Our Story

We enable companies to solve technology product challenges, grow revenues, create jobs, attract investment, and deliver innovative technologies to the market.

Our Impact

A leading BC-based Innovation Hub, Circle transforms the Canadian SME ecosystem approach to product development and innovation impact.

$80M+

New revenue for our partners

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$10M+

Funding from our funders

1600+

Number of HQP trained

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70+

Canadian businesses that increased gross margins

Mission

Circle Innovation empowers entrepreneurs and revolutionizes the support ecosystem in Canada’s fastest growing innovation sectors, providing comprehensive, tailored assistance to help solve product development challenges. By addressing innovation barriers, we equip SMEs with the tools to realize their full growth potential, delivering both economic and social benefits.

Vision

Circle Innovation envisions a society where innovation and entrepreneurship thrive, supported by robust community engagement, expertise, and trust, empowering technology SMEs to transform industries and create a sustainable, beneficial economic future for all.

Process

Circle Innovation employs its unique SWAT model of innovation, working closely with technology SMEs to identify and address barriers, break silos with ecosystem partners, and co-design unique solutions for the market. One success at a time!

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How We Started

Circle Innovation Solutions, incorporated as AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub Foundation – BC, is a joint initiative from the The Networks of Centres of Excellence involving over 30 Canadian entities.

Our organization was founded in 2016 by Dr. Sylvain Moreno, Carolyn Sparrey, Thecla Schiphorst, and Michael Harcourt, former premier of British Columbia.

What We Do

Circle Innovation identifies overall barriers to growth in the tech ecosystem – the slow rate of innovation in healthcare, obstacles to AI adoption, or declining rates of investment in SMEs. Then Circle develops 2- to 5-year programs that aim to mitigate those challenges.

In direct conversation with tech SMEs, Circle assesses their needs and ensures that the programs deliver economic and social outcomes – by breaking down silos, opening doors, enabling access, and getting innovations to market faster, better, sooner.

Who We Work With

We support Canadian SMEs, service providers, academia, clinicians, health authorities, and users for product development projects and investment opportunities.

Our Programs

Awards & Recognitions

The success of our model in supporting tech SMEs is recognized nationally as well as in the United States and France.

ISSIP Excellence in Service Innovation Award

The award recognized our ability to work with industry, academia, and health providers to bring new health technologies to market.

Digital Health CEO of The Year Award

The award recognized our CEO and Scientific Director, Dr. Sylvain Moreno for supporting tech companies in the creation of innovative digital technologies.

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Our People

Our board oversees the development and alignment of Circle Innovation’s strategy and operating decisions by management and executed by our dedicated staff and volunteers to deliver long-term value for our stakeholders.

Our Team

Our Partnerships

We are focused on building integrated partnerships that enable Canadian tech SMEs to improve planning, productivity, and control over their technology’s scalability.

Some of our long-standing partners include Simon Fraser University, Canada’s leading university in research and innovation, AGE-WELL, Canada’s federally funded technology and aging network, and the federal agency PacifiCan, which promotes economic growth in BC.

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