Winnipeg Free Press Joelle Foster, CEO of North Forge: ‘I want to do this right.’ Over the years, North Forge Technology Exchange has helped more than 200 companies get off the ground but it has never really had capacity to point its founders to a ready source of capital… until now. Over the years, North Forge Technology Exchange has helped more than 200 companies get off the ground but it has never really had capacity to point its founders to a ready source of capital… until now. More than 100 people attended the virtual launch on Wednesday afternoon to announce the creation of the North Forge Angel Network in collaboration with the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO).