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Boast specializes in helping organizations claim and access eligible R&D tax credits, minimizing audit risks and time-consuming processes in Canada and the United States. Boast AI combines in-house technical and R&D tax expertise with the latest AI technology to help companies effortlessly navigate the complexities of tax credits, enabling them to focus on what they do best: Innovate. Since Boast AI’s founding in 2011, we’ve helped more than 1500 businesses across North America tap into more than $600 million in innovation capital to build stronger products, extend their runway and drive world-changing innovation.

Bloom Benefits Group is a modern benefits consultancy based in Calgary, serving employers across Canada and the U.S. We design flexible, high-impact employee benefit solutions, from health and retirement plans to executive packages, wellness accounts, and cross-border coverage. By blending technology with hands-on service, we help organizations find the right cultural fit, financial efficiency, and administrative ease. Guided by our values and community-driven initiatives, we’re rethinking benefits to help businesses and people thrive.

Caravel Law LLP is a Canadian law firm reimagining how legal services are delivered. Founded in 2005 (under its former name, Cognition LLP), the firm combines top-tier legal talent with business acumen and technology-enabled operations. With more than 100 lawyers offering experience from private practice and in-house roles, Caravel provides cost-effective support spanning corporate, commercial, litigation, employment, IP, immigration, franchising matters and more. Flexible engagement models—overflow support, embedded counsel, project-based, or long-term—ensure clients receive practical solutions tailored to their needs. Guided by innovation, transparency, and a dedicated client happiness team, Caravel is committed to delivering exceptional value and measurable business impact.

Through a turbulent decade, Evans Hunt has witnessed time and again the power of local businesses to adapt, overcome and outperform. They’re a strategic marketing partner to many Calgary organizations you know well, and others you’ll be admiring soon. That makes them close accomplices in the ongoing reinvention of Calgary business, and they’re always happy to collaborate with anyone who shares a commitment to discovery, improvement and creativity.

Fasken is a leading national law firm with offices across the country. We help our start-up clients with everything from hiring, founder agreements, investment rounds, IP protection strategies, regulatory issues, exits, and more. We also offer a founder-friendly startup package to our start-up clients. Our startup package includes access to Fasken Edge, our online digital collaboration platform, to manage all your legal documents. It also includes access to our foundational documents, such as SAFEs, employment agreements, advisor agreements and stock option plans.

Interac is a leading payments and digital information exchange provider that has been using innovation to make life and business more seamless since 1984. Interac actively engages with startups to drive innovation in the Canadian fintech sector. They offer resources and support for startups, including access to their Interac e-Transfer API, guidance on financial management, and opportunities to connect with industry leaders.

KPMG in Calgary has been working for many years as a trusted advisor with startup, scaleup and mature technology companies to grow and mitigate risks. Its interdisciplinary team provides accounting, assurance, tax, SR&ED, financing, valuation services and more that assist companies with their growth journey. KPMG leverages their deep experience to share knowledge and insights with entrepreneurs to initiate new thinking and grow their ideas into successful enterprises.

With $426 billion in assets as of July 31, 2023, National Bank of Canada, together with its subsidiaries, forms one of Canada's leading integrated financial groups. The Bank has approximately 30,000 employees in knowledge-intensive positions and has been recognized numerous times as a top employer and for its commitment to diversity.