2017 Fundica Roadshow: Vancouver - Presented by Elevator Ventures
Event Information
Description
Fundica Roadshow is Back in Vancouver!
Join us at our Vancouver stop at SFU Vancouver on April 28.
Don't miss out on all-day live pitches for the $1,000,000 Investment Award & kick-ass fireside chats from VCs and guest speakers.
Join us for great networking opportunities with the movers and shakers of the start-up community and hear what they have to say!
More reasons to attend?
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Learn about important funding trends and opportunities
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Discover available resources to start and grow your business
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Connect with entrepreneurs, funding experts and advisors
*We have a no refund policy
Agenda (Main Room)
8:30 - 9:00 : Registration & Networking
9:00 - 9:10 : Event Kick Off
9:10 - 9:40 : Intuit Fireside Chat: “The Canadian Advantage” - Keith Ippel (Spring), Pieter Dorsman (Vantec), Mehran Salimian (BDC), Paulina Cameron (Futurpreneur) & Melanie Ewan (Elevator Ventures)
9:40 - 10:00 : “Exploiting the Cloud to Build Awesome Products" - Randy Jones (Acire Systems Inc.)
10:00 - 10:20 : "Pitching to a VC" - Fraser Hall (VanFounders)
10:20 - 10:30 : Break
10:30 - 12:00 : Live Pitches: thisopenspace, eTrove, Meatme Holding Inc., Cering Technology Inc., Nano-Lit Technologies BC Ltd., Crash Wave Games, Biointeractive Technologies Inc., AVA Technologies Inc., & Ladies Pitch Night Wildcard Winner
12:00 - 12:45 : Networking Lunch
12:45 - 1:05 : "Legal Tips for Tech Startups" - Sunny Handa (Blakes)
1:05 - 2:30 : Live Pitches: PCS Technologies, Vancosys Data Security Inc., Porter, Morfus Mixed Reality Inc., DNA Romance, Voleo, YodelUP & Wildcard Winner
2:30 - 2:50 : "What You Don't Know About Grants and Tax Credits" - Ryan Pernia (ENTAX)
2:50 - 3:00 : Winner Announcement
Agenda (Room B)
10:00 - 10:20 : "Building Your Business in the Cloud"- Randy Jones (CANARIE)
10:30-12:00 : Wildard Pitch-Off
1:05-1:30: "Legal Q&A" - Sunny Handa (Blakes)
1:30-2:00 : "Tax Credits Q&A" - Ryan Pernia (ENTAX)