There are 5 different award streams to apply through.  Choose the category that most closely aligns with your business and where you feel you shine the brightest.  Two winners from each category will be selected as the top 10 finalists, all competing for the grand prize. Award sponsors will form the final selection committee to ensure integrity and transparency.

• Community Impact

• Social Impact

• Financial Impact

• Service Impact

• Product Impact

Capital Elle Business Impact Award is an award focused on the impact your business is making.  We define impact as impacting your family, your neighborhood, your community, your province, your country, the world.  No impact is too big or too small.  If you are a Canadian women entrepreneur with 2 or more years in your business, making over $100,000 in revenue with big dreams to 10x your impact and income this award was designed for you and will help you reach your big goals faster.

To be eligible to apply you must be a majority Canadian women owned business and a legal resident of Canada over the age of 18.

Your business must be operating for a minimum of 2 years and revenue of $100,000 or going to hit $100,000 this year.

Your business must have a mandate to make an impact through it's operations in some way.

You have big goals, the work you do makes an impact in our world and you’ve worked hard to become a successful entrepreneur, we want to celebrate that!

You should apply because this award package is the real deal in supporting you in making the impact you desire. First off, it’s $5,000 cold hard cash money deposited into your business bank account. No quotes required, it’s not a reimbursement, no proof of payment. We trust you to put this money exactly where it needs to go right now to move the needle.

Maybe even more important than the money are the business services package. This package is any entrepreneur's dream. Consisting of:

• 12-Month 1:1 Business Strategic Coaching Package ($4,000 value)

  3 Months of Social Media Management & Strategy ($2,500 value)

  3 Months of Accounting, Bookkeeping and CFO services ($2,500 value)

  3 months of transformational coaching with hypnotherapy ($5,000 value)

  $1,000 in promotional products for your business

  Join us in building a mastermind network where community and capital join forces for impact and results. Apply now and transform your business!

The Elleiance Network is a business mastermind network for ambitious Canadian women entrepreneurs. We serve women from start-up to exit with business mastermind programs that put them directly into rooms and at tables with like-minded women having critical elevated conversations on every single aspect of building and scaling a business.

If you are Canadian, ambitious and a women entrepreneur, everything we do has been designed for your success. Join us!

The application will go live on September 2, 2024. Click the Apply Now button on this page, choose your application stream and complete the questions.

We believe it should be easy for women to access the necessary business capital they need to grow and create impact.

The application was intentionally created to be as simple as possible. This is inline with our goals of more money getting into the hands of women with ease, not a blood sample.

We do need an opportunity to get to know you, your business and your impact. We can’t wait to learn more about you!

If you make the top 10, you may be asked to submit a short video so we can meet you a bit further.

Don’t worry, it will be a breeze and hopefully fun!

The Elleiance team and selection committee will review all applications, taking into account growth and achievement – revenue, funding, operational size, impact, and awareness.

A panel of acclaimed Judges will assist in the selection of one winner.

Only one application per business will be accepted (i.e. co-founders cannot submit multiple entries for the same business).