Sponsorships
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
734club members
4events a year
15-20leaders on the board
The opportunity
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 flagship event
The Summer Summit. An evening on sales, goals, and scaling.
Wednesday, August 13, 2026
Water Street by the Park, Deck and Lounge
Doors 5:30 PM · Speakers 6:00 PM · Networking to 10:00 PM
Renee Merrifield on goal-setting, Jay Foster on sales goals, and the ACE Project Marketing team on scaling
Hosted by Karsen Koltun, co-hosted by Sylvia McNamee
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.
DJ Invizible live from 8 to 10 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
Curated refreshments: non-alcoholic bar until speakers wrap at 8, then wine, cocktails, and snacks to 10
350
curated attendees
Owners, founders, operators, and the people who advise them. Every one of them RSVP'd by name.
In good company
The brands already at the table.
ACE Project Marketing
Joint venture partner
Sutton Centre Realty
Announcing soon
Announcing soon
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.
The packages
Shared selectively, on purpose.
A confirmed anchor sponsor is already on board. These are the remaining Presenting, VIP Lounge, and Experience 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.
Already have the password? Enter it above and the full packages open right here.
Let's talk
Let's build this together.
Presenting and VIP Lounge slots are confirmed on a first-commit basis ahead of August 13, and production and signage lead times are real. The earlier you reach out, the more of the night we can build around your brand.