APPLICATIONS for the 2025 Award are currently CLOSED.

The 2025 Capital Elle
Business Impact Award

For the women they called “unfundable” — not on our watch.

In just one year, the Capital Elle Business Impact Award has grown from a bold idea into a national movement.

In our first year (2024), we were proud to partner with 9 incredible organizations to support one unstoppable woman-owned business with a transformative prize package.

This year — in our second year — the momentum is undeniable. With the backing of 29 committed award partners, we’re not just supporting one woman… we’re championing 10 remarkable Canadian entrepreneurs, each receiving cash and business-critical support to help them grow, scale, and thrive.

This isn’t just about funding — it’s about rewriting what’s possible when women are truly backed.

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The 2025 Capital Elle Business Impact Award provides $50,000 in cash and business-critical services to 10 Canadian women entrepreneurs building something powerful — even if they’ve been overlooked by grants, banks, and investors before.

This is for:

  • Early-stage founders

  • Women scaling with grit, not glossy pitch decks

  • Entrepreneurs who’ve been dismissed, underestimated, or simply left out

  • The Women they called “unfundable”

Ladies, you don’t need a perfect pitch. You don’t need polished numbers. You don’t need permission.

You just need to be bold enough to apply.

Why We Created The Capital Elle Business Impact Award

Too many women have walked into funding meetings hopeful — and left feeling humiliated.

Not because they weren’t ready, but because the system wasn’t built for them.

We’re done with that.

The Capital Elle Business Impact Award was created to close the access gap.

Because what you’re building matters.

And it deserves more than closed doors and condescending panels.

This Is Access — Not Gatekeeping

No co-signer required. No jargon. No smoke and mirrors.

Just real support for real women building real businesses.

Here’s What Happened In

2024

In 2024, we awarded $20,000 to ONE incredible business!
$5,000 in cash money plus $15,000 in additional impactful business services!

Social Capital for Canadian Women Entrepreneurs

Welcome to The Elleiance Network, where visionary women entrepreneurs come together to create, innovate, and succeed. We're thrilled to announce the Capital Elle Business Impact Award, an exclusive opportunity designed to support and fund Canadian women in business through community and capital.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 SPONSORS