For Black professionals exploring business ownership
Acquire · BEP-PEI
Own an Island business.
Build on what’s already there.
Put your professional experience toward owning a business on PEI. Acquire helps you assess an existing business, understand its value, explore financing, and prepare to take the reins.
No fee for coaching, mentorship, or cohort programming.
- Timeframe
- Cohort-based, milestone-driven
- Location
- PEI-wide · Hybrid & virtual options
- Your first step
- A short intake conversation
Made for your stage
Sound like you?
Experienced professionals who'd rather acquire an existing business than start from zero.
- You’re an experienced professional interested in business ownership.
- You’d prefer to acquire a business than start from scratch.
- You want to understand valuation, financing, and the transition.
Inside Acquire
Understand the business behind the deal.
How to assess, value, and structure a deal
Succession alignment with retiring owners
Acquisition financing through capital partners
Post-acquisition stabilization
How you get started
A simple start.
Support from there.
Tell us about yourself
Start your application with Acquire selected. Share where you are, what you’re working on, and what would help.
Let’s have a conversation
Our team talks with you about your goals, experience, and needs. Bring your questions, even the early ones.
Agree on your next step
We’ll confirm whether Acquire is the right fit, or help you find the program or partner that is.
Does the program guarantee a business or financing?
No. Acquire provides training and support with assessment, valuation, deal structuring, succession alignment, and financing through capital partners. Any acquisition or financing depends on the opportunity and the partners’ review.
Is there a cost to take part?
Coaching, mentorship, and cohort programming carry no fee. Some later opportunities, like matched financing, an acquisition, or a student placement, may involve a contribution or ordinary business costs from you as you grow. Nothing like that happens without a clear conversation first.
Do I need to be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?
No. The program is open no matter your immigration or residency status.
Where in PEI is this available?
Across the Island: Charlottetown, Summerside, Montague, and rural communities, with hybrid and virtual options.
What happens after I apply?
A short intake conversation about your goals, stage, and needs. From there we match you to the tier and supports that fit.
Your next step with Acquire
Take the next step into ownership.
Tell us where you are and what you want to work toward. We’ll talk through the fit and the support that can help.
Let’s start with you.
Cohort-based, milestone-driven
We’ll confirm the right fit in your intake conversation.