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NorthGuide builds strong communities with economic growth

NorthGuide helps create diversified economies, commercialize research and tech, forge partnerships across industries and sectors, and build community brands that attract and retain talent.

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Assess your ecosystem to identify new opportunities

Strategy validation
Get an outside expert perspective on your strategy, including your value proposition, current
opportunities, and alignment to market needs.

Opportunity spotting
Identify potential roadblocks or opportunities and move forward quickly and with big impact.
We’ll help you be on the right side of global megatrends and understand how to use new approaches
or technologies to improve your business.

Work with ecosystem partners to supersize impact

Coalition building
Establish a framework to partner with other members of the ecosystem.

Vision alignment
Rally partners to work together towards a common mission.

Build and execute a cohesive ecosystem strategy

Strategy development 
Devise a strategy suited to your ecosystem’s needs with advice from experts who have done it before.

Program design
Hands-on support building programs to execute your strategy that span a wide range of ecosystem players - academia, industry, government, community.

Elevate your profile and gain momentum

Attract funding
Identify sources of funding to support your economic development, build a compelling pitch, and connect with the right people.

Narrative development
Weave a cohesive and compelling story about your ecosystem that builds community support and attracts the attention you want.

Brand support
Create a brand that projects and demonstrates unity between ecosystem players, mission, strategy, and programs.

"There are few people who know as much about building innovation ecosystems in the world as the NorthGuide team."
Salim Teja, Partner, Radical Ventures and former President, MaRS

You’re in good company

NorthGuide helps establish all essential elements of a globally-competitive ecosystem; here are just a few examples of current and past clients.

NorthGuide helps you build a plan and act on it.

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