Fundica Roadshow Returns to Toronto Next Week
The Fundica Roadshow, a national initiative with 10 city stops across Canada, launches in Toronto next week.
The event, which is composed of informative sessions and fireside chats provided by guest speakers, will take place at MaRS on Tuesday, February 28.
The 2016 Fundica Roadshow brought together 114 pitchers, 124 funders, 102 partners, 105 speakers and 2,000 participants. This year, Fundica raises its stakes with the $1,000,000 FSVP Investment Award, as well as months of free office space at WeWork, a cloud hosting package from CANARIE and free accounting services from Intuit QuickBooks.
The 15 selected Toronto pitching startups are:
- FLO Partners
- REP
- RightBlue Labs
- SpaceiShare
- RainGrid
- A.U.G. Signals
- Knote
- Lurniture
- Pyngle
- Knockri
- Neutun Labs
- GIMME360°
- BoostHQ
- WINR Games
- Needls
These startups will be pitching to a panel of judges, which is composed of individuals from OMERS Ventures, 500 Startups, Real Ventures, MaRS IAF, BDC, and others.
“We are very pleased with the high degree of interest made by private investors, public funders and entrepreneurs across Canada,” said Fundica President Mike Lee. “In addition to the obvious benefits of potentially securing funding, the Fundica Roadshow offers a remarkable networking opportunity and unique speaker sessions delivered by industry experts.”
The 2017 Fundica Roadshow will make 10 stops:
- Toronto @ MaRS on February 28
- Montreal @ Notman on March 16
- Ottawa @ Collab Space on March 24
- Waterloo @ Accelerator Centre on March 29
- Halifax @ Innovacorp Entreprise Centre on April 6
- Vancouver @ SFU Harbour Centre on April 28
- Victoria @ VIATEC on May 2
- Calgary @ The Commons on May 4
- Toronto TBD
- Montreal TBD
