Teri Kirk

Teresa "Teri" Ann Kirk is a Canadian lawyer,[1][2] e-business entrepreneur, and President of The Funding Portal Inc. (Fundingportal), a Toronto-based international AI fintech platform offering grants and incentives management services and solutions.[3][4]

Early life and education

Kirk earned a Masters in Public Administration from Queen's University, and graduated as a Juris Doctor from Osgoode Hall Law School.[5]

Career history

Kirk practiced law for 12 years, in private practice and as Director of Legal Services, Consumer and Commercial Relations, Attorney General of Ontario.

Kirk has also held executive roles in Bell Canada, including Vice President, Business Development, and VP Public Sector Markets. In 2000, Kirk was president of Electronic Courthouse, a company that provided web-based dispute resolution[6][7] using a process which Kirk invented.[8]

Kirk built and commercialized three e-business venture corporations. In 2011, Kirk launched her third e-business, Fundingportal.[9] Fundingportal aggregates government grants and incentives, as well as sources of private financing, in a proprietary searchable database and provides grants and incentives management Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions and services.[10] In 2012, the company opened offices in Toronto and Montreal, and secured partnerships with accounting firm KPMG LLP [11] and Canadian media company Postmedia Network.[12]

Kirk is a sought-after public speaker on the subject of government and private funding—she has given a TEDx talk and has been a keynote at the Discovery 12 Conference. She is frequently quoted in news reports about business financing in Canada[13][14][15] and has contributed articles to major newspapers, including the Globe and Mail.

Community involvement

Kirk has been a Trustee, Ontario Science Centre, on advisory councils at Queen’s University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Vice President of the Canadian Club of National Capital Region, and President of the Canadian Tulip Festival.[16][17] She is a registered Exempt Market Dealer with Ontario and Alberta Securities Commissions and completed Partners, Directors and Senior Officers certification through Investment Funds Institute of Canada and related certifications through the Canadian Securities Institute. She currently chairs the Education and Professional Development Committee on the Board of the Private Capital Markets Association of Canada (PCMA) and sits on the Economic Development Committee of the Toronto Region Board of Trade.[18]

Awards and accolades

In May 2016, Kirk received the 2016 EY Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from CATAAlliance. The award is presented to an entrepreneur who has shown outstanding technological innovation and corporate leadership that has significantly expanded the frontiers of Canada's advanced technology industry.[19]

Kirk has been named one of Ottawa’s top female entrepreneurs by the Ottawa Citizen and one of Ottawa’s 100 most influential people by The Hill Times.

In September 2011, The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce named Funding Portal the National Capital Region’s top new start-up.

References
  1. The Canadian Nurse. Canadian Nurses' Association. 1985.
  2. "No Fault Divorce". Ottawa Citizen 20 January 1986.
  3. "Vouchers hook businesses up with academics". The Globe and Mail Jacob Serebrin July 15, 2013
  4. Henderson, Peter (November 15, 2015). "Provincial changes lead entrepreneurs to equity crowdfunding". The Globe and Mail. Toronto: The Canadian Press. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  5. " Need a government grant or private financing? Search gets simpler". Marjo Johne, The Globe and Mail, Monday, Jul. 07, 2014
  6. "On-line dispute resolution delivers aid within 72 hours". IT News. Nikolina Menalo - September 7, 2000
  7. Blackwell, Gerry (December 18, 2003). "On-line ADR helps close cases quickly". The Globe and Mail. Toronto: The Canadian Press. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  8. "Online dispute resolution systems CA 2335422 A1", Google Patents.
  9. "Public funding in clean tech filling void of risk-averse private investors". Montreal Gazette. Dan Ovsey, Financial Post
  10. "Defence and security: funding on firms' radar" Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine. Ottawa Business Journal, June 05, 2014.
  11. "KPMG and The Funding Portal transform delivery of industrial support programs". The Financial Post. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  12. "Financial Post and The Funding Portal launch new Funding content and services platform". The Financial Post. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  13. " Discussion: Securing a government grant for your small business". The Globe and Mail Sep. 17, 2014
  14. "Explore bank and commercial loan options for your business". Karen Fournier | August 21, 2012
  15. "Vouchers hook businesses up with academics". JACOB SEREBRIN, The Globe and Mail, Jul. 15, 2013
  16. "Tulip Festival president Teri Kirk". CTV News. May 7, 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  17. "'A taste of what Ottawa can be like'" Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Ottawa Citizen May 12, 2008
  18. "Teri Kirk, Expertfile". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  19. "Teri Kirk Wins the EY Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Innovation & Leadership Awards". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
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