We tailor strategic partnerships throughout our network to support each phase and aspect of your journey, and welcome new partners to exchange resources and cross-pollinate communities to better serve our mutual clients.
Strategic Partner
By applying systems thinking, we cultivate cross-sector and cross-stakeholder collaboration that connects community, non-profit, for-profit, social enterprise, government, and education. In doing so, we prioritize SDG alignment, ESG responsibility, social innovation, systems change, radical collaboration, business as a force for good, and collective impact.
This enables us to build bridges for entrepreneurs, artists, collectives, startups at any stage, small & medium businesses, impact organizations, government organizations & agencies, research institutions & schools, financial institutions, funders & investors, innovation hubs, incubators & accelerators, boutique or major consultancies, corporations, and otherwise hyper-relevant entities in any field.
Ecosystem Partners
Organizations we work with to tailor stakeholder opportunities across our portfolios.
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Finance
Complimentary Deloitte from maximizing Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credits and other domestic and international government incentives to financing and company tax returns to pursuing venture capital, and corporate events.
Funding
Bespoke advising to navigate government funds, entering or growing in new markets, focusing on R&D, pitch opportunities and partner introductions, funding, hiring and retaining talent –– for pre-venue, growth ($3-5M), or hypergrowth ($20M).
Advising
Exclusive advising on HR, sales, customer services, finance, operations, strategic planning, financials, projections, full stack marketing, investor preparation, pitch design, public speaking, and investor networks –– for startups, scaleups, and new entrepreneurs.
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DEI Access
Building bridges for innovative strategic alliances across Canada and internationally to unlock pathways for entrepreneurship, labour markets, economic development, and social initiatives involving Black, Indigenous and People of Color including STEM education.
Digital Adoption
Helping mid-size organizations increase profitability via Process Optimization, Digital Transformation, Staff Augmentation and Learning by understanding their needs, identifying pain points, and implementing customized innovative solutions.
UX Lab
A world leader in art, media, and design merging studio practice, research, and critical theory in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment that encourages experimentation at the intersections of art, design, media, and technology.
Social Impact
Gilded Knight is a social impact and management agency helping organizations and leaders throughout the private, non-profit, and social sectors through strategic analysis, executive coaching, community engagement, and donor advising.
R&D Funding
Developing and managing projects that link the private sector and post-secondary institutions, drive Canadian and international collaborations which solve organizational challenges, and contribute to developing the nation’s innovation capacity.