Meet the Investors

This Forum favorite provides delegates with the opportunity to hear from key players from some of the most active venture funds from across North America. Listen in as they lend insight into what they look for in a compelling investment opportunity, and what's on their radar. Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, or otherwise involved in the technology sector, this session will offer detailed insight into current investment trends.

Engaging the Corporate Strategics 

Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) is playing an ever increasing role in the venture funding ecosystem. Companies are turning to CVC as an alternative to the traditional venture funding model, and internally, CVC is stepping in to ensure that there is a viable, healthy emerging tech ecosystem to feed their corporate parents' long term needs. Listen in as our panel of key players discuss the current opportunity landscape and how to successfully engage with the broader CVC community.

Information Technology - Cyber Security: The New Frontier

With over eighty million financial, retail, and health records being compromised in the first half of 2015 alone, the proliferation of cyber-attacks is something that consistently makes headlines and large organizations, despite their size, are not immune. Given the ever increasing amount of confidential data, cyber security and the technology behind keeping data safe, is something that the venture community is keenly interested in. That being said, the amount of money invested in data protection and cyber security is enormous and far exceeds the number of large exits that have taken place within the sector. This expert panel will discuss the ever evolving environment of cyber security and the obvious disparity between the dollars invested and both the size and quantity of exits in this critical sector.

Sustainable Technology - Open Innovation for Industries in Transition: Embracing VC Investing as a Tool for Scouting, Investing and On-Boarding New Technologies to Global Supply Chains.