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The ecosystem · Global Expansion

Enter a new country without entering alone

Imagine building your company in New York and deciding to enter Tokyo. Instead of beginning from zero, you enter a Fortis network that already has people, knowledge, relationships, and infrastructure in Japan. When you expand into London, Seoul, Hong Kong, São Paulo, Nairobi, or another Fortis city, the network travels with you.

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What’s inside

Local knowledge, relationships, infrastructure, and support for companies entering new countries and markets.

Local knowledge

How the market works, what customers expect, which rules matter — from people who operate there.

Relationships

Introductions to partners, suppliers, customers, universities, and institutions already connected to the local center.

Infrastructure

Workspace, a registered presence, banking and payroll setup, and a local team from the day you arrive.

Company formation abroad

The local center forms the entity and handles the first filings while you stay at home.

Companies who went before you

Members who made the same move, and will tell you what they got wrong.

What each center provides varies by location. The center page lists what is available locally.

How it works

Start local

Build in your home center. Everything you learn, and everyone you meet, becomes part of the network.

Become global

When you are ready, the next center is not a cold start — it is the same network in a new city.

One company, many cities

Your membership, your relationships, and your reputation travel with you.

In practice

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Loomcraft Studio · New York → Tokyo

Built in New York. Opened in Tokyo without starting from zero.

A design studio used the Fortis network to enter Japan: a registered presence, an accountant who had done it before, and first introductions to clients — all already inside the Tokyo center.

2 countries in eighteen months

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Halden & Co. · London → Nairobi

A Nairobi entity in eight weeks, with people who had done it before.

A professional-services firm entered East Africa through the Nairobi center: local knowledge, company-formation support, and a partner network that had already solved the problems it was about to meet.

8 weeks from decision to local entity

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The rest of the ecosystem

Workspace

Private offices, shared workspaces, meeting rooms, conference facilities, and spaces designed for collaboration.

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Business Services

Operational support, accounting resources, legal resources, company formation support, administrative services, and local business assistance.

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Growth Resources

Marketing, ecommerce, technology, AI, design, sales, branding, logistics, recruiting, and other capabilities companies need to scale.

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Talent

Connections to professionals, specialists, operators, students, entrepreneurs, and potential team members.

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Education

Practical education for entrepreneurs, business leaders, young founders, and the next generation of builders.

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Community

A trusted environment where entrepreneurs can meet, exchange ideas, discover opportunities, and build together.

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What Could You Build If You Didn’t Have to Build Alone?

The next generation of great companies will not simply be larger.

Build independently.
Grow together.
Go anywhere.

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