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    Conférences du TVF 2012

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    Capital Innovation, le plus grand rassemblement des anges, les gestionnaires de capital-risque et entrepreneurs innovants au Québec, est fière de faire équipe avec le Réseau des Organisations Angel – Ontario (NAO-O) pour accueillir la première Québec-Ontario Angel Forum, le Forum de croissance TSX (TVF) à la Tour Trump International Hôtel &, à Toronto, le 28 Février 2012.

    Cet événement est l’occasion idéale de rencontrer vos pairs dans la communauté financière canadienne afin de favoriser les relations et les co-investissements entre les deux provinces.

    Pour cette occasion, NAO-Ontario, avec le soutien de l’Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l’Ontario (FedDev Ontario) fait équipe avec Capital Innovation, le plus grand rassemblement des anges, les gestionnaires de capital-risque et les entrepreneurs innovants au Québec, avec le soutien de la Québec Ministère du Développement économique, pour accueillir cet événement à l’Hôtel Trump International & Tower, Toronto le 28 Février 2012.

    Réseau de la capitale Innovation rassemble et renforce les relations d’affaires avec plus de 100 anges et les investisseurs de capital-risque de l’Ontario, du Québec et la Nouvelle-Angleterre. NAO-Ontario, un membre du Réseau ontarien d’excellence, crée et se développe à but non lucratif de groupes d’investisseurs providentiels pour toutes les régions de l’Ontario. Le 28 Février, ces communautés se réuniront à Toronto pour le réseau et d’apprendre de groupes d’investisseurs providentiels de premier plan et à un stade précoce VCs dans le nord-est de l’Amérique.

    Au nom de nos partenaires et de conseillers tels que l’OCNA, Teralys Capital, Maple Feuille Anges, l’expansion internationale des entreprises (ICE), Burns & Levinson, l’ÉTS et le gouvernement du Québec, nous sommes heureux de vous accueillir à la collecte de nos invitation seulement des investisseurs , de 9h30 le 28 Février 2012!

    Le rassemblement débutera par des présentations du Québec et les écosystèmes d’innovation de l’Ontario suivie d’un déjeuner d’affaires. L’après-midi sera composé d’un discours, suivi par un groupe d’anges avec des invités de haut niveau qui débattront sur les tendances et Angel de co-investissement des meilleures pratiques en Amérique du Nord. Enfin, les participants seront invités à un cocktail de réseautage où ils auront l’occasion de rencontrer environ 100 investisseurs providentiels collègues, des représentants de fonds de démarrage de capital-risque et des accélérateurs, et d’autres personnalités des communautés d’investissement du Québec et en Ontario.Notre objectif est de favoriser les collaborations et les opportunités d’investissement communs pour le Québec et l’Ontario Anges et les investisseurs de capital-risque à un stade précoce. Parmi nos invités spéciaux, nous sommes honorés de présenter les membres initiaux du comité des investisseurs de l’Ontario: Matey Nedkov et plusieurs membres de NAO-Ontario, ainsi que Samuel Shafner, représentant de notre comité, la Nouvelle-Angleterre avec des investisseurs québécois tels que Jacques Bernier de Teralys Capital.

     

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    Pour plus de détails, veuillez visiter la version anglaise du site

     

    Dans les nouvelles:

    Plus de 100 investisseurs nord-américains se réunissent à Toronto pour rencontrer des entrepreneurs du Québec

     

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    Président d’honeur

    • Matey Nedkov

      Matey Nedkov Founding 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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    Conférencier

    • Samuel M. Shafner

      Samuel M. Shafner PartnerBurns & 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, ...

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    • Jacques Bernier

      Jacques Bernier Managing 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.

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    • Henry Kay

      Henry Kay Vice 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...

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    • Michel Brûlé

      Michel Brûlé Board 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...

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    • John Marshall

      John Marshall President & 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).

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    • John Ruffolo

      John Ruffolo Chief 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 ...

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    • Dr. Steve Gedeon (PhD, MBA, PEng)

      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...

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    • Frank Erschen

      Frank Erschen Golden 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...

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    • John Elton

      John Elton PartneriNovia 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 ...

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    • Rawy Iskander

      Rawy Iskander VP 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 (...

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    • Ian Carew

      Ian Carew DirectorNorthleaf 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...

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    • Yves Beauchamp

      Yves Beauchamp Chief 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, ...

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    • Richard (Rick) Nathan

      Richard (Rick) Nathan Managing 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...

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    • Caroline Somers

      Caroline Somers ChairCapital 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...

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    • Michael Mahon

      Michael Mahon Director, 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...

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    • Brad Graham

      Brad Graham Assistant 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...

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    • Bruce Taragin

      Bruce Taragin Managing 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...

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    • Michelle Scarborough

      Michelle Scarborough Co-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 ...

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