FIFTH WAVE INITIATIVE

This year marked the wrap of the final cohort of Fifth Wave Labs, Cohort 5, as well as the final phase of the larger Fifth Wave Initiative, Canada’s first intersectional feminist business accelerator.

Between its launch in 2020 and wrap in March 2023, the Fifth Wave Initiative supported more than 115 women-owned/ led companies in Southern Ontario’s digital media sector. Through its suite of programs and services focused on radically inclusive feminist business practices, the Fifth Wave Initiative was invaluable in addressing significant gaps that women entrepreneurs face in equitable access to capital, and it helped broker new connections and opportunities for them in the digital media industry.

To learn more about and celebrate members of the Fifth Wave community, check out the CFC Fifth Wave Flipbook, an aggregated directory of all of the Fifth Wave Initiative participants. Discover how these innovative creators are changing the way we do business and are making an impact in digital media; paving the road for the next generation of women in tech.