Ontario's Entrepreneurship Program,
Delivered Through the Chamber Network
Launch League runs pitch competitions, advisor matching, and founder education across Ontario — reaching entrepreneurs in the communities where they actually start, not only in Toronto.
We partner with organizations that want to be present at the beginning of an Ontario business, not at the end.
Who This Is For
Three distinct buyers, three distinct reasons to say yes.
Law & Accounting Firms
Client development — today's competitor is tomorrow's client.
Typically signs: Marketing director, no investment committee
Growth Capital & Lenders
Visibility on Ontario founders two to three years before they're fundable.
Typically signs: Business development lead
Private Equity
Community credentials to show your LPs, and a talent pipeline.
Typically signs: Head of Talent or Communications & Marketing
Why Partners Work With Us
You Meet Founders Before Anyone Else Does
By the time a company shows up in a deal database, it's already been advised, valued, and shopped. Our entrants are two to four years earlier than that — you see the business while the founder is still deciding what it will become.
You Reach Communities the Toronto Programs Don't
Chatham-Kent, Sarnia, Windsor, London, and the rural southwest. Ontario's entrepreneurship infrastructure is concentrated in the GTA — the businesses aren't.
Your People Get a Reason to Be in the Room
Judging is two hours, remote, and genuinely useful to the entrant. It's the least expensive credible community engagement your firm can offer its associates — and unlike most volunteering, it puts them in front of founders directly.
Your Brand Sits on the Award, Not a Banner
Named awards persist. A category carries your name through the full competition cycle — in every announcement, every entry page, and every winner's own retelling of it.
Partner Levels
Annual commitments. Separate from — and above — our community sponsorship tiers.
Category Partner
$5,000/year
Named award in one category
- Named award in one category
- Logo on all materials for that category
- Two judging seats
- Named in every release for the cycle
Program Partner
$12,000/year
Everything above, across two categories
- Everything in Category Partner, across two categories
- Speaking slot at the announcement
- Firm listed as an advisor on the marketplace
- Quarterly summary of entrant activity by sector and region
Presenting Partner
$25,000/year
Title position — one per cycle
- Title position — "Launch League, presented by ___"
- Named on every page and every competition
- Five judging seats
- First look at the annual Ontario founder report before publication
- One co-branded educational session delivered to your client base
What Partners Never Get
- Partners do not select winners or influence judging. Every entry is scored independently.
- Partners do not receive entrant contact details, submissions, or business plans. Ever.
- Sector and regional summaries are aggregated and anonymized — no entrant appears in them individually.
- Any introduction between a partner and an entrant happens only when the entrant asks for it.
Who Runs This
Launch League is run by Nicholas Gonzalez — a Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce board director, a ten-year Junior Achievement volunteer, and a former business plan competition winner himself, placing first in Ohio and eleventh nationally in the United States. Ten years in the United States Air Force in financial management, followed by operations leadership scaling an Ontario home services business.
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