Entrepreneurship & Access Programs
DoorDash is committed to helping level the playing field for entrepreneurs and increasing opportunities for businesses owned by women, immigrants, and people of colour.
Helping you grow your business
DoorDash merchants enrolled in our free Entrepreneurship & Access programs benefit from a range of resources and opportunities.
Dedicated communications and support
DoorDash partners who are women, immigrants or people of colour receive focused communications and updates.
Increased in-app searchability
Help new customers find your restaurant with search tags for keywords like “Black-owned,” “Women-owned,” and more.
Increased in-app visibility
Highlight your restaurant in-app with a dedicated digital store page banner, as well as inclusion in carousels and collections in select markets.
More opportunities for funding
Be among the first to learn about new opportunities for funding available through DoorDash partners.
Additional marketing opportunities
Take advantage of opportunities to be featured and profiled in different marketing and communications initiatives.
Amplifying Black restaurateurs
#BlackFoodEnergy celebrates, amplifies, and supports Black chefs and Black-owned restaurants on the DoorDash platform. Through this program, DoorDash is continuing its commitment to help create more opportunities for Black entrepreneurs in the food industry. Program benefits include:
Additional marketing and amplification opportunities for black-owned businesses on and off the DoorDash platform
Access to funding opportunities to explore new growth streams
Access to custom-built programs, resources and initiatives from DoorDash partners focused on helping Black Canadian entrepreneurs
Empowering more women-owned restaurants
Made by Women celebrates the heart and soul of women in the restaurant industry. DoorDash is committed to creating more access to opportunities that support women chefs and women-owned restaurants who partner with DoorDash. By signing up, women-owned restaurant will have access to more visibility and resources to grow their business, including:
Marketing and visibility opportunities to help you reach more customers
Funding and grant opportunities for women-owned businesses
Partner opportunities committed to empowering more women-owned entrepreneurs build successful businesses
Celebrating Immigrant and Refugee-Owned Restaurants
Kitchens Without Borders is a celebration of the diverse cultures and foods that immigrant and refugee-owned restaurateurs share with their communities. By signing DoorDash provides unique visibility to immigrant and refugee-owned restaurants to help support the growth of their business. including:
Marketing and visibility opportunities to help you reach more customers
Funding and grant opportunities for immigrant and refugee-owned businesses
Unique partner opportunities for immigrant and refugee-owned entrepreneurs
Stories from entrepreneurs
Simply Irie Caribbean Cuisine
Calgary, AB
“DoorDash has helped Simply Irie through allowing us to expand our base… customers that may not be able to physically come into the restaurant.”
Piklìz Comptoir Caribéen
Montreal, QC
“I strongly believe that without DoorDash, we wouldn't be here today. They keep coming up with new ideas to keep our head out of the water.”
Tropikàl Restobar
Montreal, QC
“DoorDash has helped our business grow, one, by free marketing in terms of people scrolling down and looking for delivery platforms to order food from. So the marketing aspect of DoorDash, it's something that helps without us even doing anything.”
Flavours Cuisine & Catering
Calgary, AB
“DoorDash has brought a wider perspective to other people to see other restaurants out there…they say, 'Oh, African restaurants.' And, 'Let me give it a try.'"
Aunty Lucy’s Burgers
Toronto, ON
“DoorDash is a very clean platform to use. We’re starting to grow our partnership even more [...] grow our audience on their platform, and I’m looking forward to the future with them.”
Signature Indian Cuisine
Whitby, ON
“With DoorDash we have increased our business 15-20% with delivery, the number of deliveries have gone up 80-90%.”
Chickpea
Vancouver, BC
“DoorDash was there from the beginning[...] how much personal effort they put into the relationship it’s not just business people come and talk to you physically, I love it.”
Kula Kitchen
Toronto, ON
“DoorDash has created opportunities by introducing us to a larger market... We will continue the partnership, as we are growing through DoorDash.”
