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Program
- March 28, 2012
- 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmInvitation-only Investors' Dinner
- March 29, 2012
- 9:00 am - 10:00 amTaleo and Telesystem - Quebec Economy Boosters
- 10:00 am - 10:15 amNetworking Coffee Break
- 10:15 am - 11:30 amExperts Panel: Trends in International Venture Capital by Teralys, Black Coral, Rho, Inerjys and Lumira.
- 11:30 am - 1:30 pmBusiness Luncheon - Keynote Speaker
- 1:30 pm - 3:00 pmCompanies Presentations
- 3:00 pm - 3:15 pmNetworking Coffee Break
- 3:15 pm - 4:30 pmExperts Panel: International Angel Investing
- 4:30 pm - 5:00 pmÉTS and the New Innovation District
- 5:30 pm - 8:00 pmNetworking Cocktail - Presented by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
- March 30, 2012
- 9:00 am - 10:30 amExperts Panel: International Strategic Investment
- 10:30 am - 10:45 amNetworking Coffee Break
- 10:45 am - 12:15 pmCompanies Presentations
- 12:15 pm - 2:15 pmBusiness Luncheon - Strategic Innovation Drivers by Gemin X and Sanderling
- 2:15 pm - 2:30 pmOfficial Announcements
- 2:30 pm - 4:00 pmClosing Networking Break
- March 28, 2012
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Montreal International Venture Forum 2012
The Montreal International Venture Forum (MIVF), in the tracks of the Boston Angel Gathering 2011 and the Toronto Venture Forum 2012, is an «invitation-only» event that addresses the entire community of the venture capital industry, including every step of the investment process in innovation, from fund of funds to venture capital funds and private investors.
Actively supported by Capital Innovation’s regional and international investors’ committees the MIVF gathers the industry leaders from Eastern Canada, New England and Europe to foster and increase the number of investments in the future of technology. Nowadays, it is crucial to build strong global bridges from both investors’ or entrepreneurs’ point of view. Competition is going global the MIVF will help you to be ahead.
On March 29th and 30th, 2012 the MIVF will introduce you to prestigious speakers, high profile investors and entrepreneurs with access to private meetings.
Investment leaders will share their professional experience with you on investment strategies, international issues and how to benefit from them. They will also present the best practices to succeed and the current trends in the market. You’ll be free to ask them your own questions during our numerous networking breaks or in our private rooms.
As usual, the conference will be held in an easy-going but professional atmosphere.
Chairman
Jacques BernierManaging PartnerTeralys Capital
Jacques Bernier is a highly respected venture capitalist, entrepreneur and investor who’s helped shape the Canadian technological innovation scene. Through a 30 year career of contributions to the high-tech community, he has been actively involved in more than a dozen emerging high-tech companies as Founder/CEO or angel investor as well as Senior Vice-President of the Solidarity Fund QFL. Jacques’ widely valued wisdom and experiences continue to define, develop and implement a new approach to venture capital in Québec and abroad.
Speakers
Samuel M. ShafnerPartnerBurns & Levinson LLP
Samuel M. Shafner has concentrated his practice exclusively in the area of transactional corporate and securities law for more than twenty years. Mr. Shafner has particular expertise in assisting emerging technology companies, both domestic and international, in their capital formation as well as in basic business contract needs. Most of Mr. Shafner's clients are high-technology businesses and venture capital firms specializing in high technology investments. Consequently, Mr. Shafner frequently negotiates software licenses,
Joško BobanovicPartner, Green Chemistry and BioenergySofinnova Partners
Joško Bobanovic joined Sofinnova in 2010 as Partner dedicated to seed activities in green chemistry and bio-energy. Prior to joining Sofinnova he spent eight years in venture capital with iNovia Capital and its predecessor fund MSBi Capital in Montreal, Canada. While at iNovia Joško was responsible for cleantech investments at the fund, and focused on seed and early stage investments in cleantech and information technology. He was a director of Metafoam Technologies, Ryma Technology Solutions, Nanoledge and StatusNet; and board observer at CoolIT, Plastic Knowledg
Matey NedkovFounding DirectorMaple Leaf Angels, NACO, ICE
Matey Nedkov is the Ontario Chairman of Capital Innovation. He holds positions on the board as a member of Maple Leaf Angels; the National Angel Organization in Canada; and a committee member of the Angel Capital Association in the USA. He is the founder and president of ICE – International Corporate Expansion (a division of Nedcorp Holdings Inc.); dedicated to expanding Canadian and American Companies to Europe and vice versa.
Christopher J. WalkerPrincipalHarbourVest Partners, LLC
Chris Walker joined the Firm in 1998 as an associate in the secondary partnership group. In 1999, he joined the primary partnership group and has focused most of his efforts on U.S. venture capital and buyout investments. He became a vice president during 2003 and a principal in 2007. Chris also has extensive experience working on the healthcare sector, as well as primary partnerships in Canada. Prior to graduate school, Chris served as a pilot in the United States Navy for 11 years, flying the P-3 Orion aircraft, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He received a BS in Financ
Jeffrey B. MooreVice PresidentMP Healthcare Venture Management
Jeff Moore is Vice President of MP Healthcare Venture Management (MPH). Previously, Dr. Moore was a Kauffman Fellow with the early stage venture capital firm Research Corporation Technologies. He has held various business and scientific roles at Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Scriptgen/Anadys. He received his DPhil from Oxford and postdoctoral training at Harvard. Dr. Moore received his MBA as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. MPH is a Boston-based lifesciences venture capital firm investing in seed to late stage companies developing innovative therapeutics, platform technologies, diagnostics and vaccine
Jeff GrammerPartnerRho Canada
Jeff Grammer is a partner of Rho Canada. With nearly 28 years of operational and venture experience, Jeff seeks entrepreneurs who see market opportunities and possess the business acumen to nurture young companies to become industry leaders. He joined Rho Canada in 2006 and focuses primarily on investments in new media, information technology (hardware and software) and communication companies – mostly at the seed and early stages of development. Prior to Rho Canada, Jeff worked operationally at Intel, Chips and Technologies, N*Able Technologies and Ember Corporation. His venture capital ex
Peter McWilliamsManaging DirectorSanderling Ventures
Peter McWilliams is a Managing Director with Sanderling Ventures and has more than 15 years experience in biomedical research and management. He works actively with Sanderling portfolio companies in the role of Chairman, Director, CEO and member of the management team. Portfolio companies include Actimis Pharmaceuticals (sold to Boehringer Ingelheim), Artielle Immunotherapeutics, Harkness Pharmaceuticals, Calcimedica and Cylene Pharmaceuticals.Prior to joining Sanderling, Dr. McWilliams worked at Genentech where, as a Product Manager in Oncology Commercial Development, he managed a pipeli
D. Michael Dixon, CAFormer- CFOGemin X
Michael Dixon was Chief Financial Officer of Gemin X Pharmaceuticals for more than 10 years until its recent sale to Cephalon / Teva following positive Phase 2b data of its lead product (obatoclax) in small cell lung cancer. He has over 14 years experience working in a senior finance role for venture backed life science companies and has raised in excess of $160 million of equity, venture debt and other forms of non-dilutive capital.Prior to joining Gemin X, Mr. Dixon was Vice President Finance at Morphometric Technologies; a medical device company specialized in the automation of cervica
Christian ZabbalManaging DirectorBlack Coral Capital
Christian Zabbal has been the Business Development Manager of Black Coral Capital in Canada since early 2009. In preceding years, he was a partner at ghSmart, a management consulting firm specialized in talent assessment and development for the private equity industry. At ghSmart, Christian grew and managed several offices for the firm. Prior to his employment at ghSmart, Christian was a Junior Partner at McKinsey & company, widely recognized as one of the world`s leading managem
Chris ArsenaultManaging PartneriNovia Capital
Chris Arsenault is Managing Partner at iNovia Capital and has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for the last two decades. Chris currently serves as a director or observer on the boards of Fixmo, Gamerizon, Localmind, Reflex Photonics, Ryma, Well.ca and Woozworld. Chris is an active board member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA), is Co-Chair of the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) and is active Charter Member of Silicon Valley based C100 (the Top Canadians in the Valley organization). Before joining the firm in 2002, Chris founded, co-founded or funded a number
Yves BeauchampChief Executive OfficerÉTS
Yves Beauchamp holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene and Safety from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) as well as a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Industrial Engineering, with a specialization in Applied Ergonomics, from the University of West Virginia. Starting out as a professor at the Industrial Engineering department of the UQTR from 1987 to 1992, he next joined the Mechanical Engineering department of the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), where he worked as a professor from 1992 to 1997,
Senia RapisardaVice President, Strategic Initiatives and InvestmentsBDC
Senia Rapisarda is Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Investments. She joined BDC in 2010. In this role, Ms. Rapisarda is leading BDC’s efforts to develop a healthy VC ecosystem in Canada through several key strategic initiatives and investments. Ms. Rapisarda has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors, including roles as senior advisor at NUR Energie, a London-based investment fund specialized in renewable energy; and Managing Director of the Technology Private Equity Team at Nomura International, managing over $300 million of investments in 42
Louis TetuChairman and CEOCoveo
Louis Tetu is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coveo. Prior to Coveo, Mr. Tetu co-founded Taleo Corporation [NASDAQ: TLEO], the leading international provider of on-demand Internet software for talent and human capital management, where he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors from the company's inception in 1999 through 2007. In 2004, Taleo was recognized the 11th fastest growing technology company in the United States within the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and in 2005 it was the only software company among the Inc. 500 winners to have an
Robert TalbotManaging Partner and Vice President Investor RelationsTelesystem
Since 1977, Robert Talbot has played a leadership role as portfolio manager and venture capitalist in dozens of early-stage investments in the information and communication technology sector. Prior to joining Telesystem in 1995, Robert Talbot held senior positions at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Canada’s largest pension fund manager, where he was one of the founding members of the private equity investment group. At Telesystem, he was active in brokering the financing for Taleo, from seed stage to IPO (NASDAQ: TLEO). In addition to sitting on the boards of some of Telesystem’s p
Kerry RuppManaging PartnerDreamIt Ventures
Kerry is the Managing Partner of DreamIt Ventures. She is the Founder of Holiday Golightly, an online travel service specializing in girlfriend getaway trips. She also provides marketing and strategy consulting to senior executives at companies such as AllRecipes.com, ReadersDigest, LexisNexis, Payscale, and Taleo. She has 17 years of executive strategy and operations experience, much of it at startup companies including Jobster, MarketSpan and CourtLink (before their acquisition by LexisNexis) and at Automated Catalogue Services (before its acquis
Stephan OuaknineChairman and CEO, Managing PartnerInerjys
As founder of Inerjys, Stephan is both Managing Partner of Inerjys Ventures and President and CEO of Inerjys Renewables. He is responsible for fund raising, sourcing growth investments and managing the day to day activities of Inerjys infrastructure projects globally. Stephan comes from the telecom sector, where over a 15-year career spanning three high-tech ventures, he has delivered over $1 billion in total shareholder value with three successful exits. Stephan’s success stories include Blueslice Networks, a leading provider of evolved Subscriber Data Management (eSDM) solutions
Sam HamadMinister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export TradeGouvernement du Québec
Biography Born in Damascus (Syria) on June 17, 1958 Education Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, Université Laval (1984) Master's degree in civil engineering, Université Laval (1986) Master's degree in management, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1989) Professional experience Lecturer in management, Université Laval, Université du Québec à Rimouski (campus Lévis), INRS-Eau (1989-2001) Member of the board of directors for three terms of office, Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (1992-1995,
Daniel HétuManaging DirectorLumira Capital
With 20 years of investment banking, corporate and business development, and licensing experience, Daniel has been involved with life science companies at all stages of development in North America and overseas. Before joining Lumira Capital in 2005, Daniel located in Montréal, spent 10 years at Shire Pharmaceuticals and at Biochem Pharma prior to its acquisition by Shire as vice president, business development North America (Shire), and vice president, corporate development (Biochem Pharma). During that period, he was involved with the in-licensing of a
Ed ZabarManaging Director Oberon Securities
Mr. Zabar has over 18 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital and business consulting. Previously, Mr. Zabar was a Managing Director at National Capital Companies where his focus was on M&A and funding of early and expansion stage Technology, Media, Telecom and Defense opportunities. Prior to his work at National Capital, Mr. Zabar worked as a Vice President at two Venture Capital firms where he executed multiple transactions with companies in various stages of development. Prior to these roles, Mr. Zabar was an Executive Vice President at ViewTrade Securities where he w
George SimmonsPartnerLaunchpad Venture Group / Cherrystone Angels
George’s broad background in sales, finance, operations, organization, and Mergers and Acquisitions planning has allowed him to assist entrepreneurs and senior executives solve the most difficult business problems in a wide variety of industries. With deep core experience in finance, analytics and in sales operations, George provides strategic planning processes for both our tech and non-tech customers. Prior to joining Derby Management¸ George’s experience included positions as CFO of Zoom Telephonics when they grew profitably from $12M to $65M in three years. George also served as the
Bernard BlouinPartnerMiller Thomson
Bernard Blouin specializes in Business Law and is a Partner in the Montreal office of Miller Thomson Pouliot. With more than fifteen years of experience in corporate finance, venture capital and commercial law, Bernard Blouin’s practice focuses on public sector debt financing, securities, venture capital financing and mergers and acquisitions. He counsels public sector issuers, financial institutions and venture capital firms as well as private and publicly traded mid-sized companies.
Phil CooperAngel InvestorBoston Harbor Angels
J. Phillip Cooper (“Phil”), a member of Boston Harbor Angels, is a seasoned entrepreneurial leader with strengths in marketing and business development, deal structuring / negotiation, acquisition / strategic partnering, and financial engineering. In June, 2006, he retired from CRA International, where he was Vice Chairman & Executive Vice President. CRA (NASDAQ: CRAI) is a leading provider of economic and financial expertise and management consulting services. At CRA, while leading the corporate development function, Dr. Cooper was responsible for the successful identification, negotia
