Are you an experienced data scientist, machine learning engineer, or DevOps engineer with excellent programming skills, strong problem-solving abilities, a leadership track record, and a passion for developing tech solutions using cutting-edge technologies? Have you spent your career building game-changing software/hardware? Most importantly, are you looking to build a disruptive tech venture in the vibrant ecosystem of Toronto? If so, we would like to hear from you!
🚀 About Antler
At Antler, we lower the barriers to entrepreneurship by giving you the necessary support to find the right co-founder, test and validate your idea, and by providing funding from day zero so that you can build truly global companies. We are a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining companies of tomorrow to fundamentally improve the world with groundbreaking technology. Our residency brings together experienced and driven professionals from diverse backgrounds to build strong teams and launch their own companies. We are present in 27 locations worldwide, have received over 75.000 applications, supported 6.000+ founders through our programs, invested in 850+ startups, with the goal of backing more than 6.000 by 2030.
đź’ˇ About you
For our upcoming program on March 25, 2024, we are looking for Data Scientists and ML/AI engineers who want to build the next disruptive tech venture from scratch! Data Scientists and ML/AI engineers joining our program play an instrumental role as Co-founders, mainly being responsible for the tech/product side of the business, which requires that you:
đź“ť Program details
Start date: March 25, 2024
Duration: 10 weeks
Location: Toronto
Requirements: you will need to be a Canadian citizen or PR card holder in order to qualify
Structure: the in-person program is structured in two phases and runs full-time:
Phase 1 runs for ~2.5 months and is focused on venture development and testing a startup hypothesis. Here we surround you with everything you need to build at lightning speed: a community of diverse founders so that you can find the right co-founder, coaching from our team of proven founders and advisors, perks from hundreds of partners and a global network. At the end of this phase, your team will pitch to our Investment Committee. Successful teams will receive pre-seed funding from Antler and move to Phase 2
During Phase 2, which runs for ~3.5 months, you will receive personalized coaching from our partners and global network of advisors to help you scale and hire your core team. It culminates with Demo Day, where you will get the opportunity to pitch to local and international investors
What you get:
đź’ŽAntler Highlights
Here you can find some examples of successful companies that were built during the Antler Residency, received pre-seed investment from Antler, and have gone on to raise substantial investment afterwards:
Airalo - The world’s first eSIM subscription and top-up store
Xailient - World’s fastest Computer Vision AI
Enerza - Revolutionizing distribution grid reliability with autonomous on-wire robotic monitoring and cutting-edge AI-driven predictive analytics.
homebase - Making home ownership accessible
reebelo - circular economy for e-devices
Vamstar - Data science powered B2B healthcare marketplace platform.
Apply now to stop dreaming and start building!