{"id":2742,"date":"2023-02-07T10:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?page_id=2742"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:27","slug":"ciap-scaling-business-globally","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/ciap-scaling-business-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"CIAP- SCALING BUSINESS GLOBALLY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        CIAP- SCALING BUSINESS GLOBALLY\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2 id=\"about-ciap\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About CIAP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Canada-India Acceleration Program (CIAP) is designed to support women entrepreneurs in making impactful connections, learning valuable skills, and breaking into emerging markets like India.&nbsp;CIAP offers free training and mentorship provided by&nbsp; industry-leading knowledge partners, as well as access to investors and business partners in India.&nbsp;Vie for a prize from a <strong>$30,000<\/strong> cash pool and get the opportunity to present to our experts at an end-of-program pitch competition!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-india\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why India?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With a rapidly growing economy,&nbsp;<b>India is the<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/insights\/worlds-top-economies\/#5-india\"><b>&nbsp;6th largest&nbsp;<\/b><\/a><b>market in the world<\/b>. Combined with a population of over 1.2 billion, a strong startup ecosystem, and an expanding middle-class population, India offers vast opportunities for Canadian businesses to expand their ventures. Thus, expanding to India to catapult your business growth can be one of the most lucrative business decisions you will ever make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"is-ciap-a-good-fit-for-you\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is CIAP A Good Fit For You?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are a woman founder or in a decision-making role in your venture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your venture is a Canadian startup registered or willing to register in Southern Ontario.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your venture is scalable and tech-enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left p1\">Does &#8220;International Expansion&#8221; sound intimidating? The CIAO team can support you.&nbsp;Connect with Madan, the CIAP Program Manager&nbsp;<span class=\"s2\">via <\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:Madanpreet.Kaur@carleton.ca\">Madanpreet.Kaur@carleton.ca<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>for a free consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"applications-are-now-open\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applications Are Now Open!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Be a part of our Cohort 5 to explore your venture\u2019s potential in foreign emerging markets \u2013 Today!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ciap\/application\/\">APPLY NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"program-schedule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/CIAP2-e1675783605550.png\" alt=\"CIAP Scalecamp training dates poster\" class=\"wp-image-2732\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About CIAP The Canada-India Acceleration Program (CIAP) is designed to support women entrepreneurs in making impactful connections, learning valuable skills, and breaking into emerging markets like India.&nbsp;CIAP offers free training and mentorship provided by&nbsp; industry-leading knowledge partners, as well as access to investors and business partners in India.&nbsp;Vie for a prize from a $30,000 cash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[37],"class_list":["post-2742","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-students"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3255,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2742\/revisions\/3255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}