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- February 28, 2012
- 9:00 am - 9:30 amGuest Welcome at the Trump Tower
- 9:30 am - 9:50 amIntroduction words from the TVF Chairman and organizers
- 9:50 am - 10:20 amIntroduction to Ryerson investor network and AcceleratorDr. Steven A. Gedeon, Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute
- 10:20 am - 10:50 am Présentation du Quartier de l’innovationPar M.Yves Beauchamp, directeur général de l'École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
- 10:50 am - 11:30 amCross Boarder Investing: Ontario/Quebec DynamicsJohn Ruffolo, OMERS Ventures, John Marshall, Ontario Capital Growth Corporation and Jacques Bernier, Teralys Capital, Ian Carew, Northleaf Capital Partners.
- 11:30 am - 12:00 pmNetworking pause at Trump International Hotel & Tower
- 12:00 pm - 12:15 pmWord of the Chairman and officials
- 12:15 pm - 12:35 pmLunch
- 12:35 pm - 1:15 pmKeynote speeches : success stories from Ontario and QuébecFrank Erschen, Golden Triangle AngelNet and Michel Brûlé, M&M Investment Partners
- 1:15 pm - 1:45 pmStrategies for a better collaboration between Angel investors, Venture Capital managers and AcceleratorsMichelle Scarborough, NACO, Rick Nathan, CVCA and Michael Mahon, BDC
- 1:45 pm - 2:00 pmGuests welcome and networking break
- 2:00 pm - 3:15 pmEarly stage VCs and Angels panel from QC, ON and NE, moderated by Sam ShafnerJohn Elton, iNovia Capital, Rawy Iskander, TandemLaunch Technologies, Henry Kay, Boston Harbour Angels, Bruce Taragin, Blumberg Capital.
- 3:15 pm - 5:00 pmQuebec and Ontario companies’ presentations, hosted by Maple Leaf Angels
- 5:00 pm - 5:15 pmFuture State IT presentation: a model for Quebec – Ontario co-investments
- 5:15 pm - 5:30 pmClosing words and invitation to the next events: Montreal Investment Forum, the Boston Venture Forum and Toronto Venture Forum 2013
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmNetworking Cocktail
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TVF Chairman
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.
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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, ...
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.
Henry KayVice President of New Market Development / Strategic PlanningBoston Harbor Angels
Henry Kay is the U.S. Partner of Medica Venture Partners, a healthcare dedicated VC based in Israel and is an active member of two Angel Investing Groups ( Boston Harbor Angels and Launchpad). He retired from Boston Scientific in 2006, where he was Group Vice President of New Market Development / Strategic Planning, Endosurgery Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC). Prior to joining BSC, Henry was based in the UK for five years as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Allergan Europe, a global eye care company He has 35 years of experience in the medical industry in roles which...
Michel BrûléBoard MemberInvestissement Québec
Mr. Brûlé obtained both his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa. For close to 20 years, he has concurrently pursued careers in both academia and business. In both cases, this has involved the development and management of R&D projects with high commercial potential. Along his academic track, Mr. Brûlé has held positions of full professor, Acting Research Dean and Research Laboratory Director at the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) of the University of Québec. In the business sector Mr. Brûlé has been invol...
John MarshallPresident & CEOOntario Capital Growth Corporation
Mr. Marshall is the President and CEO of the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC), which was established by the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation Act, 2008 and was launched on February 27, 2009. The principal business of the OCGC is to manage the interest of the Government of Ontario in the limited partnership known as the Ontario Venture Capital Fund LP (OVCF) and to manage and operate the Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund (OETF).
John RuffoloChief Executive OfficerOMERS Ventures
In addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of OMERS Ventures, John Ruffolo also serves as Senior Vice President and Head of Knowledge Investing, OMERS Strategic Investments, where he leads the build-out of OMERS Strategic Investments’ world-class Knowledge Investing management team. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, John was a Partner at Deloitte, as well as the Global Thought Leader, the Global Tax Leader and the Canadian Industry Leader for Deloitte’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice. He was also a member of the firm’s Tax and TMT Global Leadership teams and ...
Dr. Steve Gedeon (PhD, MBA, PEng)DirectorRyerson Entrepreneur Institute
Steven A. Gedeon, PhD (MIT), MBA, PEng is a professor in Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management. He has founded or led over a dozen private, public, venture capital and non-profit organizations; published over 100 articles, reports and patents; and delivered over 40 public speaking engagements and on-line videos on personal leadership, motivation, entrepreneurship and teaching. Dr. Gedeon has won over 20 awards including the inaugural Ryerson Experiential Teaching Award, the Ryerson President’s Award of Teaching Excellence and the USASBE National Award for En...
Frank ErschenGolden Triangle AngelNet
Frank Erschen is an active angel investor in Southern Ontario. He is a charter member of Golden Triangle AngelNet and serves on its Selection Committee for choosing companies that present to GTAN. He has coached many companies on how to pitch to investors in 12 minutes. He was named GTAN's first Angel of the Year in 2011. After graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University he looked forward to entering the start-up world and finally did after 25 years of corporate life at IBM and BMO Financial Group. In the last several years his activities ranged from leading a start-up through a $35 mil...
John EltonPartneriNovia Capital
John Elton is a Partner at iNovia Capital. He focuses on digital media and software investments primarily in the US and Canada. John currently serves or is an observer on the board of directors of Chango, Collective, Resonate Networks, Tagman and Vizu. John is also active in iNovia’s investment in Beyond the Rack. John also led the firm’s investments in Babble and OggiFinogi that were both acquired in 2011. John brings his past experience as an operator, advisor, and investor to his approach of helping entrepreneurs build successful companies. While at Turnstone Capital, John advised dMarc ...
Rawy IskanderVP of Business Development TandemLaunch Technologies
Rawy joined TandemLaunch Technologies as VP of Business Development in 2011. Prior to joining TandemLaunch, Rawy held senior positions at Ericsson where he last served as Senior Vice President for Ericsson’s Network Business Unit in North Africa. Rawy has successfully negotiated and closed many complex deals and lead an organization of ~100 sales professionals in 10 different countries resulting in revenue turnover of more than 600 MUSD per year. Rawy holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in E.E. from Ain Shams University (Egypt), and an MBA from ESLSCA (...
Ian CarewDirectorNorthleaf Capital Partners
Mr. Carew participates in all aspects of Northleaf’s investment activities, including the origination, evaluation and monitoring of primary and secondary Fund Investments and Direct Co-Investments. He is primarily responsible for the investment sourcing and manager research relating to Northleaf’s Asia and Emerging Markets investments and is actively involved in Northleaf's venture capital and growth investments in the United States and Canada. Mr. Carew serves on the advisory boards of several partnerships within Northleaf's portfolio. Prior to joining Northleaf's predecessor, TD Capital P...
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, ...
Richard (Rick) NathanManaging DirectorCVCA
Mr. Nathan is a Kensington Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee and Advisory Board. He is the Chair of CVCA – Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and Co-Chair of the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX). Mr. Nathan serves as a Board member (or observer) of Public Mobile Holdings Inc., D-Wave Systems Inc. and Blue Ant Meida Inc., and is on the Advisory Board of the Novacap and Vanedge funds. Mr. Nathan was previously a founding partner of Brightspark Ventures, a Toronto venture capital fund focused on incubating early stage technology companies, and the M...
Caroline SomersChairCapital Angel Network
Caroline Somers has over 25 years of experience in the high tech industry. Ms. Somers is currently Chair of the Capital Angel Network bringing in her wealth of business and operational experience including co-founding a successful startup and angel investing in more than 2 dozen companies. She is also a managing partner in one of Ottawa’s early angel funds the “Band of Scoundrels”. Ms. Somers is Co-CEO of Cassidy Bay Group which assists companies to be more effective by building powerful teams and by coaching executives to be successful managers and leaders. Ms Somers has served on a n...
Michael MahonDirector, Strategic Initiatives & InvestmentsBDC
Michael Mahon is Director, Venture Capital Strategic Initiatives and Investments. He joined BDC in 2002 and has held a variety of operational and corporate roles, joining the Venture Capital team in 2011. Mr. Mahon began his professional career as a communications officer in the Canadian Forces. After joining BDC in the Financing and Consulting group, he was appointed Director Corporate Planning and Strategic Initiatives, and subsequently Director, Corporate Development. In this latter role, he worked with BDC’s leadership team in diverse areas, including private equity, risk capital and ventu...
Brad GrahamAssistant Deputy MinisterMinistry of Economic Development and Innovation, Ontario
Brad Graham is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation & Commercialization at the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation. Brad is an economist and for the past 24 years has held a number of senior positions with the Ontario Public Service, including at the Ministries of Infrastructure Renewal, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Health, and Finance. Prior to his current appointment, Brad Graham was the ADM of the Ontario Growth Secretariat where he led the development of ground breaking Growth Plans for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and forNorthern Ontario. Their work received n...
Bruce TaraginManaging PartnerBlumberg Capital
Bruce has 20 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney. Prior to joining Blumberg Capital in 1998, Bruce co-founded and held several senior management positions within technology companies including Charles River Computers. Bruce also structured and managed early-stage technology transactions at Hambrecht & Quist, Mayer Brown & Platt and Bankers Trust Company. A native of New York, Bruce earned his BA in Finance and Communications, cum laude, from Yeshiva University, and his MBA and JD from Fordham University. B...
Michelle ScarboroughCo-ChairNational Angel Capital Organization
Michelle joins OCRI Life Sciences as director, investment and commercialization. With a track record of business achievement spanning more than 14 years, Michelle’s career has crossed industries and continents. She has held a cross section of senior management roles in public and private sector organizations, including CEO, Scarborough & Associates. An active member of the Angel investment community, she has participated as a principal seed investor in several capital pool companies and publicly traded businesses. Michelle sits on the board of several national and international not for ...
- February 28, 2012
