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September

1:00pm

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Western Canada Has Arrived ...

This year, BC announced 9 unicorns with many more coming. Alberta has announced 4 and counting. The momentum and growth of our home grown western Canadian tech startups has never been stronger.

The first annual Startup Scaleup Summit powered by Roynat Capital and Scotiabank celebrates the founder milestones and highlights the journey from idea to IPO for startups and investors.

Join us on the 27th at the Vancouver Convention Center or online for an afternoon of killer keynotes, presentations and networking with peers and industry leaders who are shaking up the tech and innovation game. We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of founders, investors and ecosystem partners who are prepared to arm you with new strategies, insights and know-how to take your founder game to the next level.

We will also send you a livestream link for our Calgary summit on the 29th of September!

Speakers

Chris Yeh

Co-Author, Blitz Scaling

Chris Yeh is an entrepreneur, writer, investor, and mentor. He is co-author, with Reid Hoffman, of "Blitzscaling".

David Boriss

Director, Softbank Investment Advisers

SoftBank Vision Funds are investing more than $100 billion in the businesses and technologies that will help make it possible.

Richard Mackellar

Managing Partner, Chrysalix Venture Capital

Chrysalix is a global venture capital fund with a long history commercializing step-change innovation for resource intensive industries.

Fraser Hall

Partner, Rhino Ventures

Rhino represent the true entrepreneurial journey. Rhino is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Vancouver, BC. with a notable growth portfolio.

Nicky Senyard

Founder, Fintel Connect

Fintel Connect is an award-winning marketing technology company and the only performance marketing solution dedicated to serving the financial services space.

Ryan Wong

Founder, Visier Inc.

Visier helps you to see the truth. The market leader in Workforce Analytics, Visier is a cloud-based analytics application that delivers fast, clear people insight.

Anna Sainsbury

Founder, GeoComply

GeoComply provides fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions that detect location fraud and help verify a user's true digital identity.

Steve Munford

CEO, Trulioo

Trulioo offers the most robust and comprehensive global identity verification solution in the market.

Miranda Lievers

Co-Founder and COO, Thinkific

Thinkific makes it easy for thousands of independent experts and companies to quickly create and deliver stunning online courses on their own sites.

Yuan Shi

Director, Creative Destruction Lab

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) delivers a milestone-based program for massively scalable, early-stage, science- and technology-based companies. Currently, CDL has ten locations globally (five in Canada, three in the USA, and two in Europe).

Bill Tam

Co-Founder & COO, Digital Supercluster

Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster is a collection of organizations who collaborate to develop world leading technologies that will power digital transformation.

Shawn Abbott

Co-Founder and Partner, Inovia Capital

Inovia Capital is a venture firm that partners up with audacious founders ready to build enduring global technology companies. The Inovia team rolls up their sleeves and serves founders for global scale.

Phoebe Jiang

Co-Founder and COO, Pixieset

Pixieset builds simple, beautiful products for modern photographers. Launched in 2013, Pixieset is one of the fastest growing companies in the photography industry.

Laura Buhler

CEO, C100

C100 is a mission-driven network committed to supporting, inspiring, and connecting the most promising Canadian entrepreneurial talent.

Paulina Cameron

CEO, The Forum

The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs educates, mentors and connects women entrepreneurs to be wildly successful, promoting strong economies and communities.

Craig Strong

Partner, Round 13

Round 13 is a growth-stage venture capital firm that invests in Canadian companies with the potential of becoming monster hits. Round 13 works with founders to help them grow!

Roynat Capital Team

Matt Tedford

Head of RoyNat Capital

David Rozin

Canada

Tech and Innovation

Neelam Brar

Western Canada

Tech and Innovation

Johnny Dewan

British Columbia

Tech and Innovation

Schedule

1:00 – 1:15 PM

Opening Remarks: "Scotia and Roynat Technology and Innovation Leadership"

Matt Tedford – SVP & Head of Roynat Capital

David Rozin - VP & Head of Roynat Technology & Innovation Banking (TIB)

Neelam Brar - Director and Head of Western Canada Technology & Innovation Banking (TIB)

1:15-1:40

Presentation: “Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies"

Chris Yeh – Investor and Co-Authored Blitzscaling with Reid Hoffman

1:40-2:05

Fireside Chat: “The Journey from Idea to IPO Powering Online Courses Globally”

Miranda Lievers - Co-Founder and COO, Thinkific

Fraser Hall - Partner, Rhino VC

Moderated by Neelam Brar

2:05-2:30

Fireside Chat: “The Journey from Idea to Unicorn Scaling Location Security”

Anna Sainsbury - Founder and Chairwoman, Geocomply

Moderated by David Rozin

2:30-2:55

Fireside Chat: “The Journey from Idea to Unicorn Solving Identity Verification”

Steve Munford - CEO, Trulioo

Moderated by Matt Tedford

2:55-3:15

Break

Refreshments

3:15-3:45

Panel: “Venture Capital Insights”

Richard Mackellar, Chrysalix,

Chris Arsenault, Inovia VC

Craig Strong, Round 13

Moderated by David Boriss, Softbank

3:45-4:10

Presentations: "Strength of the Ecosystem Partners"

Bill Tam, BC Supercluster

Yuan Shi, Creative Destruction Lab

Laura Buhler, C100

Moderated by David Rozin

4:10-4:35

Panel: "Female Founders to Watch by The Scotia Women Initiative"

Nicky Senyard, CEO Fintel Connect

Phoebe Jiang, CO-Founder Pixieset

Paulina Cameron, CEO The Forum

Moderated by Neelam Brar, Director Roynat Capital

4:35-5:00

The Journey from Idea to Unicorn: Scaling HR Tools and Analytics

Ryan Wong – Founder and CEO, Visier

Moderated by Neelam Brar

5:00 - 6:00

Waterfront Cocktails

All Attendees Networking

Roynat Capital

As your trusted financial partners for modern and innovative capital structures, Roynat Capital will support your future business goals.

For over 55 years we have been premier providers of growth and equity capital. The highly customized financing solutions we provide facilitate rapid business growth and transition of ownership for mid-sized Canadian companies. We are one of the only lending groups in Canada with product capability covering senior to subordinated financing structures specialized and focused on the Tech sector.

COVID 19 PROTOCALS

VACCINATION CARDS

To attend the live event we will require proof of vaccination in advance or at registration

PROVINCIAL GUIDELINES

We are closely monitoring the provincial health guidelines and will be following all protocals

LIVESTREAM

We are offering a full livestream of the event if you would like to enjoy and network from home

Vancouver Convention Center

The 2021 Startup Scaleup Summit will take place in the West Ballroom with networking on the Pacific Terrace overlooking the harbor and mountains of BC. Please sign in at the registration desk with proof of covid vaccinationn and head up to ballroom by 1pm.

The event is at capacity so please join our waitlist.

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