Effortless Payments: How Helcim Helps CCI Stay Focused on Fueling Canadian Prosperity

In a competitive global economy, the success of innovation ecosystems often depends on the ability of organizations to focus on their core missions. For the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), this mission is clear: help the country’s most promising companies scale up and thrive. But running a national advocacy group comes with its own administrative burdens, including managing payments from members and participants in CCI’s signature events and leadership programs. Enter Helcim, a Calgary-based fintech company that has quietly become an essential partner in enabling CCI to operate more efficiently.

Launched in 2020, Helcim has built a reputation as a champion of transparency in payment processing. Its platform handles everything from invoicing to event registrations, making it a vital tool for organizations looking to streamline operations. For CCI, Helcim’s technology supports the collection of membership dues from scale-up companies across Canada, facilitates secure online payments for marquee events like the CEO Summit, and offers invoicing solutions for recurring subscriptions.

What sets Helcim apart isn’t just its user-friendly interface or competitive pricing—it’s the time it saves. “The dashboard is easy to use and allows us to focus more on helping Canadian companies succeed globally,” notes Benjamin Bergen, President of CCI. Helcim’s transparent fee structure also ensures that more of CCI’s resources are directed toward advocacy and programming rather than payment processing costs.

Helcim’s CEO, Nicolas Beique, sees the company’s role as more than transactional. “We want to empower organizations like CCI by making payments one less thing they have to worry about. When innovators can focus on their strengths, Canada’s economy benefits as a whole.”

For an organization tasked with supporting the next generation of Canadian champions in global markets, the value of such efficiency cannot be overstated. Payments, after all, should be seamless—something Helcim delivers with quiet precision.

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This article is part of CCI’s new “By Canadian Innovators” series, which showcases how the Council of Canadian Innovators works with homegrown companies to power its advocacy and capacity-building initiatives. By partnering with Canadian tech leaders like Helcim, CCI demonstrates its commitment to supporting innovation within Canada while driving global competitiveness. Each story in this series highlights the unique contributions of these companies to building a more prosperous, innovation-driven economy. To learn more about the companies CCI works with to build a more prosperous Canada, visit our member directory.