Startupfest

The official Startupfest 2024 photo album is here! Take a look: https://lnkd.in/ehajhjxj 📸 Share your favourite photos along with your #Startupfest experience. Be sure to tag us so we can see all your stories! Whether or not you were able to join us for our 14th edition, you can stay in the loop by signing up for our newsletter. We share exclusive updates, deals and startup industry stories: https://bit.ly/467is0t Featured in photos: Timm Chiusano Jade Beguelin Dennis Todisco Katherine Johnsen

In addition to supporting founders in the green room before taking on the Pitch Stage, Raymond Luk hosted a VC board game session at this year's event. If you were one of the lucky players, let us know your experience and thoughts on the game! #Startupfest #VentureCapital

Hey Startupfest-goers! Thank you again for joining us this past week. Startupfest 2024 was one for the books. Tickets are officially on sale for 2025, and this is the lowest price you’ll ever find. 🤝 Lock in for next July: https://bit.ly/4bKP4ht (should your plans change, tickets remain transferrable) We’re combing through all of the photos, videos and insanely good content, and we’ll be sending through an official recap next week. Hope to see you in 2025, let’s make it official! Buy your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4bKP4ht ---- Salut à tous les participants du Startupfest ! Merci encore de nous avoir rejoints la semaine passée. Startupfest 2024 a été un événement inoubliable. Les billets sont officiellement en vente pour 2025, et c'est le prix le plus bas que vous trouverez. 🤝 Réservez pour juillet prochain : https://bit.ly/4bPGMFl (si vos plans changent, les billets restent transférables). Nous sommes en train de passer à travers toutes les photos, les vidéos et le contenu exceptionnel, et nous vous enverrons un récapitulatif officiel la semaine prochaine. En espérant vous voir en 2025, rendons-le officiel ! Achetez vos billets ici : https://bit.ly/4bPGMFl 📷 Featured in photos / En photos : Felicity Meyer Lexi Kaplin Philippe Telio Xatoms #Startupfest #CDNtech

Startupfest is what it is because of our dedicated partners who contribute to the world-class content and unbeatable energy. Thank you to every partner who made this year possible: Collaborating Partners (continued) Pinch Talent FBL S.E.N.C.R.L. Société de comptables professionnels agréés Black Founders Network Groupe 3737 Raison d'art Enjoy The Work The Society Library MaRS Discovery District Invest Ottawa Flow, a Deloitte business Community Partners Broadsign Artsake ABP Digital Moment | Moment numérique Latitude Nord Solotech Inc. YogaTribes Stager Depot Fülhaus Pagato That's a wrap on our 14th edition! Keep sharing your stories and photos from #Startupfest, we love seeing them!

The 14th edition of Startupfest was unforgettable. Thank you to our incredible partners who made the event possible: Collaborating Partners (continued) Rep Matters Centech Mtl Startup Canada Braindate by e180 BetaKit Desjardins The Logic DMZ MT Lab Google for Startups QueerTech MNP Real Ventures Stay22 Political Intelligence TechBonjour Miller Thomson LLP Cultivator powered by Conexus Tribe Network Invest Mississauga (Continued in our next post!) Keep sharing your stories and photos from #Startupfest, we love seeing them!

What an AMAZING 14th edition! Our continued gratitude goes out to our partners who made this year possible: Presenting Partners BDC & Québec Tech Partners BDO Canada Banque Nationale du Canada FaskenTech RBCx Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP KRB Avocats | Lawyers TD Innovation Partners Startup Atlantic Dell Technologies | Dell for Startups Collaborating Partners Pender Ventures Novarium Espace CDPQ Garage&co HarbourVest Partners Mouvement des accélérateurs d'innovation du Québec The Firehood Tourisme Montréal Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des Océans Fonds de solidarité FTQ Port de Montreal / Port of Montréal LE CAMP ThinkersOne Front Row Ventures (continued in our next post, we have so many incredible partners this year!) #Startupfest

And the winners of the Startupfest 2024 investment prizes & awards are... 🏆 A massive congratulations to Xatoms for winning the following THREE prizes: $100k Best of the Fest Investment Prize $100k Women in Tech Investment Prize presented by The Firehood $50k Student Entrepreneur Investment Prize presented by Front Row Ventures PLUS the BDC's Thrive Lab is joining the funding round! The $100k Black Entrepreneur Investment Prize championed by Rep Matters, the Audience Choice Award presented by BDO Canada AND a surprise investment of $100k from BDC Capital (Canada) went to: 🏆 Juno Technologies $60k 2SLGBTQIA+ Investment Prize championed by QueerTech 🏆 Bindr® $25k Impact Grant presented by Fonds de solidarité FTQ 🏆 Panorama Grandmothers Choice Award 🏆 PakVille A massive thank you to all of our prize champions and partners, and to Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP for their generous Emerging Companies Package, awarded to the winners of our five investment prizes and the Impact Grant. Congratulations to these promising startups, we look forward to witnessing their growth and achievements! #Startupfest

Day 2 kept the energy and innovation going! Take a look at our highlights from yesterday: - The Impact Showcase presented by BDC Capital (Canada)'s Thrive Lab introduced us to the 25 top women-led impact startups across Canada. - A full house at the Sky Stage for #OceanFest's half-day of content exploring why the blue economy is set to have a value of $3 trillion USD by 2030. Presented by Canada's Ocean Supercluster Novarium & Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des Océans. - The Startupfest Village saw lines of founders pitching for our investment prizes championed by Rep Matters, QueerTech, The Firehood, Fonds de solidarité FTQ & Front Row Ventures. Our investment prizes are now CLOSED. All shortlisted startups have been contacted. The only prize open today is the Grandmothers, 11am-2pm. - The Investor AMA drew a big crowd at the Port Stage getting into the real questions we all want to ask investors with Lise Birikundavyi, Satish Kanwar, Marvin Liao & Meryeme Lahmami. And now, welcome to day 3 of Startupfest 2024! A reminder that today has a later start with doors opening at 9:30am. We've got an exciting day ahead of us and a full schedule! Here are the major happenings at the fest today: 🤝 Co-founding Partner of AgeTech Capital, Lyne Landry, and CIVIC Investor & Advisor, Sylvain Carle welcome you to ImpactFest, a session on empowering startups for people & planet. ⚡The 11th edition of AcceleratorFest takes off with host Abdullah Snobar, Executive Director & CEO of DMZ Ventures/Zone Startups, as a forum for discussions on best practices and challenges faced by those running acceleration programs. 🏆 Head to the Port Stage this afternoon to cheer on the finalists vying for our investment prizes. Find out who's taking home the trophies at 4:25pm. We'll see you in an hour & best of luck to everyone pitching for a prize! #Startupfest #OceanFest #InvestmentPrizes

Day 1 of our 14th edition was remarkable! Our favourite moments and highlights from yesterday: - A full room at the Port Stage for Startup Montréal's big reveal of their new brand Québec Tech during the opening of Startupfest VF! - Hundreds of startups pitched across our investment prizes yesterday vying for our 5 investment prizes and Impact Grant (reminder that today is your last day to be shortlisted!) - BDC's WiT Bootcamp celebrated its 5th anniversary over the view of Montréal's old port! - The Startup Showcase's premier to the fest drew a huge crowd at the Pitch Stage as founders pitched their startups. Today, we're keeping the energy going with these key agenda items to look forward to: 🌊 OceanFest kicks off at 8:55am with the Port de Montreal / Port of Montréal's President & CEO Julie Gascon, presented by Canada's Ocean Supercluster, Novarium & Ocean Startup Project | Projet Startup Des Océans. ☀️ Startupfest Main Content starts at 9:35am with a remote keynote on prioritizing growth in a world full of contradictions with Ron Tite, speaker, author and Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Church+State. 🏦 LPFest will take the City Stage for a half-day presented by HarbourVest Partners, Inovia Capital & RBCx. Afterwards, GPFest's half-day of content will be presented by Pender Ventures, Banque Nationale du Canada & TechBonjour. ⭐ 25 of Canada's top women-led impact startups will take the Pitch Stage for the Impact Showcase presented in partnership with BDC's Thrive Lab. 🏆 It's your final day to pitch for investment prizes! make sure you head to their respective spaces in the Startupfest Village early in your afternoon! Investment Judges are wearing green lanyards and can be found in the Startupfest Village. Have an incredible day 2! #Startupfest #LPFest #GPFest #InvestmentPrizes

Welcome to Startupfest 2024! Day 1 is packed with content and activations you'll want to make the most of. Here are some key items on today's agenda: 🔹 Doors open in 1 hour with Startupfest VF and the WiT Bootcamp starting the day off. 🔹 BDC's Women in Tech Bootcamp's 5th anniversary takes place in the first half of the day with Thrive Venture Fund's Managing Partner Michelle Scarborough 🔹 Startupfest Version Française kicks off at 9am with Startup Montréal's official rebrand announcement! 🔹 The Startupfest Village opens at 9:30AM and Startupfest Main Content kicks off at 10AM. 🔹 HardtechFest's big entrance into the fest begins at 1pm with CYLAD's Founder & CEO Stuart Kozlick and Garage&co's General Manager Laurence Audette-Lagueux 🔹 The Startupfest Kick Off Party ends the day in the Startupfest Village! Thank you to our sponsors Miller Thomson LLP& MNP for providing drinks! Cheers to an incredible first day of the fest 🙌 #Startupfest #HardtechFest #WiTBootcamp ---- Bienvenue au Startupfest 2024! Le premier jour est rempli de contenu et d'activités dont vous voulez profiter au maximum. Voici quelques points clés de l'agenda d'aujourd'hui: 🔹 Les portes ouvrent dans 1 heure avec le Startupfest VF et l'atelier FeT qui démarrent la journée. 🔹 Le 5e anniversaire de l'atelier Femmes en technologie de la BDC aura lieu au cours de la première moitié de la journée avec Michelle Scarborough, associée directrice du Fonds Excelles. 🔹 Le Startupfest Version Française débute à 9h avec l'annonce officielle du changement de l'image de marque de Startup Montréal! 🔹 Le Village du Startupfest ouvre ses portes à 9h30 et le contenu principal du Startupfest débute à 10h. 🔹 La grande entrée du HardtechFest dans le festival commence à 13h avec le fondateur et PDG de CYLAD, Stuart Kozlick, et la directrice générale de Garage&co, Laurence Audette-Lagueux. 🔹 La soirée d'ouverture du Startupfest termine la journée dans le Village du Startupfest! Merci à nos sponsors Miller Thomson LLP et MNP pour les boissons ! Santé à une incroyable première journée de festival 🙌 #Startupfest #HardtechFest #AtelierFeT