The Entrepreneurship Society Raising Capital Event [Invite Only] Toronto
iQ Office Suites
250 University Ave #200, Bank of Canada Building, Toronto, ON M5H 3E5, Canada
43.65035770000001
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Description
The Entrepreneurship Society is hosting an invite only Raising Capital Conference (for Emerging Tech Founders, Investors and Venture Debt Funds)
(If you're a founder, lender or investor and looking for an invite or chance to speak,
please reach out to community@thetechsociety.org)
What is the The Entrepreneurship Society?
The Tech Society facilitates transactions among emerging technology Founders/C-Suite, investors and service providers. The Tech Society owns The Entrepreneurship Society, The Cannabis Society, The Blockchain Society, The PropTech Society and The E-Gaming Society. The Tech Society creates, markets and executes 120+ emerging technology conferences and hackathons annually in the USA, Canada, and Europe with expansion planned for Asia in 2020.
Join us for our [Invite Only] Raising Capital Conference. on September 10th, 2019. The Conference will include speaker presentations, panels, and a roundtable discussion designed to connect you to investment opportunities / sources of capital while learning from business experts and thought leaders.
Raising Capital Conference @ iQ Office Suites Highlights
1:30 - 5:30 PM
Addresss: 250 University Ave #200, Toronto
75+ high growth founders (post seed / series A stage) + CFO's who are Raising Capital
30+ Sources of Capital
6 panels: US VC, Accelerator & Incubator, Going Public, Family Office, Debt Panel, VC Panel
Here and Here are blogs posts to past Raising Capital Conferences hosted by The Entrepreneurship Society
*Tentative (Evolving) Schedule*
1:30 PM: Registration & Deal Making, Opening Remarks from TES & sponsors1:45 PM: Accelerator and Angel Panel 2:10 PM: Mentor Panel2:35 PM: Going Public Panel 3:00 PM: Family Office Panel 3:25 PM: VC Panel 3:50 PM: Venture Debt Panel4:15 PM: Founder Pitch4:40 PM: Founder Pitch5:05 PM: US VC Panel5:30 PM: Deal Making & Conference Conclusion
*Schedule subject to change
Panelists:
Jesse Wachtel, EuroAmerican Funding Group
Jesse was the co-founder of PhoneTag, the first US-based voicemail transcription service and the basis for Apple and Google’s voicemail-to-text transcription feature. Following his exit, he was integral in developing mobile ticketing technology applications for mass transit as partner of the executive team at Bytemark, another advanced startup.
Jesse serves on the board of the NYU Innovation Fund and manages investments for his family office EuroAmerican Funding. Jesse earned his BS in Business Administration at the University of Southern California.
David S. Rose, CEO, Gust
David is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York", and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best-selling author of Angel Investing and The Startup Checklist.
David is the founder and CEO of Gust, which operates the world's largest online platform and community for entrepreneurs and early stage investors. Gust is used by over 750,000 entrepreneurs in 192 countries to connect with over 85,000 early stage investors and pioneered the field of Company as a Service (CaaS). He is also Managing Director of Rose Tech Ventures; Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels; Co-founder and Managing Director of the AREA Technology Accelerator; and Associate Founder and Founding Track Chair for Finance and Entrepreneurship at Singularity University.
David was the first investor and Chairman of JUMP Bikes, acquired by Uber, and serves as a board director of KoolSpan and Moven. He is an active early stage investor and companies he has seed-funded have been acquired by Facebook, Google, Amazon, Intel, Oracle, CBS, and Kodak.
Kane Willmott, CEO, iQ Office Suites
Kane Willmott is a people-oriented, highly creative entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of iQ Office Suites, a luxury coworking brand with locations in Toronto and Vancouver.Kane has 20 years of sales and entrepreneurial experience, assisting in the startup of multiple real estate brokerages as well as a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He centers his work on creating experiential environments where top performers can do their best work, and takes pride in building strong teams backed by a culture of service excellence.
Matthew Leibowitz, General Partner, Plaza Ventures
Matthew Leibowitz is a seasoned growth-stage technology investor and career VC, having originated, managed and completed dozens of transactions. During his tenure at B.E.S.T. Funds, Matthew oversaw dozens of growth-tech finance investments with consistent double-digit returns and co-created multiple funds.Today, Matthew is PVs front-end specialist, focused on deal flow, investment transaction processing, ecosystem development and investor relations. He sits on the board of numerous companies including Q4 Inc and MMB Networks, accelerators, and charities. Matthew is a Board Member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association, a member of the MaRS IAF Investment Committee, Co-Chair of the CIX Top 20 Awards Committee and Mentor at Techstars Toronto Accelerator and Creative Destruction Lab. Matthew is also an Advisor at NEXT Canada, where he mentors young entrepreneurs in building their own ventures. He is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on tech start-ups and Venture Capital, as well as an active angel investor.Matt obtained his Honors Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science from the University of New South Wales, and a Master of Laws from Oxford University.
Alex Baluta, Chief Executive Officer of Flow Capital
Mr. Baluta has over twenty-seven years of professional experience in Canada and the US in investment banking, equity research, mergers and acquisitions, operations, consulting, and entrepreneurship. Alex was a top-ranked equity research analyst in Canada in the early 2000s, focused on the software sector. His primary focus throughout his career has been advising, analyzing, operating, and investing in small and medium-sized enterprises, primarily in high-growth technology sectors.
Anand Ganeshalingam, Associate, iGan Partners
Anand Ganeshalingam is a Senior Associate on the investment team at iGan Partners. In this role, Anand provides support in the origination, diligence, and execution of iGan investments. He formerly worked in presales at Vena Solutions, and as a Senior Consultant at KPMG LLP. Anand graduated from the University of Waterloo and holds the CA designation.
Michael Sfalcin, Principal, Yaletown Partners
Michael joined Yaletown as Principal in the Toronto office in 2019. For over 10 years, Michael has worked at the intersection of the technology and finance industries in many capacities, including co-founder, investor, and consultant. Michael has sourced, managed and completed dozens of investments and specializes in providing technology companies with growth capital to scale operations. Before joining Yaletown, he helped a Schedule A Bank re-enter the technology lending market. For the five previous years, he was an Investment Director with a venture capital and venture debt firm, leading more than 15 successful investments. Michael began his career with a seed-stage incubation and investment firm that was created and financed by a successful entrepreneur. Having graduated from McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business, Michael earned his MBA in Management of Innovation and New Technology and Finance.
Lauren Epstein, Associate, OMERS Ventures
In her role at OMERS Ventures, Lauren is responsible for researching and executing on investment opportunities in growth-oriented, disruptive technology companies. She also provides assistance to portfolio companies post-investment and engages in relationship building and outreach in the community.
Previously, Lauren was the Director of Investments at Epstein Enterprises Inc., a Toronto-based family office, where she was responsible for growing the angel investing portfolio. She managed the full cycle of tech investing opportunities in origination, execution, and value creation.
Before joining Epstein Enterprises, Lauren spent several years working as a litigation lawyer at a leading Toronto commercial litigation law firm, after clerking at the Ontario Court of Appeal. Lauren holds a B.A. in Government, cum laude, from Harvard University and completed the joint JD/MBA program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Rotman School of Management, graduating first in her class in the MBA program and as the gold medalist among the JD/MBA students.
Lauren is passionate about driving innovation and entrepreneurship to contribute to Canadian growth. She is an Associate at the Creative Destruction Lab - Toronto, a mentor with Next 36 and the Holt Accelerator, and a member of the Advisory Committee with the U of T Hatchery Launch Lab.
Raphael Christian-Roy, Co-Founder | Managing Director of Front Row Ventures @ Real Ventures
Raphaël is Co-Founder of Front Row Ventures, Canada’s first student-led venture capital fund. He’s a product geek that is first and foremost passionate about creating outstanding technologies that enhance people's lives, especially consumer-centric ones.
Coming from a jack-of-all-trades-entrepreneurial background combined with a software engineering undergrad, he has always been an entrepreneur. As a teenager, he went from owning a car garage to a window-cleaning business to a tech startup. Motivated and inspired by entrepreneurship, he has been involved in organizing numerous events including Startup Weekends, and countless hackathons and educational events.
Prior to FRV, he spent two years working as a Product Manager and developing Volume7, a digital product agency that partners with forward-thinking startups and companies. He’s now also working on the early-stage team at Real Ventures, Canada's most active seed venture capital fund. The firm invests throughout the life-cycle of early-stage companies and provides stage-appropriate capital and support for the founders it backs.
When he’s not working on building startups or the tech ecosystem, Raph can be found skiing, snowboarding or coding his newest product idea.
Patrycja Wnuk, Associate, Espresso Capital
Patrycja joined Espresso Capital as an Associate in 2018. Prior to joining Espresso, she was a Senior Accountant at KPMG in the Financial Institutions Audit Practice as well as an Analyst in the company’s Corporate Finance group. Patrycja received her Honors Business Administration from the Ivey Business School and holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) designation.
Linda Montgomery, CMO, Coinchange
Linda is a marketing executive, a startup company advisor and a capital markets/investor relations professional in the FinTech sector. She has launched/repositioned and scaled more than 20 Canadian and Silicon Valley companies and taken 5 companies public. She is CMO for digital assets exchange Coinchange, and has held marketing leadership roles for Blockstation, Blockchain Intelligence Group, KPMG, IBM and Telesat. Linda has two degrees in business and marketing and is a Certified Professional in Investor Relations (CPIR). She writes on digital assets/Blockchain topics for local and international publications.
Eric Arnold, CEO of Planswell
Eric is a natural innovator who's passionate about creating value for others through his entrepreneurial ventures. He's worked as a financial advisor at two of Canada’s top firms, developed about a dozen startups, and generated more than $400 million in value through digital marketing. Eric had the inspiration for Planswell in 2012 and has been leading the company's vision ever since. Most recently, Eric has raised over $15 million for Planswell, grew the team to 60, led the company to building over 150,000 financial plans across Canada and is currently expanding Planswell internationally to over 10 countries in 7 languages through partnerships.
Cole Diamond, CEO at Coinsquare
A Toronto native, Coinsquare CEO Cole Diamond aims to build Coinsquare into a 21st century financial institution that disrupts how the financial services industry operates. He is a serial entrepreneur, now launching his third company, with a proven track record of taking companies from nothing to millions of dollars in monthly revenue. In 12 short months, Cole has led Coinsquare to 150 employees, 300k+ users, and $55M+ in funding, opening Coinsquare up for being in the conversation for Canada’s fastest growing company. Cole speaks on panels and keynotes regularly for the FinTech scene in North America. Further, he has built a transparent and entrepreneurial culture within Coinsquare in order to build the best technology company in Canada.
Paul Arlin, Co-Founder at Jiffy
Paul’s the Co-founder and Chief Marketplace Officer at Jiffy, a platform that connects homeowners with trades in real-time, based on proximity and availability. Jiffy’s narrow focus on small, commoditized, pre-priced jobs enable them to deliver an instant experience for both homeowners and trades. Prior to Jiffy, Paul co-founded and led Campus Vacations, which was acquired by S-Trip in 2013. Paul holds a BComm in Finance and Entrepreneurship from McGill University.
Jasmin Ganie-Hobbs, Senior Development Banker-Tech, BDC
Jasmin works extensively with emerging technology, innovation, knowledge based companies, and women entrepreneurs. Jasmin provides both financial and consulting solutions to entrepreneurs. She serves as a Champion for both the technology industry and women entrepreneurs. As such, Jasmin is a frequent industry guest speaker.
Jasmin is well known in the market, and has successfully worked with many of the best and brightest companies. Much of her success lies in her astute ability to determine the credibility of a business's management team, and the potential for commercialization and success. She has consistently earned top ranks at BDC, and is currently providing analysis on “Beyond the Deal” for Dragon’s Den. An example can be found at http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/bdc/smart-sweets
Estelle Chen, Director, Technology & Innovation Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal
Estelle focuses on industry leading offers that meet the unique needs of technology companies, including venture debt and recurring revenue financing as a financial partner and advisor to help businesses grow fast. Know-how in advanced financial modeling, investment analysis, capital raising and senior debt financing, with a deep understanding of the innovation entrepreneurship ecosystems to help existing and future clients.
Prior to joining the banking industry in the technology sector, Estelle spent several years on the corporate side accumulating experience on both a public level as a Financial Analyst, Investments for public-private partnerships in infrastructure, and a private level as a Corporate Financial Analyst in cleantech to help the C-suite raise capital both in China and North America.
Andrew Abouchar, Chief Credit Officer, TIMIA Andrew has 20-plus years of experience in Canada’s venture capital and private equity industry. He is a cofounder and partner in Tech Capital Partners Inc, a Waterloo-based venture capital management company and founder of TCP Property Inc, a private real estate fund. Earlier in his career, Abouchar worked as an accountant at PwC and as an investment manager at Working Ventures. He is also an advisor to the Government of Canada and Province of Ontario, and currently serves on the board of Ontario Centres of Excellence.
Dalal Zayouna, Account Manager, Technology Group, EDC
Dalal is an Account Manager at Export Development Canada (EDC), working with technology companies as they continue to grow and scale globally. EDC is Canada’s export credit agency with the mandate of helping Canadian companies increase their global reach with risk management, financing, and knowledge solutions. Prior to joining EDC, she spent several years working with Not-for-Profit associations helping Canadian companies from various sectors, including technology, expand their footprint internationally.
Howard Katz, Managing Director, Mackie Research Capital
Howard is a 20 year capital markets veteran with a broad range of experience including both financing and advisory mandates to a wide range of sectors in the Canadian markets. Howard also has extensive management experience as a successful CEO having profitably sold his privately-held company in 2016. As a senior investment banker, Howard has led or co-managed billions of dollars in the junior and mid-cap sector in Canada. Howard is focused on the technology sector and special situations, providing advisory and finance solutions to clients, whereby leading management teams can share their successes with investors. Howard is a graduate of Yeshiva University, and earned his MBA from the Schulich School of Business.
James Black, VP, Listings Development for the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”).
Based in Vancouver, BC Mr. Black manages the CSE’s domestic and international programs for attracting exciting new companies to the exchange as well as evangelizing the CSE as “the Exchange for Entrepreneurs”.
Prior to James’ tenure at the CSE, he was a manager at the National Angel Organization where his focus was on helping Angel groups launch, network with one another, and establish best practices for investing. He graduated from Ryerson University in Toronto with Honours majoring in Entrepreneurial studies.
Jess Joss, CEO at Alliance of 3 Angel Groups
With over 20 years of business expertise and almost a decade of investing experience, Jess Joss is CEO of 3 angel investing groups, co-founder of Insiteful Solutions and partner in Spyder Capital Corp.
Jess’s passion for entrepreneurship began shortly after university when she founded a web development firm which continues to thrive today. Jess grew the business, scaling it to an integrated online marketing firm, eventually adding partners. In 2011, with a structure in place, devoting her time to Insiteful Solutions pivoted to investing in the future of start-ups. With extensive business experience, as well as Board and volunteer management expertise, Jess became the Executive Director of YAI in 2014, following many years as an active angel investor with the group.
Leveraging her entrepreneurial, business, and marketing acumen, Jess worked with the YAI team to grow membership by over 450%, as well as increase deal flow, the number of deals completed and amount invested. This renewed energy and motivation earned YAI the honour of being ranked Top 5 in Canada in 2015 and 2016, tied for 1st place in 2017, and solely in first place in 2018.YAI now has the largest membership in Ontario and second largest in Canada. Jess completed her work with York Angle Investors at the end of June 2019. And starting this summer Jess is transitioning into a new role, as CEO of an alliance of three angel groups; Angel One, GTAN and SWO. This new joint venture (yet to be named) will provide streamlined screening, presenting and Due Diligence for founders who are raising equity funding. And for the almost 200 angels it will provide and opportunity to see the best companies, negotiate the best deals, and nimbly invest. Jess is eager to learn about the local innovation ecosystems in Kitchener-Waterloo, Burlington-Hamilton, and London. This will be an exciting and challenging new role, and jess looks forward to working closely with the local partners.
Jess is also active in the ecosystem and believes in supporting early stage innovation through mentoring, speaking on panels and judging pitch competitions. She was also elected to the NACO Board in Oct. 2017, as Marketing Chair, was NACO World Angel Investment Summit (Conference) Chair 2018 and is also currently Board rep on the Team Enhancement (HR) Committee.
Participating Mentors:
James Rockwood, CPA, CA, Founder of CapIntel
James Rockwood is the founder of CapIntel Inc, a fintech company building a digital sales channel connecting asset managers and financial advisors. CapIntel’s products reduce asset manager distribution costs by over 15% while saving advisors valuable time and helping them sell more.
Before founding CapIntel, James worked in Investment Banking and Audit at KPMG in Canada. James is a Chartered Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountant, a fitness junkie, and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner.
Andrew Zimakas, CEO at Sprout
Andrew Zimakas has over 25 years of operating and consulting experience in a range of industry sectors, including Health & Wellness, Loyalty & Analytics, Financial Services, Technology/Media, and Consumer Packaged Goods. Andrew is currently the CEO of Sprout Wellness Solutions, a leading digital wellness engagement platform used by progressive companies to improve the wellbeing of their employees and their business. Before that, he was SVP of Corporate Strategy for LoyaltyOne, a leading loyalty and analytics company, at which he oversaw Corporate Marketing, Thought Leadership and Corporate Development.
As Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Tangerine Bank, a pioneering digital financial institution that is now part of Scotiabank, Andrew was responsible for all aspects of Marketing and Customer Experience, leading the award-winning rebranding from ING DIRECT to Tangerine. Andrew was a principal at LEVEL 5 Strategy Group, a boutique strategy consultancy, and has also held leadership roles at other organizations including Microsoft and P&G. Andrew has been an instructor at BrainStation (digital skills training organization) and has lectured at the University of Toronto (Continuing Studies Faculty) and the Schulich Executive Education Center (SEEC) at York University on digital transformation and brand building. He has been an Advisory Board member of the North American CMO Council and a member of the Forrester North American CMO Group. He is a former co-chair of the Brand and Strategic Planning Council of the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA), sat on the Board of Governors for Junior Achievement of Ontario (JACO), and is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS).
Reuven Gorsht, Proptech Entrepreneur, Investor and Advisor
Reuven Gorsht is an entrepreneur and advisor to startups. He co-founded MoveSnap, a real estate technology company, which he exited in 2018. Prior to co-founding MoveSnap, Reuven spent 15+ years as a senior executive helping fortune 500 companies evolve their customer experience and go-to-market strategies. He holds degrees in business and human resources and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.
Scott Howard, CEO, Full Stack Capital
Scott Howard is an enterprise and startup technology deal maker. Scott partners with world-class engineers to solve complex business and technology challenges generating customer success. As an entrepreneur, Scott has co-founded, partnered with or advised leading blockchain projects such as ePIC Blockchain and BlockX Labs. As CEO of Full Stack Capital, Scott leverages his network, integrity, and insight on the rapidly emerging blockchain market to make crypto less risky and more profitable for builders and investors.
Mark Morissette, Co-Founder & CEO, Foxquilt
Mark Morissette created Foxquilt to empower consumers with greater purchasing power when acquiring and managing their insurance. Foxquilt is a Canadian financial technology company focused on using big data and machine learning to empower social groups and B2B networks to save on Home and Small Business. Foxquilt creates new value opportunities for customers by bringing people and communities together online with a smart and modern approach to insurance. Leveraging innovative technology and creating unique products, they make it easy for customers to buy insurance online from leading carriers and access group purchasing power. Mark’s career includes more than 15 years in various leadership roles spanning Underwriting, Operations and Sales & Distribution for some Canada’s premier Carriers and fintech organizations including, Aviva and Real Matters.
Michael Gord, Founder & CEO, MLG Blockchain
Michael Gord is the executive director of the Blockchain Education Network, a robust global network of blockchain enthusiasts, the founder and CEO of MLG Blockchain, an enterprise blockchain and ICO consulting and development firm, and the Chief Strategy Officer of Lucid Exchange, a next generation blockchain platform to trade future securities. Michael is also the founder and CEO of Bitcoin Canada, sits on the board of directors of the Blockchain Association of Canada, is an advisor and investor into Distributed ID and writes for Bitcoin Magazine in addition to several other prevalent fintech publications.
Michael is an active pioneer in the blockchain industry and has organized global annual events which introduce thousands of people around the world each year to their first bits and to the disruptive potential of blockchain technology. Some of these include the Bitcoin Airdrop, Blockchain Education Month, Blockchain Madness, Blockchain Gauntlet, BitCrawls, etc. Michael is also regularly featured as a speaker at fintech industry events and conferences around the world.
Pascal Leblanc, Founder & CEO, Mantle Technology
Pascal is serial entrepreneur and strategist who can already count two successful exits in the Blockchain space between 2014 to 2017. Active in the space since 2011, Pascal built YAAMP, which handled over $5M in monthly payouts for thousands of users. While obtaining his BSc in Software Architecture, Pascal launched SafeCEX, the first community-influenced crypto-exchange, which supported 74 altcoins, offered unparalleled security and ranked 6th largest crypto-only exchange within 8 months of launch. Since 2016, Pascal has been contributing to Ernst & Young's Blockchain Advisory Practice, acted as ImpakCoin's ICO Architect in the first North American Regulator-approved ICO, and promotes thought leadership through conferences and media articles.
Rene Pardo, CEO and Co-founder, Brainwave Research Corporation
Innovator, financier and founder of multiple high-tech start-ups, Rene Pardo’s personal initiatives have triggered over $100 million of research and development. In 1969 Rene co-invented the world’s first electronic spreadsheet. A pioneer in human computer user interfaces, he co-invented the first online educational multimedia game, developed the first online conference registration system and created the first artistic computer animation with Norman McLaren at the National Film Board.From ’77 -’82, he grew Lanpar Technologies to $22 million, followed by a $13 million IPO. At LightFair in 2006 he released the world’s first area lighting LED technology. In 2020, as CEO & co-founder of Brainwave Research he will release the world’s most advanced technology to properly detect electrical faults to eliminate electrical fires and shocks – and monitor, manage and control power in real time.
Tim Wootton, Founder & CEO, Rover Parking
Tim is the Founder of Rover Parking the newest "Sharing Economy" app in Canada. Rover launched this summer in Toronto and is already shaking up the parking industry. As Rover is a start-up Tim is responsible for many different areas of the business, however as with any marketplace, supply is a priority and thus much of Tim's time is spent testing different methods that increase usage and enhance the customer experience.
Before making the leap into Technology Tim headed up the Sales & Marketing department of Kingsmill Foods Company Ltd. During this time Tim completed an MBA at Queen's University where he received the award for Excellence in Social Networking. More recently Tim was Lecturer for McMaster University in Marketing.
Derek Rider, Co-Founder and CEO, Media One Creative Inc.
Derek is the CEO and co-founder of Media One Creative Inc., a leading digital video agency and creative production house headquartered in Toronto, Canada with operations in Canada, USA and the UK. Select recent clients include (alphabetical): Associated Press, Bell, BMO, Budweiser, CGI, Choice Hotels, Corus Entertainment, GE, Government of Canada, EY, Ford, Home Trust, Intact, KPMG, Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, Marks, Microsoft, Nike, OLG, Salesforce, SAP, Scotiabank, Tim Hortons, Xerox, YMCA.
Award-winning executive with extensive experience working with Fortune 500 brands and mid-sized companies on video campaigns that drive actual ROI.
- Winner - 30 Under 30 Canada (Marketing Magazine) (2016)- Winner - Entrepreneur of the Year (Toronto Region Board of Trade) (2015)- Winner - Business Excellence Award - Under 30 (Toronto Region Board of Trade (2014)
Karsten Arend, President, CEO & Director, BitRush Corp
Karsten Arend is a business builder and consultant with an entrepreneurial streak. He is a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) through the Crypto Currency Certification Consortium and a CIO Certified Blockchain Professional (CCBP) through the CIO Association of Canada and the Institute of Management Consultants (CMC Ontario) . Having worked at both Mercedes-Benz and ANT Nachrichtentechnik (Bosch) now Tesat-Spacecom (Airbus Group) in Germany, he returned to Canada and gathered experience in commercial/industrial/residential real estate development, leasing, investment and sales, consumer product development, patents, trademarks, project/corporate/structured/debt and equity financing, equity markets, public and private companies, business strategy, branding and most recently, applications for blockchain technologies from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and smart contracts on Ethereum, Hyperledger, EOS and more to ICOs, TGEs and STOs.He has applied this knowledge to consulting with and or investing in companies. Some of these firms are in the blockchain, exchange, mining, exploration, software, hardware, managed services, cyber security, energy efficiency, social media and the drinking water and waste water treatment fields. In so doing he has developed a network of relationships worldwide. He uses this knowledge and experience on the Board of The Mackenzie Institute, an independent think tank that brings a strategic and pragmatic approach to security matters. An avid sailor, technology and automobile enthusiast, he is also passionate about piloting race cars in competition.
Jason Leo Carvalho, COO, Finaeo
A Builder of the New Economy since 1999. Recipient of Business in Vancouver’s prestigious Top 40 under 40 Award. Featured in the Wallstreet Journal, Wired, Forbes, & Business Insider. Currently Chief Operating Officer at VC backed Toronto based FINAEO; responsible for elevating FINAEO's brand worldwide & building a best in class team at the forefront of the mass digitization of insurance.In 2014-2015 Jason was Founding team & Chief Operating Officer to the world’s most affordable stand desk STANDDESK.co. 2012-2016 (Youngest) Ministry Appointed Board of Governor at Douglas College, BOD at Forum For Women’s Entrepreneur (“FWE.ca”), BOD of the COQ Foundation. Between 2009-2011, 1st EMPLOYEE to online men's custom clothier INDOCHINO. Directed by INDOCHINO’s Chairman, Jeff Mallet, President of Yahoo!, Jason expanded INDOCHINO to over 60 countries w/ sales quintupling YoY. INDOCHINO has gone on to raise $47M w/ 600 employees globally. In 2007-2009, he was the Co-founder at angel-backed FORTUNO, which was later acquired by an Australian privately-held lending firm in 2009.
Ryan Austin, Founder and CEO, Synapse
Ryan is Founder & CEO at Synapse. In his role, he is responsible for overall strategy, culture development, operation management, strategic initiatives and stakeholder & client. Synapse recently closed a series seed financing round of US $2.55m led by Generation Ventures with additional participation by Ripple Ventures, Differential Ventures, CEAS Investments and Neal Dempsey. Prior to founding Synapse, Ryan co-founded GoFish Cam with his brother which sold to a private equity firm and held various management positions within other corporations.
Roberto Sanabria
Roberto is a serial entrepreneur focused on Technology, Financial Services and Real Estate. Roberto started his career in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector in corporate America performing various roles from Information Technology, Project Management, Business Development, Trade Marketing & Brand Marketing. Roberto is best known for Enhancing ROI via business turn-arounds working with several manufacturers & Retailers in North America and coaching several associates in Marketing Analytics and Retailer Operations.
In parallel Roberto began his journey in Real Estate where Real Estate Flip project introduced him to several Real Estate Investors and his portfolio of projects included not just residential but commercial and construction fund raising close to a million dollars cumulatively. Roberto’s latest business venture is his Education and Consulting in Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies called Cryptoducation.com. Roberto works with several entrepreneurs in the Technology Space and makes meaningful connections and helps fund raise as well. Roberto has provided dozens of courses about Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) and Cryptocurrencies since mid 2017 and has helped medium size companies as consultant in their efforts to better understand Blockchain and ICOs and its implications to Business Strategy.
Joe Lu, CEO, BridgePoint Development
Joe Lu came from modest means. He graduated with a marketing diploma from Seneca college while working at Rogers wireless to pay for his way through school. He excelled in sales and saved up enough money from working there for 5 years to buy his first property at the age of 24 years old. He was developing single family housing for 7 years before getting into commercial real estate 4 years ago. His company has 25 exits with an estimated total appraised value of $40M.
He is now a managing partner at CannaMedica, a full service cannabis consulting firm signing international consulting contracts in South Africa, Kazakhstan and now moving into other countries.
Victor Cucos, Chief Strategy Officer, Global Markets, 3commas.io
An executive with a strong track record of value creation and P/L performance. A perfect blend of strategy and execution - from whiteboard ideation to making trains run on time. Passionate about the transformational power of blockchain/DLT in fintech and other emerging technologies. Skeptic-In-Chief and trusted mentor, bringing scaling solutions and business rigour to a number of brilliant tech startups, Victor has raised over $250M in Government Grants and Private funding. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - MBA and M.Sc. Engineering, fluent in Hyperledger and Solidity.
Zachary Lefevre, CEO at ChargeLab
Zachary Lefevre is the CEO of ChargeLab. ChargeLab builds point-of-sale software for electric vehicle chargers. Before ChargeLab, Zachary helped scale a construction business to $10 million in revenue and over 100 employees. He is also a co-founder & advisor of a stealth new space company. Zachary is an alumnus of NEXT Canada and Singularity University's GSP (a global think tank sponsored by Google & NASA).
Adam Hendin, CEO at Radium Labs
Adam is a true serial entrepreneur with strong technical, business development & strategy knowledge. At age 23, he started Smart One Media, which developed proprietary software for the dissemination of digital advertising content on billboards. The company deployed and operated the first national digital billboard network in Canada.After a successful exit four years later, Adam went on to co-found a similar concept focusing on the European market, leveraging further innovation to enable digital advertising content distribution. Within twenty-four months, and without previous foreign market experience the team built a national presence within Germany.
Returning home to Toronto in 2010, Adam went on to incubate and co-found a number of start-ups. The first, “Inspired Photonics” developed a proprietary algorithm and autocad software tool to enhance the manufacturing output of fibre optic cable. The last, “HendinTech” started in 2014 with a focus on remanufacturing wireless electronics while reducing e-waste. The company developed processes to achieve OEM grade output with costs comparable to developing nations (qualifying for SRED). The company established a customer network of retailers in over 26 countries; an international vendor network; partnerships with BestBuy, Wind Mobile, Rogers as well as an exclusive contract with Telus to provide remanufactured handsets nationwide.
Adam is currently CEO & co-founder of Radium, a high-performance Cloud Computing company powering the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Robert Bent, Ecosystem Buidler, Ethereum
Robert has been committed to building community in the Web 3.0 space, getting his start as the first employee and Chief Operating Officer at Truebit. Robert has also been advising the Ethereum Foundation on its grant program and started a number of open source initiatives including ETHPrize, ETHSecurity, the Community of Communities, MerryMerkle and the CryptoPledge. Prior to the decentralized world, Robert co-founded hardware startups in North America and Israel, delivering extremely complex hardware solutions in both the energy and telecommunications space.
Ted Boyd, CEO at Magnifi and Current International
Ted is an experienced technology entrepreneur and corporate director. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Magnifi, an audio/video cloud-based ERP for knowledge providers. Prior to this Mr. Boyd was CEO of One Advertising Inc., a leading, integrated Canadian technology and communications agency which was acquired in February of 2015.
Previously, Mr. Boyd was CEO of Iceberg Media.com, a pioneering publicly traded Internet Radio broadcaster, which was acquired in 2004. Before joining Iceberg, he held the position of President at e-commerce book retailer, Indigo Online. Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice-President of New Media & New Business for Young & Rubicam Canada where he founded its technology and online advertising practice in 1996. In 1997, Mr. Boyd served as the founding President of the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada, the first chapter of the global digital advertising standards organization to be established outside of the United States.
Mr. Boyd was named a Director of CBC/Radio-Canada on June 1, 2010 for a five- year term. He was reappointed for a second five-year term in June of 2015. Mr. Boyd served as Chair of the Human Resources & Governance Committee from September of 2012 to September of 2018 and currently serves as Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee.
Mr. Boyd was named Chair of the North American Board of the Alliance for Audited Media in October of 2016 and is also a member of the Board of Governors of Trinity College School. He has served on the boards of the Children’s Aid Foundation, the National Advertising Benevolent Society and is currently a director of Blockchain Technology company, BitRush Corp.
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Family Offices/LPs - Early Bird (includes participation in both Conference & Lunch)
50.0
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30
Founders
59.0
CAD
100
Investor/Lender - Early Bird (includes 2 tickets: one for investor/lender and one to invite a founder as a guest to Raising Capital Conference)
199.0
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5
Investor/Lender - (includes 2 tickets: one for investor/lender and one to invite a founder as a guest to Raising Capital Conference)
299.0
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20
Service Provider (by invitation only; excludes lawyers and accountants)
499.0
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20
Service Provider - Lawyers and Accountants (by invitation only)
499.0
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10
Founder Pitch (by invitation only)
2.5e3
CAD
5
BOGO Founder Pitch
4092.0
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1