CEO MONTHLY / ISSUE 1 2024 23 Helping Entrepreneurs to Achieve Business Success in Canada Upasana Sharma is the Managing Director of the Start-up Visa Program and VP of TiE Toronto, a designated Incubator under the Canada Start-up Visa program, concentrated on encouraging entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking, education, and funding opportunities. She is a Managing Partner at Tangentia Ventures, a designated Venture Capital Group. She is also the founder of Investor Quotient Canada, a company that offers consultancy services enabling a wide range of start-up businesses to successfully transition to Canada. Upasana has recently been recognised as the Most Influential CEO 2023 - Toronto (Business Consulting), following which we decided to find out more about her and her business interests. The dynamic and pioneering Upasana Sharma is a renowned expert in the Canadian Start-up Visa Program, and has helped several global start-ups to successfully enter the Canadian market. During her time at Investor Quotient Canada (IQ Canada), she has been involved in assisting more than 250 entrepreneurs in launching their businesses successfully in Canada. This has extended to a wide range of sectors, such as manufacturing, construction, logistics, finance, software development, agriculture, and education. Under Upasana’s leadership, the team at IQ Canada has successfully assisted start-up founders with every aspect of launching their start-ups in Canada from ideation support, market research, regulatory compliance, and beyond. IQ Canada has a belief that fully encompasses its motto “to stand with its clients, ensuring they successfully enter Canada to launch and grow their business.” At TiE Toronto, Upasana is now focused on establishing ScaleUP, the Start-up Visa incubation program that offers entrepreneurs an unparalleled opportunity to access markets and funding within Canada, the US, and globally. Alongside IQ Canada and TiE Toronto, Upasana is also the co-managing partner at Tangentia Ventures, which happens to be a designated venture capital group that exists within the Canada start-up visa programme. Upasana also brings an erudite level of understanding to all her undertakings, with a pool of conscious knowledge gained from her time spent practising law for one of Toronto’s leading legal firms, Lerners LLP. This enables her to bring a somewhat unique discernment of the Canadian legal and regulatory systems to everything she does. This is something that is absolutely indispensable within her work as an advocate, a negotiator, and when she is problem solving on behalf of clients. “Upasana is an unstoppable force in providing exceptional service, which has positioned her as a trusted advisor to business owners, startups, and organizations. ” Upasana Sharma is herself an entrepreneur, which provides her with an additional level of knowledge, awareness, and empathy when helping clients through the sometimes intimidating process of bringing their business enterprises to Canada. Upasana has been recognised many times for her expertise, in the form of awards and affiliations. For example, she currently sits on the Board of Angel One Network Inc., which is an investment opportunity catalyst. Upasana received a LLM degree from the University of Toronto, and was also named as a MacArthur Foundation Scholar in recognition of her commitment and drive. The network she fosters unites high-end investors, lawyers, business consultants, and many experts within numerous industries. All help when it comes to mentoring entrepreneurs, and provide knowledgebased resources that can’t be beaten. Upasana’s many achievements are most indicative of the hard work she applies to everything she’s involved in, and her tireless dedication to achieving excellence. The things that Upasana wants people to know about her are symptomatic of her commitment to always go the extra mile. For instance, there is nothing more important to Upasana than “hard work and determination”. She is also known for her unsurpassed ability to navigate complex, highly lucrative markets, consistently hit goals, eschews problems, and welcomes new possibilities wholeheartedly. The teams assembled and managed by Upasana are made up of top quality individuals who can deliver results and perform fluently. She strongly believes in the benefit of rising to challenges with tenacity, and unifying people and ideas in order to build a successful business. It is a delight for her to energize businesses, and then watch them grow. Anyone who requires help with the Canada Start-up Visa Program, and assistance launching a business in Canada will certainly do well to remember the name Upasana Sharma. The incredible, award-winning CEO should most definitely be your first port of call. Company: Investor Quotient Canada Inc. Web Address: https://iqcanada.ca/ Contact Name: Upasana Sharma Aug23403
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