach, leverage, and develop your community
  • Perks and advantages valued at $20,000 in enterprise financial savings, together with providers like AWS and Google Cloud for Startups
• Access to PS43 Foundation and DMZ’s community:
  • Through PS43’s community, startups will get direct connections to high school boards, educators, and college students to check their product in actual classroom environments, accumulate worthwhile suggestions, and refine their answer to satisfy the wants of finish-customers successfully
  • Startups will get direct publicity to leaders in Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation community
  • Startups achieve perks of becoming a member of DMZ’s world founder group, together with entry to unique occasions at DMZ’s HQ, potential investor connections, and extra.
• A Demo Day with $50,000 in grant prizes:
  • Demo Day marks the conclusion of this system in mid-July; actual date to be introduced quickly. The Demo Day occasion will happen at Google’s Toronto HQ.
  • Startups will current their options to a panel of judges, together with program founder and NBA champion Pascal Siakam, competing for grants of $30,000, $15,000, and $5,000.

Eligibility

• Tech-enabled answer: Your product addresses an actual problem in Ok-12 training.
• Strong management: At least one full-time founder and an in-house technical lead.
• Market-ready product: A validated MVP with early suggestions and market potential.
• Geographic focus: Operational readiness in North America with plans to scale globally.
• Collaborative crew: A coachable, progress-oriented crew wanting to be taught and innovate.

While not required, startups with options that assist underserved communities and/or provide bilingual capabilities in English and French can be given precedence consideration.

Application

Submit all required supplies by Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Siakam EdTech Engine Accelerator.