Andy Sparks is the COO and co-founder of Mattermark, a successful startup that is building software to help deal makers (investors, sales teams, M&A professionals) source, research, and track the fastest growing private companies. Previously, he was a Technology Editor at Referly, co-Founder and CRO at LaunchGram (acquired by Referly), and Director of Product Development at Duet Health.

Mattermark leverages machine learning, web crawlers, primary sources, and natural language processing to extract data from millions of news articles and websites daily.

Used by hundreds of venture capital & private equity firms, hedge funds, investment banks, Mattermark filters through the noise to identify opportunities to invest in, partner with, and sell to some of the most promising companies in the world.

Format & Topics

William Mougayar, founder of Startup Management will interview Andy on stage, and there will be an extensive Q&A period with the audience. Andy will talk about:

- Mattermark’s sales strategy and culture

- Best practices in growing their SaaS related metrics

- What does a startup COO actually do, and how the role evolves with growth

- How to use Mattermark for leads generation (for any B2B company) or deal sourcing

- Big Data – how Mattermark uses natural language processing on massive data sets

This will be a high-caliber networking event, not to be missed by if you are involved in a tech startup or tech ecosystem, especially if you are in the SaaS segment, or a professional in the capital, venture or investment related markets.

Location

OneEleven, 111 Richmond Street West, 5th Floor, Toronto. OneEleven is Toronto’s newest community space of growth oriented tech startups.