Chris Pinkerton

Channel Partnerships, Clearco

Currently, I lead Global Channel Partnerships for Clearco (Previously Clearbanc). Clearco is a suite of performance financing products & services tailor-made for founders in all stages of their journey.

Over the past 15 years, I've had the pleasure of working with the digital teams at companies including Google US & UK, Allstate Insurance, Zurich, 3M, Microsoft, Avis Budget Group, Zipcar, The American Red Cross and The New York Times. All in an effort to help them better understand their digital customer and apply this insight to their acquisition and monetization models.

Currently, I lead Global Channel Partnerships for Clearco (Previously Clearbanc). Clearco is a suite of performance financing products & services tailor-made for founders in all stages of their journey. A pay-as-you-grow pioneer and the world’s largest eCommerce investor, funding over US$2.5 billion in 5,500 companies in North America, Europe and Australia. Our mission is to remove the barriers between brilliant ideas, and brilliant businesses.

Prior to Clearbanc, I was President & COO of GetintheLoop, a Canadian SaaS technology company that is innovating in the shop local and retail offers space, with 4500 merchants and 7000 live offers on their platform. Prior to this, I was Vice President at Mediative and Head of the Mediative Consulting Group; an award-winning digital media and research company, which was acquired by YP in 2010.

I'm a contributor to the book The Buyersphere Project and a speaker with Google Engage, Bing Ads Connect and the Digital Strategy Conference. I'm an active Board Member of Accelerate Okanagan, technology advisor and a guest lecturer at UBC Okanagan, the Okanagan College School of Business.


Specialties: Partnerships, Business and Corporate Development, Mobile Marketing, Programatic Media, Digital Marketing Strategy, Organic Search, Paid & Display Advertising, Website Conversion (Usability), Market Research, Media Buying, Sales Strategy.