What ICE Network does

ICE Network (also known as Investment Council for Entrepreneurs) is a Toronto-based not-for-profit peer-to-peer membership organization founded in 2020 by entrepreneur Jeff Wiener. It serves high net worth entrepreneurs — defined as individuals with $20 million or more in Canadian-dollar net worth who built wealth through business ownership, profits, or sale — who face challenges navigating wealth management, succession planning, risk, philanthropy, and family involvement without traditional finance backgrounds.

The core offering is a single product: the ICE Network Membership. Members apply through a confidential intake form, are screened and interviewed by existing members, and sign confidentiality agreements. The organization runs monthly in-person meetings in downtown Toronto (third Thursday of each month, 4:30–8:30 pm), combining educational presentations by vetted institutional sponsors with confidential peer discussion. There is no proprietary technology platform; the organization operates a WordPress-based website and is run by Jeff Wiener together with a volunteer committee including board member Michael Garbe and administrator Lori D'Agostino.

ICE's business model is community-led and nonprofit. Revenue comes from small annual membership fees that cover meal and operating costs, plus optional fees for dinners, conferences, speaker events, and yearly institutional sponsorships from screened partners such as banks, accounting, legal, trust, hedge fund, REIT, and asset management firms. The organization explicitly does not charge sales-related fees and prohibits sponsor pitches. Growth is entirely word-of-mouth and referral-driven, with no paid acquisition and no expansion beyond a single Toronto chapter to date.

Name

ICE Network

Legal name

ICE Network

Website

https://theicenetwork.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ICE Network is a Toronto-based not-for-profit peer-to-peer membership organization founded in 2020 by Jeff Wiener. It serves high net worth Canadian entrepreneurs ($20M+ CAD net worth) through monthly meetings covering wealth management, succession planning, and peer support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private wealth peer networking

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Mentoring, Coaching, Alumni Networking & Peer Support Platforms (EDAFAMAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Professional & Career Networks (BPAMABAB)

Keywords

• Peer-to-peer networking
• Wealth management education
• Entrepreneur networking
• Succession planning
• Private membership community

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Small yearly membership fees cover meal expenses and organizational operating costs. There are no fees to join the network.
2. Event and Initiative Fees: Additional fees may be charged for dinners, conferences, and speaker events. Sponsorship revenue from screened institutional partners helps defray operating expenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ICE Network is a not-for-profit, peer-to-peer membership community for high-net-worth entrepreneurs (defined as individuals with $20M+ CAD net worth acquired primarily through business ownership or sale). Members join through an application, interview, and confidentiality agreement, and attend monthly in-person meetings in Toronto for confidential peer discussions and educational presentations from screened institutional sponsors on wealth management, succession, risk, philanthropy, and family involvement. There is no fee to join; a small annual membership fee covers meals and operating costs.

Product overview

ICE Network is a single not-for-profit peer-to-peer membership organization designed for high-net-worth entrepreneurs. The core offering is the ICE Network Membership community, which provides regular in-person meetings, educational guest speaker sessions, and peer discussions on wealth management and life planning topics. There are no separate product modules, tiers, or technology platforms — the organization operates as a membership-based networking group with an associated administrative function run by volunteers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICE Network Membership Core not-for-profit peer-to-peer membership community for high-net-worth entrepreneurs with $20M+ CAD net worth. Includes monthly in-person meetings in Toronto, confidential peer discussions on wealth management, succession planning, risk, philanthropy, and family involvement, and educational presentations from screened institutional sponsors.
• Institutional Sponsor Program Yearly institutional sponsorship offering for vetted service firms (banks, accounting, legal and trust, hedge funds, REITs, asset managers, lifestyle services) targeting HNW and UHNW entrepreneurs. Sponsors get an annual educational presentation slot to members; no sales pitches are permitted and there are no sales-related fees, only an annual sponsorship fee.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Institutional Sponsors (Banks, Accounting, Legal, Trust Firms, Hedge Funds, REITs, Asset Managers, Lifestyle Services)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerICE accepts sponsors from institutions that service the high net worth market. Sponsors are screened for suitability and have the opportunity to present to the group once per year. Presentations must be educational, not sales pitches. All sponsors undergo due diligence by ICE.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Tiger 21: Tiger 21 is arguably the closest direct peer to ICE Network - a peer-to-peer membership organization for high-net-worth individuals (typically $10M+ in investable assets) who meet regularly in groups to discuss wealth management, investing, and family issues. Both organizations compete for the same HNW entrepreneur/liquid-wealth segment.
• Strategic Coach: Strategic Coach offers structured coaching programs and workshops for entrepreneurs, with a focus on multiplication, teamwork, and freedom. Its entrepreneur-targeting membership programs and high-touch cohort model closely parallel ICE's curated peer experience.
• Vistage: Vistage operates peer advisory groups for CEOs and business leaders, combining monthly group meetings with one-on-one executive coaching. While more business-operations focused than ICE's wealth-adjacent focus, its peer group delivery model is highly comparable.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global leadership community for chief executives with significant business responsibility, organized around peer forums and educational events. It is a structural analog to ICE at the executive/CEO level, with comparable forum-based delivery.
• The Alternative Board (TAB): TAB provides peer advisory boards for business owners, combining monthly facilitated meetings with one-on-one coaching. It competes for the same entrepreneur audience as ICE, though typically at smaller business sizes than ICE's $20M+ CAD threshold.
• EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization): EO is a global peer-to-peer network for entrepreneurs who have sold or built businesses generating $1M+ in annual revenue. Its forum-based learning and member events overlap closely with ICE's peer discussion model, though EO is broader and earlier-stage.

Others

• Family Office Exchange (FOX): FOX is a membership network for ultra-high-net-worth families and the advisors that serve them, providing education, benchmarking, and peer exchange. It sits in ICE's adjacent ecosystem of family wealth advisory and is a potential institutional partner or comparison point for ICE's wealth-management education mission.

Emerging players

• PeerScale: PeerScale (formerly AceTech) is a peer network for technology industry leaders, with Michael Garbe (ICE board member) as a founding member. The two organizations share leadership DNA and a peer-network model, though PeerScale focuses on tech operators rather than post-exit wealth creators.
• Abundance360 (Abundance Institute): Abundance360 is a curated mastermind community for entrepreneurs and executives focused on exponential technologies and longevity, run by Peter Diamandis. It targets a similar high-wealth entrepreneur audience with curated content and peer engagement, though with a more futurist orientation.

Regional players

• Renaissance Executive Forums: Renaissance Executive Forums operates peer advisory groups for CEOs and business owners across North America. Its forum-based peer model is structurally similar to ICE, though its member base skews to operating CEOs rather than post-exit wealth holders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-ice-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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