Emerging Star Investment Group (ESIG) | 101 followers on LinkedIn. ESIG is a group of innovative thinkers frustrated with the lack of technological innovation in the personal finance industry. We are a startup based out of Waterloo Ontario driving change with a holistic financial planning approach which enables Canadian's to comfortably plan, monitor, and attain their financial goals. ESIG's primary focus is on the middle class, in which financial planning solutions are typically unavailable or too expensive.