Invest Canada CVCA - 2023 | Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) | 30 May 2023 | Canada’s Private Capital Conference, Arcadian Court 401 Bay Street Simpson Tower, 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y4, Canada

This event is an opportunity to network and engage with all of your peers and contacts in the industry. Connect with top industry influencers, including international venture capital and private equity investors, debt providers, institutional funds, government entities, corporations and service providers who are all accelerating Canada’s innovation and growth ecosystem.

Find out what’s on the mind of today’s thought leaders. They features unique keynotes from both industry leaders and those in diverse disciplines and walks of life to inspire and demonstrate how trends are changing the future of business, investment, entrepreneurship and private capital.

Expand your business horizons. Attend sessions tailored specifically to venture capital or private equity professionals. Examine the new challenges and the new opportunities currently facing the ecosystem. Plus, gain an understanding on how these issues may affect your day-to- day operations.

2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Frances Haugen
Data Scientist, & Algorithmic Product Specialist

Rick Hansen
Founder, Rick Hansen Foundation

Sebastian Mallaby
Journalist, and Author

Stephen Poloz
Special Advisor, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and former Governor, Bank of Canada

David Suzuki
Enviromental Activist, David Suzuki Foundation

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Sumita Banerjee
Director, Insights & Strategic Initiatives, BDC Capital

Win Bear
Managing Director, Venture Capital, Kensington Capital Partners Limited

Jeff Belford
Senior Managing Director, TriWest Capital Partners

Brent Belzberg
Founder & Senior Managing Partner, TorQuest

Jason Brenier
Head of Product & Innovation, Georgian

Aaron Brindle
Partner, Public Affairs, Radical Ventures

Darin Brock
Partner, Torquest

Ian Carew
Managing Director & Venture Partner, Northleaf Capital Partners

Jennifer Choi
Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Limited Partner Association (ILPA)

Thomas Choi
Managing Director, AltEx Capital

Kevin Collins
Founder and CEO, Charli AI

Jon Conlin
Partner, FASKEN

Bruce Croxon
Co-Founder, Round13

Dino Deluca
Chief Operating Officer, TriWest Capital Partners & Co-Chair, Invest Canada '23

Jill Earthy
Chief Executive Officer, InBC

Jacques Foisy
President & Managing Director, Novacap

Sophie Forest
Partner, Brightspark Ventures

Kim Furlong
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Kari Harris
Chair, Investment Funds Practice, Mintz

Dave Hong
Senior Managing Director, Private Equity, British Columbia Investment Management (BCI)

Brooke Jamison
Partner, Davies

Handol Kim
Co-Founder and CEO, Variational AI

Kristina Kitko
Associate Director of Venture Science, Eli Lilly and Company

Gautam Lohia
Founder & CEO, Apply Digital

Sophia Maizel
Vice President, HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Ltd.

Sean McKinnon
Head of Business Development, Novacap

Tracey McVicar
Partner, CAI Capital Partners

Maya Medeiros
Partner, Patent Agent, Norton Rose Fulbright

John Merrill
Managing Director, GroveStreet

Andrée-Lise Méthot
Founder and Managing Partner, Cycle Capital

Jeff More
President & Chief Executive Officer, MineSense Technologies

Anamika Mukherjee
Partner, Sustainability Venture Fund, BDC Capital

Maria Pacella
Managing Partner, Pender Ventures, & Co-Chair, Invest Canada '23

Lindsay Patrick
Head of Strategic Initiatives and ESG, RBC Capital Markets

Senia Rapisarda
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Ltd.

Cheryl Reicin
International Chair of Life Sciences, Mintz

Yair Riemer
Head of Investor Relations, Upfront Ventures

Lauren Robinson
Co-Founder & General Partner, Highline Beta & Co-Chair, Invest Canada '23

John Ruffolo
Founder & Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity

Alf Sailer
Board Chair & Interim President, AVAC Group

Anna Sainsbury
Co-Founder and CEO, GeoComply,

Darryl Sam
Principal, Investments and Origination, Fengate Private Equity

Brock Schultze
Principal, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

David Severe
Director, Value Creation and Analytics, PwC Canada

Kristin Shearer
Director, Northleaf Capital Partners

Del Soltani
Director, Investment Sourcing, DW Healthcare Partners

Kevin Swan
Managing Director & Head of Private Market Ecosystem, Morgan Stanley

Alison Taylor
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Jane Software Inc.

Cheryl Tilly
VP, Client Digital Transformation, ILLUMITI

Kristina Williams
Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)

Monika Wilson
Vice President, Investments, Fort McKay Landing LP

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTING:
• CVCA Intelligence

PLATINUM:
• Albertaenterprise
• AVAC Group
• Aws
• Bdc
• Bennett Jones
• Davies
• Deal Cloud
• Fasken
• Kalos LLP
• KMPG
• Mintz
• Morgan Stanley
• Norton Rose Fulbright
• Osler
• PwC
• SAP
• Telus

DIAMOND:
• CIBC
• Fonds
• HarbourVest
• MNP

GOLD:
• Allvue
• Fondaction
• Fort McKay
• MKB
• Northleaf
• Ontra
• Relay Ventures
• SS&C
• Supply Chain Alliance
• TMX

SILVER:
• Blakes
• BMO
• EY
• Invest Vancouver
• Kensington
• Losange Finance
• NBIF
• Novata
• Roynat Capital
• Satov
• Teralys Capital
• TriWest

BRONZE:
• Amplitude
• Beedie Capital
• Brookfield
• CAC Specialty
• CAI Capital Partners
• CDPQ
• Fengate
• Georgian
• Golden Ventures
• InBC
• Inovia
• Invest Nova Scotia
• Investissement Quebec
• McDermott Bull
• Peloton
• RSM
• Sagard
• Sapling
• TD
• Torquest
• Yaletown

PARTNERS:
• AIMA
• Reseau Capital
• SuperReturn Series
• Venture Capital Association of Alberta