Put your brand in the room where Kelowna builds.
Where Kelowna leadership and ambition meets: 350 curated founders, owners, and operators, four flagship nights a year, in the Okanagan's most inspiring venues. One stage, and your name on it.
350attendees per flagship
1,451club members
4events a year
15-20leaders on the board
Why brands sponsor the Founders Club.
A curated audience
350 local business owners, founders, and operators in one room. Not a general public crowd; the exact people who sign contracts, refer clients, and buy.
Real content, real reach
Drone footage, professional photography, and social coverage of your brand in the room, yours to reuse in your own marketing long after the night ends.
A growing relationship
This is event one of an ongoing series, four premium nights a year. Founding sponsors get in on the ground floor and grow with the club as it expands.
The Summer Summit. An evening on sales, goals, and scaling.
- Date
- Friday, September 18
- Where
- Water Street by the Park, 1626 Water Street, the entire sixth floor
- Time
- Doors 5:00 PM · Speakers 6:00 PM · DJ and networking until 9:00 PM
- Speakers
- The ACE Project Marketing team on scaling, Jay Foster on sales goals, and more speakers to be announced
- Host
- Karsen Koltun, with a live DJ on the decks
A rooftop evening for 350 curated business owners and entrepreneurs: real talks on sales, goals, and scaling, then two hours of networking as the sun goes down over the pool deck. Your brand lives inside every part of it.
- Live DJ from 8 to 9 PM
- Floating glow lights on the pool, cabanas reserved as a complimentary VIP guest area
- Professional stills and drone footage of the full venue and crowd
- Complimentary catering and a free non-alcoholic bar all night, with a cash bar pouring wine and cocktails to 10
350
curated attendees
Owners, founders, operators, and the people who advise them. Every one of them RSVP'd by name.
Presented by BMO.
The other brands at the table.
Water Street by the Park
Gold sponsor
Home of the Summer Summit
ACE Project Marketing
Silver sponsor
Joint venture partner
Sutton Centre Realty
Silver sponsor
The Kelowna Founders Club is a joint venture with ACE Project Marketing. Sponsor logos appear on event signage, on this site, and in the content our crews capture on the night.
Shared selectively, on purpose.
BMO is on board as the club's presenting partner for the year. These are the remaining slots, and they go on a first-commit basis.
Presenting Sponsor
1 available
VIP Lounge Sponsor
Only 2 available
Experience Sponsor
4 available
We are selective about the brands we put on that stage, so the full packages, investment levels included, sit behind a password. Contact the event organizers and if it looks like a fit, we'll send it right over.
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Let's build this together.
Presenting and VIP Lounge slots are confirmed on a first-commit basis ahead of the event, and production and signage lead times are real. The earlier you reach out, the more of the night we can build around your brand.