2017 Canadian Crowdfinance Summit: Full Schedule

Accelerate access to capital markets and emerging fintech opportunities! February 28 - March 1, 2017 - Toronto
FINTECH > CROWDFINANCE > INTERNET FINANCE > FUNDING

Full conference agenda and registration at www.crowdfundingsummit.ca

13:15 EST

Live Pitching 1: Session Lead - Startup Canada

Pre-revenue companies selected to pitch:

Seedlify
Tripian
uvolt

See all 12 companies pitching live at CCS2017!

Moderators

Startup Canada Pitching Host: Matthew Seniuk

VP Corporate Services and Development, Startup Canada

Matthew Seniuk is a relationship builder, creative thinker and passionate about innovative ideas. Utilizing his skills in marketing and business development, he works with start-up and growth-stage organizations to build and scale their businesses. Matthew has a diverse background... Read More →

Live Pitching

Judge: Allan Goodman

Partner, Goodmans

Allan Goodman is a partner at Goodmans. He specializes in securities and corporate law. His practice focuses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters. Allan is also Co-Chair of Goodmans’ Technology Group and is... Read More →

Judge: Sarah Marion

Analyst, iNovia Capital

Sarah is an Analyst at iNovia Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that has $450M under management across four seed and early-stage funds. iNovia partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build the next generation of category-defining digital platforms and services, and is... Read More →

Seedlify

Sam Kawtharani

Seedlify is Canada’s first Capital as a Service provider of Revenue Based Financing for early-stage growth businesses.

Tripian

Cenan Yunusoglu

Tripian offers exclusive off-the-beaten-path programs to travelers, curated by local chefs, artists, musicians, architects, food and wine experts.

uvolt

Antony Diaz

At Uvolt, our mission is to make clean energy accessible to anyone, anywhere through consumer products. Our first product is the Uvolt Watch, which harvests Solar Power and Wireless Energy to charge your mobile device.

Bryan Watson

Partner, Flow Ventures

Bryan Watson is a Partner at Flow Ventures, a boutique firm that has provided SR&ED and Advisory services to hundreds of companies across Canada for over a decade and has also invested in several companies. He has been called an institution within the Canadian growth-company and... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2017 13:15 - 14:00 EST
MaRS: CR3 (Upstairs) 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7

Pitching (CR3)

14:00 EST

Live Pitching 2: Session Lead - MaRS IAF

POST REVENUE companies selected to pitch live:

Curexe
Knote
Zoom.AI

See all 12 companies selected to pitch live at CCS2017!

Moderators

MaRS Pitching Host: Craig Leonard

Investment Director, MaRS IAF

Craig has 20 years of combined experience operating and investing in technology companies. Prior to IAF, Craig founded and held senior executive roles within a number of digital media and healthcare companies. Prior to that, Craig spent 10 years in progressively senior roles... Read More →

Live Pitching

Curexe

Johnathan Holland

Curexe’s mission is to help businesses send money around the world. We help you exchange currency and/or send money in different currencies to your suppliers, employees or partners in other countries.

Knote

Ron Glozman

Knote uses the power of Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence to help you work smart with documents.

Judge: Andrew Maxwell

Associate Professor, Entrepreneurial Engineering, Director Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology, Lassonde School of Engineering and Chief Innovation Officer, Canadian Innovation Centre, York University and Canadian Innovation Center

Andrew Maxwell received his Ph.D. in the Management of Technology at the University of Waterloo in 2011, winning the Academy of Management’s Heizer Award for his work on Business Angel Investing. Prior to this he completed an MBA at London Business School, and a B.Sc. (Eng.) in... Read More →

Judge: Carrie Russell

Investor and Fintech Advisor, and Member of the Fintech Growth Syndicate, Fintech Growth Syndicate

Chief Strategist of the Fintech Growth Syndicate, Carrie is a product and business design expert and renowned brand builder of consumer and B2B Financial Services and Fintech companies. Whether as a coach and advisor to incubators and start-ups, or as a former senior executive and... Read More →

Pitch Judge: Russell Samuels

Partner, Whitecap Venture Partners

Russell Samuels is a Partner at Whitecap Venture Partners. Whitecap is currently investing out of Fund IV which is a $110M early stage venture capital fund targeting companies across B2B Software, Med Tech and Food Tech.Prior to joining Whitecap, Russell was a Senior Manager on the... Read More →

Zoom.ai

Roy Pereira

Zoom.ai is an enterprise SaaS company that uses machine learning and natural language processing to solve productivity issues for all employees inside the company.

Wednesday March 1, 2017 14:00 - 14:45 EST
MaRS: CR3 (Upstairs) 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7

Pitching (CR3)

15:00 EST

Live Pitching 3: Session Lead - NACO

POST-REVENUE: Selected companies to pitch live in this session:

Dash MD
Better Current
CertClean

See all 12 companies selected to pitch live at CCS2017!

Moderators

NACO Pitching Host: Sean Stephens

CEO, PerfectlySoft

A former programmer, Sean Stephens founded PerfectlySoft Inc. in late 2015 and subsequently introduced Perfect, the world’s first open source server-side Swift development toolkit for use with Apple’s Swift programming language. Over the course of his career as a developer... Read More →

Live Pitching

Certclean

Jenise Lee

Certclean helps shoppers easily discover beauty and personal care products formulated without ingredients that have been recognized to cause harm to human health.

Better Current

Colin Campbell

Better Current creates smart solar products to store electricity so everyone can benefit from clean energy – check out JENNi coming this Spring!

Judge: Angelo Del Duca

York Angels

Angelo Del Duca has extensive experience in the electronics industry and holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto in Electrical Engineering. His extensive industrial experience includes research and development of electronic systems and devices, Management and... Read More →

Dash MD

Zack Fisch

Dash MD provides hospital patients with the tools they need to manage their recovery journey. Manage your care and find the care you need with the free Dash MD app.

Judge: Peter Misek

IT Venture Fund, BDC

Peter Misek is a partner in the IT Venture Fund, based in Toronto. He comes with over 14 years of venture capital experience as an Advisor/ Venture Partner for DN Capital including direct involvement in 2 unicorns. He has almost 20 years of investment banking experience as Managing... Read More →

Judge: Sunil Sharma

Managing Partner, Extreme Venture Partners

Sunil Sharma was co-founder of Extreme Startups, one of Canada’s leading technology accelerators. Backed by 5 of Canada’s best venture capital funds, Sunil has co-lead investments into more than 18 companies. Sunil is very active in the technology ecosystem across Canada. He is... Read More →

Wednesday March 1, 2017 15:00 - 15:45 EST
MaRS: CR3 (Upstairs) 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7

Pitching (CR3)

15:45 EST

Live Pitching 4: Session Lead - TIE Toronto

PRE-REVENUE companies selected to pitch in this session:

Sharewiz
Emerge
Tricolops

See all 12 companies selected to pitch live at CCS2017!

Moderators

TIE Toronto Pitching Host: Jeff Dennis

Counsel & EIR, Chair of Tie Quest 2017, Faskens and Tie Toronto

Jeff Dennis is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur. He is a “trusted advisor” who works with high growth companies providing strategic advice and financing in their quest to get to the next level. He has been involved in start-ups, acquisitions and financings for a variety of... Read More →

Live Pitching

EMERGE

Alexandru Horghidan

EMERGE is a solution that brings patients immediate access to care by allowing them to pre-share their information to health institutions.

Judge: Mark Evans

Tech journalist, ME Consulting

Mark Evans helps startups and entrepreneurs accelerate growth with marketing powered by storytelling. His work is focused on the development of messaging and brand positioning, strategic marketing plans and content development. Mark writes Canada's leading startup newsletter and he's... Read More →

Judge: Susy Renzi

General Manager, Brightlane LLC

A member of the founding team at Brightlane, Susy has nurtured the concept and vision of the late Raymond Chang into a vibrant startup community. Always ready with advice and mentorship, residents of the Brightlane community frequently turn to Susy for practical support and advic... Read More →

shareWiz

Oz Demirel

shareWiz transforms your company’s IoT and bigdata into rich visuals for you to collect and organize so you can focus on what matters to you. Stay in the know, spot trends as they happen, and push your business further.

Judge: Greg Stewart

President, GreenSky Capital Inc.

Greg Stewart is President of GreenSky Capital, a Toronto-based boutique merchant bank and venture capital firm focusing on technology start-ups. He worked as an Equity Analyst on the Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund, one of the world’s largest Small Cap Value Funds, before joining... Read More →

Tricolops Technologies

Meng Xi Zhu

Tricolops has created a dimensioning device that can instantly measure the length, width, and height of any parcel, essentially replacing the tape measure.

Wednesday March 1, 2017 15:45 - 16:30 EST
MaRS: CR3 (Upstairs) 101 College St, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7

Pitching (CR3)