Optimizing Your Capital Stack: How Grants, SR&ED, and Financial Strategy Fuel Startup Growth

Building an innovative product is one thing — funding it strategically is another.
Join Employment Hero, Grant Solutions Canada, and BrightIron for a live webinar on Wednesday, November 12th, to explore how startups can design a smarter capital stack that combines grants, SR&ED tax credits, and financial strategy to power sustainable growth.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Understand and structure your capital stack to balance equity, debt, and non-dilutive funding.
• Leverage grants and SR&ED to fund innovation while protecting ownership.
• Build financial discipline and forecasting strategies with fractional CFO insights.
• Avoid common pitfalls when integrating multiple funding sources.

Featuring real-world case studies, practical advice, and a live Q&A, this webinar is designed for founders, CFOs, and growth leaders who want to make every dollar go further.

Speakers:

• Sarah Lesperance, VP of SR&ED Growth at Employment Hero – Maximizing SR&ED claims and integrating them into your funding strategy.
• Chelsey Fawcitt, Founder at Grant Solutions Canada – Identifying and securing grants to extend runway through non-dilutive funding.
• Mandeep Saini, Partner at BrightIron – Bringing the financial lens: building a sustainable capital stack through fractional CFO and GTM strategy.

Who Should Attend:

Startup and scale-up leaders, finance teams, and innovators looking to align funding, finance, and growth strategy for long-term success.