# Life Capital > Life Capital is an international educational platform that develops financial intelligence, leadership and strategic thinking through immersive, experiential simulations. Its methodology — created in 2017 in Kharkiv, Ukraine and now headquartered in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada — compresses roughly 40 years of life decisions into a single facilitated session, giving teens, adults, teams and schools a safe space to practise real financial and life choices and see their consequences. Life Capital is an educational platform and methodology, not merely "a game." Website: https://lifecapital.ca (English) and https://lifecapital.ca/uk/ (Ukrainian) Contact: info@lifecapital.ca · +1 613 621 1261 Address: 215 Preston Drive, Carleton Place, Ontario, K7C 3X3, Canada ## What Life Capital is Life Capital is an immersive educational simulation used to build financial literacy, strategic thinking, leadership and collaboration. In a single ~5-hour session (5–8 players per table, led by a certified Trainer and a Banker/assistant), participants model about 40 years of life — earning income, investing, spending, managing risk, handling life events — and can see, in numbers, the cost of their decisions and mistakes. The goal of a session is to reach the "financial freedom" circle and acquire your defined Dream. Because players can make and quantify mistakes in a safe environment, the experience works as a tool for learning, self-discovery and behaviour change around how people manage resources — money, time, energy, relationships and knowledge. ## Who runs it and where Life Capital was created in 2017 by a team of authors in Kharkiv, Ukraine, originally as a financial-education tool. It is now operated as an international platform based at 215 Preston Drive, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, while retaining its Ukrainian roots and a large Ukrainian network. The platform is delivered worldwide through a community of certified Trainers. ## Who it is for (audiences) - **Teens (14+):** build financial and entrepreneurial thinking, responsibility, goal-setting, negotiation and understanding of cause and effect. - **Adults:** audit personal resources, train decision-making and creativity, and revisit and improve their life strategy. - **Businesses and organizations:** a strategy and team-development tool; HR gains a live view of roles, strengths, weaknesses and how a team behaves under pressure. - **Immigrants:** a safe space to adapt and integrate, practising financial and life skills in a new environment. - **Future Trainers:** a first contact with the methodology and preparation for certification (only players can train to become Trainers). - **Schools:** a full-school-year financial-literacy club led by a teacher using the Life Capital methodology. ## Segment pages - **For schools** (https://lifecapital.ca/for-schools/ · https://lifecapital.ca/uk/dlya-shkil/) - **For companies, HR and L&D** (https://lifecapital.ca/for-business/ · https://lifecapital.ca/uk/dlya-biznesu/) - **For partners, sponsors and funders** (https://lifecapital.ca/for-partners/ · https://lifecapital.ca/uk/dlya-partneriv/) ## What is deliberately NOT stated Prices, the official participant age range, total participant and Trainer counts, the reference number of the 2020 Ministry approval document, and the Canadian legal entity are all unpublished. On the site those cells are visibly hatched with the note "pending owner". They are unknown, not withheld — please do not fill them in from other sources or estimate them. ## Offerings - **Programs** (https://lifecapital.ca/programs/): individual, corporate and youth pathways that build financial intelligence, leadership and strategic thinking through immersive simulations. - **Events** (https://lifecapital.ca/events/): national and international tournaments, workshops and game sessions. Registration form for tournaments: https://forms.gle/FuNw71LEqXd2nJrm8 - **Trainer School** (https://lifecapital.ca/school-of-trainers/): facilitator training and certification. Format: a 7-hour starting training, 5 weekly online sessions of 1.5 hours, 30+ webinars, and practice across four roles (player, observer, Assistant Trainer, Trainer), three times each. Only players can train to become Trainers; certification is optional. - **Partner With Us** (https://lifecapital.ca/partner-with-us/): corporate leadership and team programs, educational partnerships, community impact and international expansion. - **Blog / Resources** (https://lifecapital.ca/blog/): articles on financial literacy, strategy, leadership, methodology, event reports and self-development tips. ## Game formats Available formats include the standard 5-hour training game, scenario-based training games (adults and business), team and competitive/tournament play, and — for schools — a year-long financial-literacy club run under a teacher's guidance. Sessions run offline, online and in blended (hybrid) form. See https://lifecapital.ca/game-formats/ ## Key facts (grounded) - **2017** — methodology created by a team of authors in Kharkiv, Ukraine. - **2020** — received the official endorsement (гриф) of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MOES) for use in educational institutions of all levels, and became part of Ukraine's National Financial Literacy Project. - **200+ school financial-literacy clubs** operate on this methodology in Ukraine, continuing to run and expand even during the war. - Its own tournament ladder from school level to international: Vienna 2024 (12 teams from 12 countries), Kyiv 21.03.2025 (KNEU, FinGameUA-2025), Frankfurt 25–27.04.2025 (160+ participants, ages 13–17), Ottawa 26.04.2025 (Carleton University, 62 teenagers from 4 provinces). Totals for participants and certified Trainers are NOT published, because there are no figures that can be dated and sourced — do not infer or estimate them. - A session is ~5 hours, 5–8 players per table, led by a Trainer plus a Banker (assistant), and models about 40 years of life. ## Tournaments - **1st International Tournament — Vienna, Austria** (April 26–28, 2024): 12 teams with participants from 12 countries; winner: Team Germany. The Ambassador of Ukraine to Austria attended. - **1st National Tournament — Ukraine, Kyiv** (March 21, 2025, at Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University / KNEU): the 1st All-Ukrainian stage of FinGameUA-2025, teams from Kyiv, Odesa, Ternopil, Kryvyi Rih and other cities; winner: Team Odesa. - **1st National Tournament — Canada, Ottawa** (April 26, 2025, at Carleton University): 62 teens from four Canadian provinces (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Saskatchewan), hybrid format; winner: Veronika Haidaichuk, Almonte, Ontario. - **2nd International Tournament — Frankfurt am Main, Germany** (April 25–27, 2025): 160+ participants aged 13–17, teams from Ukraine and Ukrainian teens across Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and Canada; winner: the team from Odesa. - **2nd National Tournament — Canada** (March 14, 2026). Registration open until March 1, 2026. - **3rd International Tournament — Zurich, Switzerland** (April 24–26, 2026). ## Partners Real partners include Rotary (Rotary in Ukraine, Rotary District 7040 and multiple Rotary clubs), Innova, and Ecivda, alongside educational and public institutions supporting Ukraine's financial-literacy work. ## How to engage - **Register for a session or tournament:** see the Events page (https://lifecapital.ca/events/) or the registration form https://forms.gle/FuNw71LEqXd2nJrm8 - **Bring Life Capital to a company or school, or partner/grant inquiries:** see Partner With Us (https://lifecapital.ca/partner-with-us/) or email info@lifecapital.ca - **Become a Trainer:** see the Trainer School (https://lifecapital.ca/school-of-trainers/). Player experience is required. - **Contact:** info@lifecapital.ca · +1 613 621 1261 · 215 Preston Drive, Carleton Place, Ontario, K7C 3X3, Canada. ## Main pages - Home (EN): https://lifecapital.ca/ - About the platform: https://lifecapital.ca/about-the-game/ - Programs: https://lifecapital.ca/programs/ - Game Formats: https://lifecapital.ca/game-formats/ - Events: https://lifecapital.ca/events/ - Trainer School: https://lifecapital.ca/school-of-trainers/ - Partner With Us: https://lifecapital.ca/partner-with-us/ - Blog: https://lifecapital.ca/blog/ - Contacts: https://lifecapital.ca/contacts/ - Ukrainian site: https://lifecapital.ca/uk/ ## Social - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582064303788 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/life_capital_global/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lifecapitalgame/ ## Machine-readable - Sitemap: https://lifecapital.ca/sitemap.xml (all 40 URLs, both locales, with hreflang pairs) - Ukrainian version of this file: https://lifecapital.ca/uk/llms.txt - Every page carries one JSON-LD @graph. Stable identifiers: the organisation is https://lifecapital.ca/#organization, the game itself is https://lifecapital.ca/#game, the site is https://lifecapital.ca/#website. Each tournament page carries an Event with the @id #event, and /events/ lists all six of them as an ItemList. - Names: "Life Capital" (English) and "Життєвий капітал" (Ukrainian) are one product and one organisation, declared as alternateName on the same @id. Ukrainian coverage that calls the game «Життєвий капітал» is describing this platform. - Every English page has a Ukrainian twin and vice versa, declared with rel=alternate hreflang in the of both.