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Above the tier plans sits our custom institutional program for one issuer at a time: a target list built from public institutional filings, an outreach desk working it every week, investor meetings booked and briefed with your management, release syndication and the IR dashboard, reported fund by fund. It is not sold online. We take on three issuers a year, through a brief application and a meeting.
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The plans below are self-serve and do not include meeting booking.
Traditional IR firms sell you a bucket of hours and bill overtime past it. FoundryIR sells you a content engine — 30–55% below market:
Priced in US dollars; Canadian issuers can choose CAD at checkout. Whichever currency you pick is what your card is charged — the amount you see is the amount you pay.
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| Traditional IR firm | FoundryIR | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | 24–48 business hours | Same day, most items under 4 hours |
| Access to your IR analyst | Metered hours, business hours only | Unlimited, 24/7/365 — James, briefed on your file |
| Content cadence | Quarterly roadshow, monthly summary | Continuous — releases, video, social, always on |
| Client contact | Account manager, email queue, weekly call | James, 24/7 — briefed on your file; escalates to your IR lead |
| Reporting | Month-end PDF | Live dashboard — real time |
| Price | US$5,000–60,000/mo | US$2,520–10,800/mo — 30–55% below |
Segment bands compiled 2026 from published IR rate guides, CFO benchmark surveys and IR-consulting agreements filed on SEC EDGAR. We do not name individual firms. Their scopes are not ours, and a price printed next to a competitor's name is only fair if the scope behind it is identical — it rarely is. Comparisons are to the midpoint of the segment band, and are indicative, not a quote. Compare the band, then compare the scope.
US$799 buys one release — prepared, run through a basic compliance check, sent on a regulatory newswire, and posted to your social channels — US$799 per release, one-time (up to 400 words, with your logo, North American circuit). Extra words, images or regions are billed at the wire's own cost and quoted before you approve. Paid financial-media amplification is an optional add-on. Two revision rounds. Resource issuers: the draft is written from your Qualified Person\'s report and returned for QP and legal sign-off before filing.
The conversion point for issuers who just need reliable, affordable press release distribution today. Move up to Starter any time for full investor relations services.
For issuers who already have an IR lead. You stay the face of the company; the desk is the engine room behind you — and every release, call, placement and mention is logged in your dashboard, under your name.
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Prefer to try the fix first? The Quick-Wins Sprint is a one-time US$499 (14 days), credited to IR Desk month 1. Starting Growth? The first 30 days are 25% off (US$3,510 / C$4,875), then US$4,680/mo at list.
For issuers running IR in-house. Equivalent scope at a micro-cap IR boutique runs about US$5–8k/mo — roughly 50% less here.
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Not included: the institutional target list, analyst outreach, vetted-creator matching, roadshow/conference preparation, earnings-call prep — all available à la carte, or included from Growth.
For issuers building reach beyond retail. Equivalent scope at a small-cap IR agency runs about US$10–15k/mo — roughly 60% less here.
For issuers ready for full-service, institutional-grade IR. Equivalent scope at a mid-market IR firm runs about US$15–25k/mo — roughly 60% less here.
Multi-listing, heavy news flow, or an event on the calendar — you save ~70%.
The outreach system for issuers who want the institutional layer worked for them: your 13F-mapped list of funds and family offices already holding your peers, worked by phone on a weekly cadence — tailored voicemails when a desk does not pick up, callbacks routed to a dedicated line, virtual townhalls and online presentations pointed at the same list, and every dial, reply and meeting logged to a funnel on your dashboard. Flat monthly fees only; we never solicit a securities purchase, and the phones go quiet on any name while an offering is live.
Custom-quoted, scoped on a call — the price depends on your target list, call volume and townhall cadence, and an engagement at this level starts with a conversation, not a checkout page. Available with Pro and Enterprise.
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Every capability below is sold somewhere as its own retainer. This is roughly what the pieces run when you hire them one by one — and what the tiers bundle them for.
| Capability | Hired separately, typical | Here |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted IR dashboard + auto-updating newsroom | ~US$2,200/mo | Starter and up |
| Release drafting, compliance review + syndication | ~US$2,000/mo | Starter and up |
| Retail sentiment monitoring, 3 sweeps/day | ~US$1,200/mo | Growth and up |
| Podcast & creator pipeline (screened, disclosed) | ~US$1,800/mo | Growth and up |
| 13F investor targeting + peer visibility benchmarking | ~US$1,800/mo | Pro and up |
| Road-show & conference support with briefing books | ~US$1,500/mo | Pro and up |
| Virtual townhall & webcast production | ~US$1,500/quarter | Pro and up |
| Institutional calling desk (family offices & funds) | ~US$2,500–5,000/mo | Custom quote — see above |
Assembled one by one that is roughly US$11,000+/month before the calling desk. Pro lists at US$7,200/mo — the bundle is the discount. Separate-retainer figures are typical boutique/agency ranges, stated for comparison; they move with scope and market.
| Per month | Starter | Growth | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press releases syndicated & managed — drafted on request (regulatory newswire billed per release — every release; resource issuers: drafts written from the QP report, signed off by your QP and counsel) | 2 | 4 | 8 | Unlimited |
| Syndicated financial-media amplification included (on top of the regulatory newswire, which every release uses, billed per release; labeled syndicated placement, not editorial coverage) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| James AI analyst (client-facing) | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Unlimited | ✓ Unlimited |
| Investor-facing James on your IR site | — | In development — opt-in, Growth and above. Not sold until it ships. | ||
| James video updates | 1 | 2 | 4 | Unlimited |
| Turnaround | Same day | Same day | Same day | Same day · 2h SLA |
| Social channels | 3 | 5 | 5 + syndication | Full fan-out |
| Shareholder newsletter | Bi-weekly | Weekly | Weekly | Weekly + custom |
| Live reporting dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ + custom KPIs | ✓ + board pack |
| Direct client channel | James 24/7 + email | James 24/7 + same-day IR lead | James 24/7 + dedicated lead | James 24/7 + senior team, 2h SLA |
| Institutional targeting | — | Retail-led | ✓ Full | ✓ Full + analyst desk |
| Analyst relations | — | Intro outreach | Managed | Managed + coverage campaign |
| Media & expert connections (press queries, podcast guest) | Query digest | Interview placement | Managed | Full orchestration |
| Vetted-creator (finfluencer) matching | — | ✓ Screened | ✓ Screened | ✓ + coordination |
| Roadshow / conference preparation & follow-up | — | 1 / yr | 4 / yr | Unlimited |
| Earnings-call prep | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crisis / activism readiness | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Minimum period | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
| Typical fit | IR run in-house | Building reach beyond retail | Full-service, institutional | Multi-listed, heavy news flow |
Every release, post, video and newsletter carries the required paid-IR disclosure automatically, and nothing publishes without human sign-off. Terms: a 30-day minimum on every retainer tier, then month to month. Cancel any time after the first 30 days; nothing bills after the month you cancel in. If we delivered nothing to you in the first 30 days and no one signed in to your client dashboard, we refund those 30 days in full. Prepaying three months saves 10%. The Standalone Press Release (US$799 per release — prepared, compliance-checked, sent on a regulatory newswire and posted to your social channels; up to 400 words, North American circuit, extra words, images or regions at the wire's own cost) is a one-time purchase, not a subscription — pay as you go, one payment per release, nothing recurring and nothing to cancel. Every release is disseminated on a regulatory-grade newswire, billed per release at a published rate — from C$575 on the Canadian circuit — covering compliance review and handling. Syndicated financial-media amplification is included on top, up to your tier's monthly count (labeled syndicated placement — not journalist-written editorial coverage); additional amplifications are C$450 each. Travel and conference registrations are pass-through at cost. Pre-raise issuers: ask about our milestone/deferred structure.
📡 Media connectors are included, not billed. The press-query, podcast-guest and creator marketplaces we monitor are included at no extra cost from Starter up (monitoring depth scales with your tier). FoundryIR's curation and drafting — filtering the firehose to what fits your story and writing the responses you approve — is what you pay for.
Anything beyond your tier's included scope. No surprise overtime, no hourly bucket — you see the rate before you approve the work. Add these during onboarding or any time after.
| Content & communications | Client rate | Standalone | Market rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional press release (drafted + distributed) | C$600 | C$1,000 | $1,200–2,500 |
| Rush press release (<4h, incl. after-hours) | C$900 | C$1,500 | $2,500+ |
| Additional syndicated financial-media amplification (beyond your tier's included count; labeled syndicated placement, not editorial) | C$450 | C$650 | $1,000+ |
| Regulatory newswire dissemination — review & handling (Newsfile / GlobeNewswire; required for material news) | C$575 / C$1,265 | C$750 / C$1,500 | marked up 20–40% |
| Interactive James video spot (3–5 min) | C$250 | C$500 | $2,000–4,000 |
| Corporate video — script & concept only | C$500 | C$900 | $2,000–5,000 |
| Corporate video — scripted, produced and edited (virtual studio, no shoot) | C$1,200 | C$2,000 | $8,000–25,000 |
| Long-form investor briefing / technical explainer | C$1,200 | C$2,000 | $3,000+ |
| Shareholder newsletter (extra issue) | C$400 | C$700 | $800–1,500 |
| Investor perception study — holders, lapsed holders, analysts | C$4,500 | C$7,000 | $15,000–40,000 |
| AGM / shareholder-vote communications pack | C$2,500 | C$4,000 | $10,000–25,000 |
| Retail shareholder register analysis (NOBO) | C$1,200 | C$2,000 | $5,000–15,000 |
| Investor deck build (from scratch) | C$2,500 | C$4,000 | $5,000–15,000 |
| Investor deck refresh | C$900 | C$1,500 | $2,000–4,000 |
| Social campaign burst (30-day, excl. ad spend) | C$1,800 | C$3,000 | $4,000–8,000 |
| Investor access & analyst work | Client rate | Standalone | Market rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Analyst query / targeted outreach (per analyst) | C$500 | C$850 | $1,000–2,000 |
| Analyst outreach program (90-day) — target desks, fact pack, sequences, tracking | C$6,000 | C$9,500 | $15,000–30,000 |
| Institutional target list — 25 funds holding your peers, ranked, with filings | C$2,800 | C$4,500 | $6,000–12,000 |
| Roadshow preparation & follow-up pack (per city/trip) | C$6,500 | C$10,000 | $10,000–25,000 |
| Conference preparation & follow-up pack (per event) | C$2,200 | C$3,500 | $4,000–8,000 |
| One-on-one investor meeting scheduling (per 10) | C$1,500 | C$2,400 | $2,500–5,000 |
| Shareholder identification / registry analysis | C$2,500 | C$4,000 | $5,000–10,000 |
| Earnings / quarterly call prep (per call) | C$1,800 | C$3,000 | $3,500–7,500 |
| Board presentation prep (per meeting) | C$1,600 | C$2,600 | $3,000–6,000 |
| Investor day production | from C$22,000 | from C$30,000 | $50,000–300,000 |
| Digital & advisory | Client rate | Standalone | Market rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| IR website — build (standard) | C$4,500 | C$7,000 | $15,000–50,000 |
| IR website — refresh | C$2,250 | C$3,500 | $5,000–40,000 |
| IR website — maintenance (annual) | C$1,000 | C$1,750 | $2,000–8,000 |
| James AI deployment on your own site (setup) | C$3,000 | C$5,000 | no comparable |
| Compliance monitoring (monthly, on top of tier) | C$1,200 | C$2,000 | $2,000–5,000 |
| Crisis & activism readiness pack (prepared in advance) | C$4,500 one-time | C$7,000 | $15,000–30,000/mo retainer |
| Capital-raise positioning sprint (4 weeks) | C$7,500 | C$12,000 | $15,000–40,000 |
| Competitive intelligence brief (per peer set) | C$1,500 | C$2,500 | $3,000–6,000 |
Every supplement is quoted and approved in writing before work starts. Unused included-scope items (e.g. an unshipped release) roll forward one month, once. Volume packs: 5 supplemental items = 10% off; 10 items = 15% off.
FoundryIR does not run an investor list, and we will not sell you access to an audience we do not have. Instead we match you to audiences that already exist:
Opt-in and disclosed only — no purchased lists, no solicitation of trades.
| Product | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matched placement — vetted newsletter, creator or advisor | C$950 / placement | matching + compliance pack; the audience's own fee is billed at cost + 20% booking fee |
| Managed sponsored placement (third-party newsletters) | media at cost + 20% booking fee (min C$750) | same booking fee as /media — one rule, everywhere |
| Build your own investor newsletter | C$4,000 setup | then folded into your monthly plan |
Every send is human-approved, carries the paid-IR disclosure plus a CAN-SPAM/CASL footer (physical address + one-click unsubscribe), and goes only to confirmed opt-in subscribers. Any securities offering is made by the issuer through its registered dealer — not FoundryIR.
Get your CEO or spokesperson onto the investor YouTube channels, podcasts, newsletters and forums your shareholders actually watch — booked, briefed, disclosed and syndicated. Priced by reach, from a single micro-channel Media Spotlight (FoundryIR fee C$1,500 + media at cost) to a marquee 250k+ Media Marquee feature. Every appearance carries the required paid-sponsorship disclosure; fee based, never stock.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price projects for the moments that don't fit a retainer:
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