How to get investors excited about your raise

Plus, meet the CTOs of Wealthsimple and Neo Financial.

Author

Emily Edwards
October 09, 2024

Welcome to the Midweek Memo: a weekly digest of the city’s top tech events, job openings, and industry opportunities.

Before we get into this, check out the results from our weekly poll!

On Sunday, we asked how many of you worked for a company listed on the Globe and Mail’s ranking of Canada’s fastest growing companies. The answer? Twenty-seven percent of you!

Now, on to the events you can’t miss…

  • Calgary Tech Thursday is co-hosting an event to bring together the CTOs of Neo Financial and Wealthsimple to talk about what it takes to build fintech giants in Canada.

  • Hear from speakers including:

  • ​How do you create investor FOMO? In this session, run through case studies from pre-seed to seed to series A on how to get multiple term sheets from VCs.

  • Check out actual funnel numbers, timelines, and best practices, so you can create deal tension for your next round.

  • This is a virtual workshop from the Venture Capital Association of Alberta.

  • This conversation is designed for entrepreneurs, early-stage startups, and students eager to launch their ventures.

  • This session will provide an overview of the Canadian financing ecosystem, helping you identify the best funding options for your business at its current stage. Presenters will cover everything from traditional debt financing options to equity-based models that are popular with early-stage companies.

  • Techstars Startup Weekend is like a hackathon for people excited about tech.

  • Over a fun-filled 54 hours, participants pitch ideas, team up, and bring a startup idea to life. It’s all about creativity, teamwork, and turning ideas into action!

  • You’ll make new connections, find mentors, or maybe even meet your future business partner. It’s like a crash course where you learn by doing, with seasoned pros showing you the ropes.

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  • Deep Tech Canada is hosting an event to bring together industry, policy-makers, and experts in supporting standards development to showcase opportunities for Canada's leadership in clean, green, and sustainable technologies.

Banff Venture Forum | October 23-24

  • The Banff Venture Forum is a platform to showcase outstanding early and growth-stage ventures in the tech space.

  • It engages a North American audience of experts from private equity firms to corporate strategy makers and foreign trade and development agencies, among others.

  • The company showcase provides a highly focused networking opportunity for emerging outfits to display their products to strategic players for meaningful business development opportunities.

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