Description:
When it comes to information technology, The Financing Forum is the largest venture capital fundraising showcase in Western Canada. Hosted in the fall, Canada's most prestigious information technology investors and the CEOs of Canada's hottest emerging companies get together and talk business.The success of The Financing Forum is based on its outstanding network of Canada's most active investors and its leading edge line-up of carefully selected companies. Companies looking for financing know that they are networking with the best and most active investors interested in Canadian investments. No other event in Canada attracts as many foreign and corporate venture investors as The Financing Forum. Launched in 1995, by Peter Standeven of Venture Management Services and Mary Macdonald of Macdonald & Associates Limited, the Financing Forum is designed to link IT venture capital and corporate investors from Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia with a select group of Canada's most eligible, private IT companies. A Multi-Billion Dollar Audience
The Financing Forum attracts the most powerful IT investment audience of any conference in the country. Last year's Canadian and US venture firm attendees in Toronto represented $4.5 billion under management. Canada's Most Active Venture Investors
The investors attending last year's Financing Forums accounted for the majority of all the venture financing deals done in the Information Technology sector in Canada last year. The Financing Forum Produces Results
The Financing Forum's track record in helping companies and investors get together to do deals is strong. Nearly 50 per cent of the companies that have presented at The Financing Forum in the last three years, have raised more capital. Greatest International and Corporate Exposure
More US and Foreign venture capitalists and corporate strategic investors attend The Financing Forum than any other Canadian venture financing event.
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