Founders Den,

Asrith Maruvada

I’m Asrith Maruvada, DVC external for Founder's Den, Canada's premier student virtual entrepreneurship competition. Our organizing body is Brampton FBLC, JEC & TA.

We are a team of youth organizers, but we treat this like a high-growth startup. We aren't starting from scratch, this is our third year running the event. We built this platform because we believe the next generation of Canadian founders deserves a stage worthy of their ambition.

Here is a quick snapshot of our track record to give you an idea of our scale:

• Last Year's Traction: For our first year, we brought in 150+ registrants from 30+ schools and achieved an 87% satisfaction rate.

   

   

• This Year's Scale: We have 280+ direct competitors from across 5 provinces and 1 territory.

   

   

• Our Reach: We generated over 200,000+ combined social media impressions throughout the competition lifecycle.

   

   

Because our competitors are ambitious 14 to 18-year-olds heavily focused on business, tech, and finance, we’ve already secured backing from major academic institutions like TMU, UofT, York, and Rotman. On the corporate side, we already have established partnerships, like our internship pipeline with C4P Group.

We are just looking for the right corporate partners to round out our prize pools and operational budget so we can make the event an unforgettable experience.