StartupFest 2019 | The Startupfest | 9 July 2019 | Parc Jean-Drapeau, 1 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal, QC H3C 1A9, Canada

More than just world-class content and a global attendee base, Startupfest is known for rethinking the standard event format. Crowned “a music festival for startups” by Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian, you’ll have tangible opportunities to make the connections you need, in one of the world’s most iconic festival cities.

2019 Speakers

Chris Messina
Hashtag Inventor, Product Designer

Kat Manalac
Partner, Y Combinator

Anil Dash
CEO, Glitch

Shan-Lyn Ma
CEO and Co-Founder, Zola

Harley Finkelstein
COO, Shopify

The Honourable Mary Ng
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Government of Canada

Jenny Fielding
MD Techstars, GP, The Fund

Dax Dasilva
Founder & CEO, Lightspeed, Founder, Never Apart

Sarah Nahm
CEO & Founder, Lever

Tamsen Webster
Founder and Chief Message Strategist, Find the Red Thread

Rahul Raj
Founder & CMO, 5&Vine

Dr Theresa Johnson
Product Manager, Airbnb

Najla Al-Midfa
CEO, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center

Drew Dillon
Product Leader, Freelance

Valérie Pisano
Présidente et Chef de la direction, Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

Geneviève Morin
Présidente-directrice générale, Anges Québec Capital

Harry Glaser
President, Data Business & GM, San Francisco, Periscope Data by Sisense

Angela Antony
Founder and CEO, Scoutible

Lida Tohidi
Managing Director at Pidari Consultancy, Coach at Pidaar Mastermind

Marvin Liao
Partner, 500 Startups

Maggie Sprenger
Managing Director, Green Cow Venture Capital

Amanda Outerbridge
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners, LLC

David Nault
Cofondateur, Luge Capital

Eman al Mahmoud
Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center

Nina Stepanov
Principal, Acceleprise

Andrew Ackerman
Managing Director, Dreamit

Aurélie Wen
Fondatrice et Directrice, Agorize Canada

Cindy Alvarez
Principal Product Manager, Microsoft

Joseph Regan
Managing Partner, Industrial Innovation Fund, BDC

Nayla Chebli
Investment Director, Venture Capital

Charlotte Murray
Entrepreneur in Residence, Nova Scotia, Propel

Claude Théoret
Associé, ICE Ventures, Fondateur, Nexalogy

Jessica Carson
Innovation @ American Psychological Association, Founder @ Wired This Way

Alison Nankivell
Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling, BDC Capital

Hussam Ayyad
Sr. Director, Programs & Partnerships, DMZ

Lorrie Norrington
Operating Partner, LeadEdge Capital

Nanon de Gaspe Beaubien-Mattrick
Founder and President, Beehive Holdings

Sylvain Carle
Partner, Real Ventures

Kim Morouney
Managing Director, Lazaridis Institute

Noor El Bawab
Director of Programs, Zú

George Favvas
Cofondateur et PDG, Circle Medical

Marie Chevrier
Founder and CEO, Sampler

Takara Small
Technology columnist for Metro Morning, Tech contributor for CBC, Founder of VentureKids Canada

Simon Lejeune
Directeur de la croissance, Hopper

Gillian McCrae
Venture Manager, Creative Destruction Lab - Atlantic

Simon Ferragne
PDG et Fondateur, TrackTik Software Inc.

Shambhavi Mishra
Investor, Brand Capital, Times Group

Matt Roberts
Partner, ScaleUP Ventures

Sharon Zohar
Founder & CEO, The Big Push

Isaac Souweine
Partner, Real Ventures

Danielle Graham
Principal, Dream Maker Ventures

Tariq Haddadin
Manager, Techstars Toronto

Margaret Wu
Vice President, Georgian Partners

Brady Forrest
General Partner, Enjoy The Work, Co-Founder, Ignite Talks

Maria Nsoul
Analyst, Strategic Investments and Women in Technology Venture Fund, BDC Capital

Jeffrey Donenfeld
Investment Manager, Boomtown Accelerator

Hilary Kilgour
Lead, Operations + Experience, Female Funders

Marwan Elfitesse
Chef des startups, STATION F

Elaine Kunda
Founder and Managing Partner, Disruption Ventures

Barry T Whyte
Strategy consultant, Entrepreneur

Michelle Scarborough
Managing Director Strategic Investments and Women in Tech, BDC Capital

Jean-François Côté
PDG, président et cofondateur, district m

Julia Chelaru
Director, Accelerator Operations, Highline Beta

Mitch Joel
Founder, Six Pixels Group

Kate Poirier
Director of Marketing, Innovation Canada

Kyle Boulay
Co-founder & CEO, Bus.com

Shingai Manjengwa
Founder, Fireside Analytics Academy, CEO, Fireside Analytics Inc.

Karl Reckziegel
Senior Vice President, BDC Capital

Senia Rapisarda
Managing Director, HarbourVest Canada

Harper Reed
Entrepreneur, Harper Rules, LLC

Emilie Boutros
Partner and CFO, TandemLaunch

Jonathan Lowenhar
Founder & Managing Partner, ETW Advisors

Jane Hu
Founder, Nonesuch Media

JF Gauthier
Founder and CEO, Startup Genome

Anne-Sophie Caistiker
PDG, Doctibike

Ian Jeffrey
Co-Founder & CEO, Breathe Life

Rosie Atkins
VP of Product, Homebase

Robert Simon
Sr Managing Partner, BDC IT Venture Fund

Anne-Marie Bourgeois
Vice President Investments, EnerTech Capital

Ravi Belani
Director, Alchemist Accelerator

Mallorie Brodie
CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgit

Carlo Perez
Founder, Swift Medical

Laura Buhler
Executive Director, C100

Andy Mauro
Co-founder and CEO, Automat

Pascale Nini
Présidente et chef de la direction, ImmerVision

Raphael Christian-Roy
Managing Director, Front Row Ventures @ Real Ventures

Magaly Charbonneau
Principal, iNovia Capital

John Stokes
Founding Partner, Real Ventures

Karen-Walker
Author, Strategist, Advisor

Éric -Aimé Patry
Gestionnaire du rayonnement et des communications, Government of Canada

April Dunford
Founder, Ambient Strategy

Michael Denham
President and Chief Executive Officer, BDC

Nicole Kelly
Community Director, OMERS Ventures

Randy Smerik
Founder/CEO, Osunatech, Inc.

Wes Kao
Marketing Strategist, Former Executive Director of Seth Godin’s altMBA

Jacques Bernier
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Teralys Capital

Jana Eggers
CEO, Nara Logics, Inc.

Jean-Philippe Sicard
Président, Ton Équipier

Ginette Gagnon
Coach, auteur et conférencière de leadership, Ginette Gagnon Management

David Crow
Managing Director, Danger Capital

Christine Renaud
PDG, e180

Pierre-Olivier Zappa
Journaliste télé, TVA Nouvelles and LCN

Jen van der Meer
Founder, Reason Street

Alistair Croll
Author, Lean Analytics

Sage-Franch
Co-Founder & CTO, Crescendo

Andy Nulman
Founder, Play The Future

Alyssa Atkins
VP Marketing, CareGuide

Louis-Félix Binette
Executive Director, Québec’s Movement of innovation accelerators

Chris Shipley
Author, FUTUREWORK

Vahid Jozi
Founder, Yooshi.ai

2019 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Banque Nationale
• Bdc
• Montreal
• Quebec
• Canada

IN COLLABORATION WITH:
• BCF Avocats D'affaires
• BDO
• Tourisme Montreal
• Eigo
• Air Canada
• Asenault UX & Ui
• Microsft for Startups

PARTNERS:
• Ubisoft
• DMZ
• Fasken
• Claridge

PREMIUM FEST SPONSORS:
• Microsoft for Startups
• Bdc
• Arche
• Main
• real

COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS
• Highline Beta
• Le Camp
• Tl
• Startup Frederiction
• Espaxe Inc
• Cilex
• Lori Biz
• Office Franco Quebecois Jeunesse
• Band of Coders
• Ville De Marseille
• Centech
• Startup Calgary
• Calgary
• Bordeaux Technowest
• Montreal Newtech
• Cultivator
• Co Labs
• Rescendo
• SOSV
• China Accelerator
• Jumpstart Media
• Femmessor
• Queer Tech

FRIENDS:
• BLVD
• StartUp Canada
• Votie
• Locketgo
• Shuttle Control
• Parc Jean-Drapeau

PATRONS:
• BDC Capital
• Ubisoft
• Fasken
• Claridge
• Exagens
• The Hive