Partners

Scalability Inc. is a remote back office solution for your business. We offer all of the core business support services (bookkeeping, HR, admin) for a flat monthly fee. You no longer need to hire admin staff or work with freelance bookkeepers. Scalability Inc. takes responsibility for your back office so you can concentrate on scaling your business. We bring industry best practices to all aspects of your business. Whenever you need help, you can pick up the phone and talk to a real human being. We promise.

The CFC Media Lab provides a collaborative training, acceleration and creative production environment for emerging new media content developers, practitioners and companies. Through its various programs and services, CFC Media Lab has graduated hundreds of industry professionals. Its alumni advance as leaders in the world of interactive media, producing innovative projects and launching state-of-the-art companies. For more information, visit www.cfccreates.com.

At BetaKit, we care about providing the what, but we’re also committed to explaining why it matters. Breaking news is important, but so is relating news to larger industry trends, and telling you why you and your company should care.

SoftLayer, an IBM Company, operates a global cloud infrastructure platform built for Internet scale with 13 data centers in the United States, Asia, and Europe and a global footprint of network points of presence. SoftLayer provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service to leading-edge customers ranging from Web startups to global enterprises

The Global Accelerator Network consists of almost 40 high quality, independently owned and operated organizations from around the world that use a mentorship-based startup accelerator model. It provides networking opportunities, training, special perks and ongoing support for members of the network. TechStars led the effort to form the Global Accelerator Network in 2010. The Network’s mission is to ensure that 5,000 successful and experienced entrepreneurs and investors will mentor and support 6,000 promising young entrepreneurs from around the world. The goal is to increase their success rate tenfold and create 25,000 new jobs by 2015, as well as a sustained engine for growing these figures over time. For more information, visit www.joingan.com.

KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm (kpmg.ca), a Canadian limited liability partnership established under the laws of Ontario, is the Canadian member firm of KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”). KPMG International’s member firms have 140,000 professionals, including more than 7,900 partners, in 146 countries. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International, a Swiss entity. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity, and describes itself as such. For more information, visit www.kpmg.com.

Moment Communications Inc. functions as a collective of photographers, artists and filmmakers. It is a body with many parts, each performing a unique function, and each supporting the whole. We encourage, challenge and sharpen one another in an effort to create work that is both communicative and inspirational. We would love to connect with you. For more information, visit www.momentco.com.

Clarity is a service that helps you find, schedule and pay for expert advice over the phone to help you be more productive and grow your business. We've curated over 10,000 experts across a wide variety of business categories to help you. Why not join them as a Clarity expert and get paid for your advice?! Some of our most popular categories of experts include social media marketing, fundraising for your startup, advertising online, sales/business development and more!

The Upside Foundation of Canada is an exciting platform that enables Canadian start-ups to give back to society. Supported by MaRS and the VC community, the platform provides a simple process to donate options or warrants. It’s aimed at entrepreneurs who have no extra time, and certainly no extra cash. Learn how you can unleash the potential of your start-up to quickly create a powerful social mission and ultimately donate to Canadian charities.

Crowdtilt is the easiest way to collect, fundraise, or pool money with a group… for anything! Crowdtilt is the solution when it comes to friends, groups, and money. Whether it's for a $150 group gift, tickets for a $1,500 launch event, or a $150,000 fundraiser, Crowdtilt makes life simple.

Toronto is truly a Canadian city built on the core principals of diversity. We partnered with MaRS Commons & their JOLT accelerator program because their values, programs, services and support attract and nurture a diverse and talented group of entrepreneurs across many fields, technologies and markets. Through their global reputation for innovation and dedication to building high-growth companies we couldn’t be happier to partner with MaRS & JOLT.

Amazon Web Services provides startups with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow any size business. Some of the world’s hottest startups including Pinterest, Instagram, and Dropbox have leveraged the power of AWS to easily get started and quickly scale. AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups with the resources needed to get started on AWS. Join some of the fastest-growing startups in the world and build your business using AWS.

Startup Blueprint is a program that works with high growth startups worldwide by offering free transactions totalling $1.5M with Paypal and $100k with Braintree. We partner with VC's and Accelerators to offer startups financial benefits and help grow their business with one-on-one support, mentorship, connections and valuable relationships within our ecosystem.