As of today, Entrevestor has no sponsorship from government.

Since we began almost four years ago, this website and its quarterly Entevestor Intelligence reports have been dedicated to reporting on and promoting the Atlantic Canadian startup community, and telling the stories of its entrepreneurs.

We began in 2011 financing our journalism with sponsorship from a few government organizations and universities. We continued to have sponsors for our publications until yesterday. Our only sponsorship now is for our Entrevestor luncheons with BDO, a private company. We believe we’ve been transparent in declaring our sponsorships and adding a disclaimer when reporting on the organizations that support us.

Late last year, we began to convert to an advertising model, and we’re delighted with the response. Our clients understand that advertising in Entrevestor is the best way to reach the fastest growing segment of the Atlantic Canadian economy. As we increase our exposure to the Kitchener-Waterloo community, the attractiveness of our advertising platform will continue to grow.

Some government agencies have chosen to advertise with us, and we welcome their business. But we’re thrilled that we have now more than twice as many private sector advertisers as those from government in both our online and printed publications.

We continue to sell analytical reports based on the data we collect, and government is the main client for these reports.

We have outlined our revenue streams at the bottom of our home page. But since we no longer receive government sponsorship, we will no longer place a template disclaimer at the end of each story.