The Yes Factor: Secrets to Building a Fundable Startup - Regina Edition

Intended Audience - Early-stage Canadian Founders - Pre-Seed, Seed, Post-Seed, and Pre-Series-A

There are seven evergreen rules of building fundamentally fundable startups that all early-stage founders need to know. These rules allow ventures to raise at higher valuations, raise faster and raise from the top investors. In good capital markets, they were 'nice to have' but in a market climate like today, these rules are a 'must have' for ventures to successfully raise early-stage capital and discover how at the TiE Incubator, high impact and high potential Canadian innovations are being bridged to US and global markets by leveraging extended global networks of mentors, industry sector experts, and investors.

Takeaway 1 - What makes innovation-based startups fundable and how to get them there

Takeaway 2 - How can founders (from small towns and big towns) leverage networks to increase fundability and findability of their startups

Takeaway 3 - How can founders perfect the chemistry of fundraising & valuation

About the Speaker

Maninder Dhaliwal is the Managing Partner of Startup Studio – Accelerator & Venture Fund. She is the founding chair of TiE’s Incubation Lab, and serves on the global steering committee for TiE Global Angels – the largest angel investor network in the world. She received her Masters in Electrical Engineering from UBC, and Executive Education from Harvard Business School. She holds Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation from the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC; & Corporate Director Designation (ICD.D) from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Maninder has been recognized by several awards for her contributions to Canada's innovation economy and culture, including: Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40, BC Business magazine’s Woman of the Year, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award by Canadian Immigrant magazine, Diversity 50 - Canada’s most diverse and eligible board candidates - by Canadian Board Diversity Council, WXN Top 100 - Most Powerful Women in Canada, and Canada's Top 40 influencer in Finance and Innovation by Thomson Reuters.

Praise for the Yes Factor

“Such a fantastic and engaging presentation, thank you so much for sharing your insights”

“I am still in awe and continue to reread my notes”

“Such an insightful presentation, cutting out all the fat and focusing on what it is like from the side of the investor”

“… blown away at the wealth of information shared with us”

“Amazing presentation … Valuable and engaging material for entrepreneurs that are looking to grow their businesses and scale. Highly recommended!”

About TiE Global

A community non-profit, TiE Canada Angels is part of TiE Global Angels (TGA). TGA is an umbrella organization representing the TiE chapters worldwide and their affiliated angel groups. Founding chapters include Silicon Valley, SoCal, Boston, Vancouver, and Atlanta. Members include 1000+ angels in the US and Canada, and 15000+ around the globe, making us the largest early-stage investing organization in the world. Our goal is to bridge Canadian entrepreneurs to global investors, and to provide Canadian investors access to global startups by leveraging the world's most extensive investor network.

TiE's global impact includes over $70 billion USD follow-up capital investment, $1 trillion USD wealth created for founders and investors, over 2.5 million jobs generated, and over 25,000 startups supported worldwide. TiE has 62 chapters in 14 countries with the largest chapters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore, London and Dubai.