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The corporate partners filed on the CFIR register this past year. Each entry records the partner, the programme their capital is restricted to, the seat from which they signed the framework agreement, and the cohort year of accession.

The Circle, at the close of the year

Every organisation on the register signed the same framework agreement.

Each partner below is filed against the programme their capital funds. The summary numbers come from the financials in the Service Register; the per-partner trail is recorded in the framework agreement on file with the Foundation.

$685K
Sponsorship
$567K
To programmes
50
Scholarships

The framework agreement

Every partner below signed the same instrument. The agreement, what it restricts, and what it discloses are set out under the Partnership Framework.

Canadian Business Growth Advisors Inc.

Management consulting firm, Toronto. First entry on the register.

CBGA partners on the Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management diploma. The cohort runs at the designated institution; the firm's restriction at pledge is to that programme.

Legal name
Canadian Business Growth Advisors Inc.
Filed under
CBGA
Sector
Management consulting
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2024
Programme
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
Balaj Technologies Inc.

Enterprise IT services, Markham. Partner on the Incubator Certificate cohort.

Balaj partners on the Incubator Certificate. The framework agreement records the firm's pledge against that programme; engineering review hours and hardware contributions to graduating founders are recorded separately as in-kind support.

Legal name
Balaj Technologies Inc.
Filed under
BALAJ
Sector
Enterprise IT services
Seat
Markham, ON
Acceded
2024
Programme
Incubator Certificate
Knoxpro Energy Wiz

Sustainable-energy solutions, Toronto. Co-funder of the applied research paper.

KEW partners on the Applied Research programme. The inquiry — on regional venture flows in Canada — was filed against the firm's pledge. A secondary allocation is held against the seed grant pool for climate-adjacent founders.

Legal name
Knoxpro Energy Wiz
Filed under
KEW
Sector
Sustainable energy
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2024
Programme
Applied Research · Seed Grants
Canada Innovation Incubator Inc.

Innovation hub, Toronto. Underwriter of the Not-for-Profit Certificate stream.

CII partners on the Not-for-Profit Certificate. A secondary allocation is held against the seed pool, available to graduating founders in the same cohort.

Legal name
Canada Innovation Incubator Inc.
Filed under
CII
Sector
Innovation hub
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2024
Programme
Not-for-Profit Certificate · Seed Grants
Disruptors League Inc.

Venture-development organisation, Toronto. First named partner on the seed grant ledger.

DL partners on the Seed Grants programme. The seed pool — eighteen thousand dollars, distributed to graduating founders under YEDI's recommendation — is filed against the firm's pledge.

Legal name
Disruptors League Inc.
Filed under
DL
Sector
Venture development
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2024
Programme
Seed Grants · pre-seed pool
ArtisTech Company

Creative-technology studio, Toronto. Sponsor of design fellowships within the Incubator stream.

AT partners on the Incubator Certificate, restricting capital to design fellowships within the stream. Studio time contributed to seed graduates is recorded as in-kind support.

Legal name
ArtisTech Company
Filed under
AT
Sector
Creative technology
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2025
Programme
Incubator Certificate · design fellowships
PARDIC Inc.

Operational-services firm, Toronto. Underwriter of first-year back-office cost for seed graduates.

PARDIC partners on a structured-services allocation. The firm absorbs first-fiscal-year back-office cost for seed graduates and contributes mentorship hours across the coming cohort.

Legal name
PARDIC Inc.
Filed under
PARDIC
Sector
Operational services
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2025
Programme
Operational mentorship · back-office support
CTI Global Inc.

Diversified holding company, Toronto. Acceded on the standing framework.

CTI Global participates on the same written framework as every signatory. Its capital is filed against the framework agreement on record with the Foundation and is not restricted to a single programme.

Legal name
CTI Global Inc.
Filed under
CTI
Sector
Holdings
Seat
Toronto, ON
Acceded
2025
Programme
Across the programmes · standing framework
Joining the Circle

A new partnership is opened in writing, on standard terms, for a named cohort year.

The framework agreement, the available programme allocations, and the reporting cadence are set out under the Partnership Framework. First contact: partnerships@research.ca. The Foundation does not maintain an outbound sponsorship sales function.

The Circle · Revision 01 Filed 2026 · Toronto