Who We Are

Founded by Marlon Thompson, Opening Round is a hands-on fractional executive service that puts operational excellence at the forefront of everything we do. From enterprise to startup to non-profit, we integrate with your team to co-create solutions at a fraction of the cost of a full-time executive. We understand what it takes to build, scale and sell innovative businesses.

Meet the Team

Marlon Thompson
Founder

Vanessa Flis
Operations

Our
Method

Data-driven Strategic Development

Capture and analyze the relevant startup and vc data to craft meanginful strategies for growth and exection

Culturally aligned lead-generation

Defining and attracting partnership potential through strategic alignment

Creating for the New Majority

Thinking differently about the way business can and should led.

Operational Agility

Developing organizational capacity for inevitable pivots + strategic growth.

Meet our founder

Marlon has spent over a decade working at the cross-section of innovation, economic inclusion and community. He is a seasoned executive, startup founder and career startup investor.

In 2020, Marlon launched Future Capital with a mission to bring a new kind of equity to the venture capital space. The company was acquired by Spring Activator in 2023. Marlon is also trained in instructional design and financial modelling for venture capital.

Marlon has served on the Board of Directors for QueerTech since 2022. QueerTech is Canada’s leading organization dedicated to queering the tech ecosystem in Canada.

In 2022, Marlon was appointed to the Inquiry Committee for the College of Physcians and Surgeons of British Columbia, a regulatory body that serves the public by regulating physicians and surgeons.

Get to know our founder:

The Craft with May Globus: Ep 067 - Marlon Thompson

OUR PEOPLE