Join us at the foremost destination for leaders in the Canadian Crowdfunding economy (#CCS2015). Become a part of Canada’s rapidly growing industry & learn what opportunities await you as an entrepreneur, service provider or investor.
Learn vital content and network with industry experts gathering to highlight economic progress, regulatory updates, opportunities and challenges, best practices, insights and trends impactful to the future growth of the Canadian crowdfunding industry. The full day conference will cover all aspects of crowdfunding including equity/investment, debt/lending, rewards, pre-sale/product, causes, and emerging online models:
Hear from Crowdfunding Experts: Canadian and International speakers include John Medved (CEO, OurCrowd) Daryl Hatton (CEO, FundRazr), Matt McGrath (CEO, Optimize Capital Markets), Adam Spence (CEO, SVX), Tonya Surman (Founder, CSI), Mark Evans (Start-Up Guru), Chris Charlesworth (Co-founder, HiveWire), Klever Freire (CEO, DreamQii), Andrew Gardner (CEO, Polar), and more!
Panel Discussions: topics include the impact of crowdfunding, social enterprise and impact investing, market trends, regulatory updates across Canada, the funding ecosystem, and the future of crowdfunding
Success Stories: come hear insights learned from the top crowdfunding campaigns
Workshops for Companies and Investors: topics include strategy, planning and executing a successful campaign, portal requirements, legal considerations,
Moderated discussion about how crowdfunding and crowdfinance fit into the venture funding ecosystem? The emerging Fintech roadmap of Rewards, Equity, P2P/Debt and Angel/VC capital networks and how they are impacting follow-on investment rounds.
Securities Lawyer and Advisor, Founder of Venture Law Corporation who works with privately-held and public companies, mergers and acquisitions, private placement investments, financial transactions, reverse mergers, initial public offerings and licensing matters, as well as general... Read More →
Tabitha Creighton is SVP, Payments for iQmetrix, one of the largest providers of payment solutions in North America.
Tabitha is a veteran founder, most recently as CEO of InvestNextDoor, the first debt-securities crowdfunding platform for small business. She continues to be a... Read More →
Following on a 12 year career at the RBC Financial Group, Matthew McGrath successfully launched the Optimize Financial Group™ 4 years ago with offices now in both Toronto and New York City.
Optimize Capital Markets™ is building the Largest Institutional Crowdfunding Marketplace... Read More →
Seed to early growth stage investments focussing on open data, big data, internet-of-things, mobile, cloud, connected devices and other big ideas. Toronto-Waterloo focus.
Tuesday March 3, 2015 11:00am - 11:30am EST
Auditorium101 College Street, Suite 401 Toronto, ON M5G 1L7
