Startup Surrey and OKR Financial Connect in the West

OKR Financial is happy to announce our newest partnership, with Startup Surrey.

Startup Surrey is the newest of more than 50 communities under Startup Canada initiative and will support the city’s rapidly growing entrepreneurial community and innovation ecosystem.

As Rowena Rizzotti, VP Healthcare & Innovation at The Health and Technology District and Co-Founder of Start-Up Surrey shares, “we know that Surrey will become the largest city in British Columbia, and we know innovation happens here.”

There are more than 18,000 businesses in the City of Surrey. The OKR Financial + Startup Surrey partnership will connect those small and medium sized companies to the capital they need to grow and scale, and will also the support the active network by delivering valuable workshops, webinars, and podcasts to help achieve everyone’s goals of having these companies grow, scale, and exit.

About OKR Financial

OKR Financial operates a family of private funds since 2015 that provides Non-Dilutive financing solutions to Canadian SME’s by leveraging Federal & Provincial SR&ED tax credits and Government funded programs, providing the pathway to equity financing when companies are ready to scale up.

About Startup Surrey

Startup Surrey is an inclusive network of innovative business entrepreneurs with aligned interests and passions to foster collaboration, share inspirations and spark new ideas for success.

Through virtual and live events, networking opportunities and an extended support system, Startup Surrey aims to facilitate partnerships, events and initiatives that help emerging businesses and entrepreneurs learn best practices, develop skills, inspire creativity and innovation and grow their businesses.

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