Startup businesses spend many hours creating, developing, & testing their products. They must also operate with a sense of financial security to ensure business success.

Whether its securing your first grant or loan, creating a pitch to potential investors, or ensuring funding for the future, SEE's upcoming December learning workshop, "Funding Your Venture", is a finance masterclass designed for Manitoba's diverse & Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Led by Noah Wilson (Futurepreneur) & Richard Tuck (Wakopa Financial), this workshop provides a demystified look at approaching the funding landscape with solutions you can use when facing unique challenges in today's investment market.

This is a highly recommended & practical workshop for entrepreneurs seeking actionable finance strategies when securing traditional funding (grants & loans) or landing quity opportunities via angel investments & venture capital (VC).

Date: Monday, December 9, 2024
Time: 5:30pm (CST)

Location: 8th floor – 136 Market Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 3N2

*136 Market Ave's building doors are set to lock at 6 PM with free street parking available after 5:30 PM.

Access This Workshop Online

If you cannot attend in person, SEE is also offering entrepreneurs across Manitoba with virtual access to this workshop on Zoom. 

Click the following link on the day of the workshop to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89378140529

Noah Wilson is a Cree Senior Business Development Manager at Futurpreneur Canada (the only national non-profit organization that provides young aspiring entrepreneurs with access to loan financing, mentorship and resources). He is also a new member of Futurpreneur's Indigenous Young Entrepreneurs team. Noah also possesses a four year finance background with the Royal Bank of Canada

Graduating distinction from the University of Manitoba (Advanced Bachelor's in Indigenous Governance, Minor in Management), Noah is a past recipient of UofM's Indigenous Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement for serving as co-president of the Indigenous Students’ Association. The award also recognized his part in co-founding the nationally recognized “ReconciliACTION Campaign" with the Canadian Federation of Students (advocating for the implementation the TRC's Call to Action #16 at Canada's post-secondary institutions). Noah is also a 2019 Rhodes Scholar Finalist.

Richard Tuck is a Métis serial entrepreneur, academic, researcher, and consultant located on Treaty One Territory. Currently, he is CEO of Wakopa Financial Workers Co-op & Co-Founder of the Social Entrepreneurship Enclave (SEE), the hub for social innovation and impactful entrepreneurship supporting for female, BIPOC, youth, & 2SLGBTQ+ entrepreneurs in Manitoba.

Richard also volunteers his time for Social Innovation Canada’s Manitoba group, Propel Impact, North Forge Technology Exchange, & various Indigenous community groups across Canada. His career spans across the globe, from international development, academia, tech, finance, impact investing, and social innovation, the latter being where he has focused on the nexus between social finance and the process of impactful entrepreneurship.

While this event is free for SEE participants and Enclave members, SEE incurs costs when organizing events & workshops, and we always welcome contributions to ensure free accessibility for Manitoba's barrier-facing entrepreneurs

Please note that SEE's financial model is entrepreneur-centric, with at least half of all revenue going directly to subsidizing costs that barrier-facing entrepreneurs incur when starting their businesses. Please help by keep this ecosystem active by contributing what you can. Email SEE at info@seenclave.ca for questions & inquiries.