Naheyawin

What Naheyawin does

Naheyawin is an Indigenous-led training and consulting company founded in 2016 and incorporated in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Co-founded by nehiyaw (Cree) siblings Jacquelyn Cardinal (Co-Founder & CEO) and Hunter Cardinal (Co-Founder & Director of Story), the company offers three core service lines — consulting, strategy, and training & facilitation — all framed around Indigenous teachings of reciprocity, relationality, and shared responsibility. Its target customers are organizations (cultural transformation, strategic planning, leadership development), communities (engagement, dialogue facilitation), and individuals (personal growth, identity exploration).

The company monetizes through two distinct revenue streams. First, a professional services line delivers custom consulting, strategy, and facilitated training engagements to organizations and communities, priced per engagement (no public pricing disclosed). Second, an e-learning platform built on LearnWorlds distributes self-serve online courses on a monthly subscription basis with an upfront setup fee, supported by Stripe for payment processing, Vimeo for video hosting, and Google/Facebook/LinkedIn for identity SSO. The platform supports global self-service enrollment. Marketing is largely organic: a content website, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and an email newsletter, supplemented by Facebook and Google AdWords remarketing pixels and a Refersion affiliate program.

Naheyawin is a bootstrapped, privately held company with 1–10 employees and no disclosed external funding, parent entity, or M&A activity. Its "Trusted by" section on the homepage displays six organizational logos, and its service reach currently covers Canada and the United States, with the e-learning channel theoretically available globally. The company operates without patents, regulatory licenses, certifications, or institutional investor backing.

Name

Naheyawin

Legal name

Naheyawin

Website

https://naheyawin.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Naheyawin is an Indigenous-led, Cree-founded training and consulting firm offering Indigenous-grounded consulting, strategy, and training services alongside a subscription-based e-learning platform, serving organizations, communities, and individuals across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. E-learning Platform Subscriptions: Monthly subscription model for access to online courses delivered through the LearnWorlds platform. Payment is taken immediately for setup fees and recurring on the same day each month for ongoing charges.
2. Professional Services: Consulting, strategy, and training & facilitation services provided to organizations and communities. These are custom engagements tailored to client needs, delivered through immersive workshops, strategic planning sessions, and interactive training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Naheyawin is an Indigenous-led company that delivers consulting, strategy, and training & facilitation services to organizations and communities, grounded in nehiyaw (Cree) teachings of reciprocity and relationality. It also operates an e-learning platform (built on LearnWorlds) offering online courses designed to inspire personal growth, identity exploration, and culturally-grounded leadership development. Services follow a four-step journey: listen and understand, chart the path, walk together, and grow & celebrate.

Product overview

Naheyawin is an Indigenous-led company offering a unified portfolio of services that includes consulting, strategy, and training & facilitation—each grounded in Indigenous wisdom and relational approaches. The company operates its e-learning platform (built on LearnWorlds) to deliver online courses designed to inspire meaningful growth. Services are delivered through a four-step process: discover, strategize, take action, and grow & celebrate. The company is co-founded by Jacquelyn Cardinal (Co-Founder & CEO) and Hunter Cardinal (Co-Founder & Director of Story), who are nehiyaw (Cree) siblings living on Treaty 6 territory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting Services Advisory services providing thoughtful, focused conversations informed by Indigenous teachings to help organizations understand their current landscape and discover practical next steps tailored to their goals. Targeted at organizations seeking cultural competency and transformative change.
• Strategy Services Collaborative strategy development that aligns organizational vision and values with concrete outcomes, creating realistic, culturally-grounded roadmaps to help teams navigate the path ahead. Targeted at organizations seeking strategic clarity.
• Training & Facilitation Engaging immersive online learning and interactive sessions that translate ideas into everyday practices, equipped with skills and perspectives grounded in Indigenous wisdom and relational approaches. Targeted at organizations, communities, and teams.
• Courses Online courses designed to inspire meaningful growth, covering topics aligned with Indigenous wisdom and relational approaches, delivered through the Naheyawin E-Learning Platform. Targeted at individuals seeking personal growth, identity exploration, and leadership development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cultural transformation leading to improved openness, respect, and trust within teams
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration11 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LearnWorldscoreTechnology or IntegrationLearnWorlds provides the e-learning platform infrastructure for Naheyawin's online courses. It handles user authentication, course delivery, payment processing integration, and learning management system functionality.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Teachable: Self-serve online course platform used by individual creators and SMBs to sell courses. Comparable as an ecosystem peer—Naheyawin uses a similar LMS (LearnWorlds) and targets the same self-serve individual course-buyer segment globally.

Broad incumbents

• Berlitz: Global language and cross-cultural training provider with classroom and digital offerings. Comparable in combining instructor-led training, e-learning content, and cross-cultural competency services for both individuals and organizations.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a substantial leadership development and learning practice. Comparable as a high-touch advisory + training provider to large enterprises, though at much greater scale and broader scope.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership and behavioral skills training company serving enterprises. Comparable as a provider of structured leadership and interpersonal training content sold to organizations.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Research-backed leadership development provider offering training, coaching, and assessments to organizations. Comparable in delivering immersive leadership training programs to organizational buyers seeking transformational change.
• FranklinCovey: Large incumbent offering leadership, culture, and performance training to enterprises worldwide. Comparable as a training-and-consulting business serving organizational buyers, though its portfolio is far broader and not Indigenous-specific.
• Dale Carnegie Training: Established provider of professional development, leadership, and interpersonal skills training for organizations and individuals. Comparable delivery model (courses + customized training) and overlapping audience with Naheyawin's individual and enterprise learners.

Direct peers

• Bob Joseph Consulting (Indigenous Relations Training): Provides Indigenous relations training, consultation, and coaching to organizations across North America. Directly comparable as an Indigenous-led cultural competency training provider serving the same enterprise buyer as Naheyawin.
• Indigenous Corporate Training: A Canadian firm providing Indigenous cultural awareness and relations training to businesses and governments. Highly comparable to Naheyawin in audience (corporate/public sector), service type (training + consulting), and Indigenous-led positioning.
• Cultural IQ: Global cultural competency and inclusion training platform serving enterprises. Comparable in selling cultural competency learning solutions to large organizations, though its content is broader and not Indigenous-specific.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/naheyawin
• Facebookfacebook.com/naheyawin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/naheyawin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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