Alexandra McGregor (NEXT Canada)

Worth knowing

She decides how Canada's most ambitious young founders are selected and coached, and she has worked directly with the teams behind Knix, ChargeLab and Voiceflow. Few people have met more early-stage Canadian founders at the moment they are deciding what to build. Write to her if you are a founder looking for a program, or an investor or mentor who wants to be close to the next cohort.

Story

Alexandra started out in the non-profit sector, coordinating national programs at Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada around community engagement and youth development, then moved to the Fraser Institute as a Program Manager working on organizational strategy and policy. She joined NEXT Canada as a Program Officer and moved up through Program Manager and Director of Programs to Chief Program Officer in 2019. Today she oversees the Toronto and Montreal accelerator NextAI alongside Next 36 and Next Founders, and runs the selection process that picks each year's founders, including the National Selection Weekend for Next 36 candidates.

In Alexandra's words

Alexandra has spent the past 12 years shaping and leading NEXT Canada’s flagship programs, helping ambitious founders build and scale high-potential ventures. Her work spans founder development, venture success, and strengthening Canada’s startup ecosystem.

Highlights

• Former National Programs Coordinator, Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada
• Former Program Manager, Fraser Institute
• Honours BA, University of Toronto
• Over a decade in the non-profit and entrepreneurship sectors