Capital Without Dilution: The Global Incentive Stack for AI & Tech Growth
Toronto Tech Week 2026 | Hosted by NovaForge AI Venture Lab
For AI and technology companies, growth is no longer funded from one market, one program, or one financing round.
The most strategic founders are learning how to combine Canadian incentives, export support, market-entry programs, jurisdictional partners, institutional capital, strategic relationships, and equity timing into one intelligent growth strategy.
Capital Without Dilution: The Global Incentive Stack for AI & Tech Growth is a curated Toronto Tech Week gathering for founders, operators, investors, funders, advisors, jurisdictional partners, and ecosystem leaders exploring one practical question:
How can high-growth AI and technology companies fund R&D, commercialization, and international expansion without giving up ownership too early?
This is not a grant workshop, pitch night, expo floor, or generic startup mixer. It is a serious, high-value room for people building, funding, advising, and attracting the next generation of global AI and technology companies.
Built as the Toronto continuation of NovaForge AI Venture Lab’s international engagement, this event brings together conversations that are usually separated: grants and credits, venture capital, export support, market entry, global expansion, public-private growth tools, and founder execution.
Why attend
Founders do not need another disconnected funding overview. They need to understand how the full stack works together.
At this event, we will examine how companies can combine:
Canadian incentives and funding pathways
SR&ED, IRAP, grants, credits, public programs, institutional support, and other tools that can extend runway and support R&D, technical validation, product development, hiring, commercialization, and early growth.
Export, trade, and global access
How trade organizations, market intelligence, business-development pathways, and international deal-flow support can become part of capital strategy, not just expansion activity.
Jurisdictional and soft-landing programs
How founders can think about Hong Kong, Asia, and other market-entry pathways as routes to customers, partners, talent, incentives, operating infrastructure, and regional growth.
Capital readiness and founder execution
Why qualifying for funding is not the same as being ready to use it well — and how founders convert support programs, ecosystem relationships, and early capital into credible milestones investors and partners can trust.
Equity timing and ownership strategy
Non-dilutive capital is not anti-venture. Used properly, it can make equity more powerful by improving timing, valuation, runway, and milestone credibility.
Featured speakers and program voices:
Adnan Hamid, CPA — Deloitte Canada
Government Incentives | Global Innovation & Investment Incentives
Session lens: The Canadian Funding Stack — sequencing SR&ED, grants, public programs, export support, strategic partnerships, and equity.
Grace Lau — Invest Hong Kong Canada
Deputy Head, Invest Hong Kong Canada
Session lens: Hong Kong as a Market-Entry and Incentive Gateway — how Canadian companies can think about Hong Kong entry, support pathways, incentives, and jurisdictional leverage.
Martin So — Hong Kong Trade Development Council Toronto Office
Marketing Manager, HKTDC Toronto Office
Session lens: Trade, Deal Flow, and Global Access Through Hong Kong — how founders can use trade missions, market intelligence, and HKTDC as practical growth connectors.
Nick Kuryluk — CoSality™ Executive Partners Inc.
Founder & President, CoSality™ Executive Partners Inc.; Co-Chair, Altitude Accelerator; Board Member, Brampton Angels
Session lens: The Capital-Ready Founder — turning funding access into execution discipline, commercial progress, and investor-grade milestones.
Zahir Ratanshi — CoSality™ Executive Partners Inc.
Founder & CEO, CoSality™ Executive Partners Inc.
Session lens: Founder Execution and Investor Readiness — helping founders strengthen operations, commercialization discipline, and capital readiness.
Pak-Sun Ting — Votee AI
Co-Founder & CEO, Votee AI
Session lens: Founder Case Study: Hong Kong as R&D, Enterprise Adoption, and Expansion Platform — applied AI commercialization, regulated-sector adoption, Hong Kong ecosystem support, and international expansion.
Program flow
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Curated arrival, registration, and opening networking
6:30 PM – 6:40 PM
Opening frame: why this room, why now
6:40 PM – 7:30 PM
Expert spotlights on the full capital stack:
The Canadian Funding Stack
Trade, Deal Flow, and Global Access Through Hong Kong
Hong Kong as a Market-Entry and Incentive Gateway
The Capital-Ready Founder
7:40 PM – 8:20 PM
Main panel: Going Global Without Over-Diluting
A curated discussion on how founders stack incentives, export support, jurisdictional pathways, institutional capital, strategic partnerships, and equity timing.
8:25 PM – 8:50 PM
Audience-driven fireside Q&A
Questions from the room, guided and reframed by the NovaForge host to keep the conversation practical, relevant, and useful.
8:50 PM – 9:00 PM
Closing synthesis: what founders should do next
9:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Curated networking and opt-in follow-up conversations
Who should attend
This event is designed for:
Founders and CEOs of AI, SaaS, fintech, health-tech, climate-tech, deep-tech, and emerging technology companies.
Operators, CFOs, growth leaders, commercialization leads, and product leaders preparing for R&D expansion, pilots, enterprise adoption, export, or international market entry.
Investors, angels, funders, and advisors who want a sharper view of how non-dilutive capital can extend runway, support portfolio growth, and strengthen equity timing.
Trade, government, jurisdictional, and ecosystem partners supporting innovation, commercialization, market entry, and international growth.
Explore how companies can combine:
Local & global incentives to support R&D, product development, hiring, commercialization, and market entry
Non-dilutive funding pathways to extend runway and reduce unnecessary financing pressure
Jurisdictional and soft-landing programs to access new markets, customers, partners, talent, and operating environments
Stackable capital strategies that sequence grants, credits, institutional support, strategic partnerships, and equity at the right stage
Founders: This is a practical playbook for funding growth more intelligently.
Investors: A sharper view of how non-dilutive capital can support portfolio expansion and reduce financing pressure.
The companies that win the next decade will not simply be the ones that raise the most capital. They will be the ones that know how to combine capital intelligently across markets.
Capital Without Dilution is for the stakeholders who want to understand that full stack.
What you will leave with
A clearer map of how grants, credits, public programs, export support, jurisdictional pathways, strategic partnerships, institutional capital, and equity can work together.
A better understanding of when non-dilutive capital strengthens a company — and when it can mask weak execution.
A practical view of what founders should prepare before approaching funders, investors, market-entry partners, or jurisdictional support organizations.
A sharper sense of how Canadian companies can think about Hong Kong, Asia, and global expansion as part of a broader capital strategy.
Relevant conversations with founders, operators, funders, investors, advisors, and ecosystem partners in a curated room.
Why this matters
The companies that win the next decade will not simply be the ones that raise the most capital.
They will be the ones that know how to combine capital intelligently across markets — using incentives, partnerships, export pathways, institutional support, commercial milestones, and equity at the right time.
Capital Without Dilution is for the founders, investors, funders, advisors, and ecosystem leaders who want to understand that full stack.
Supported by:
This event is proudly supported by CoSality™ Executive Partners Inc. and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), whose work aligns with the event’s focus on capital readiness, global market access, founder execution, and international growth pathways.
Presented by: NovaForge AI Venture Lab — an Ontario non-profit organization building and shaping a world-class incubator/accelerator and AI/Tech Hub within a 50,000-sq-ft building. NovaFoge is actively building and advancing efforts to shape a globally focused, Canadian Innovation Hub & Co-working Centre, that will ultimately pair mentorship, capital access, and deep resources that turn bold ideas into enduring businesses. https://novaforge.ca
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