The GROW conference has brought dozens of high-profile VC’s and super-angels to Vancouver which presents a wonderful opportunity for many local start-ups to get exposure to out-of-town investors. So today is “pitching day” jointly organized by W Media Ventures and Bootup Labs. 7 companies will take the stage: CompassEngine (location-based gaming platform), EmpireAvenue (influence stock market), Fitbrains (casual brain fitness games), Indochino (tailor-made suits over the Internet), Rival Apps (fantasy sports games), Summify (social news reader) and Weddingful (lead-gen for wedding vertical).
We are extremely excited to have over 20 investors from more than 15 funds attending the event:
- Shawn Abbott, iNovia
- Chris Albinson, Panaroma Capital
- Chris Arsenault, iNovia
- Jonas Brandon, Rogers Ventures
- Roger Chabra, Rho Canada
- Rob Chaplinsky, Bridgescale
- Jeff Clavier, Softtech
- JS Cournoyer, Founders Fuel
- Rob Hayes, First Round Capital
- Scott Jacobson, Madrona Venture Group
- Paul Kedrosky
- Anthony Lee, Altos Ventures
- Mike Lee, Rogers Ventures
- Jevon MacDonald, Innovacorp
- Dave McClure, 500Startups
- Maria Pacella, Growthworks
- Tim Porter, Madrona Venture Group
- Kalle Radage, BDC
- Mike Satterfield, Yaletown Ventures
- Aydin Senkut, Felicis
- Jason Stoffer, Maveron
- John Stokes, Montreal Startup / Founders Fuel
Thanks to all of you for coming – I sure hope that you will recognize that Vancouver and Western Canada are home to many exciting start-ups.
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