Join us and/or help us initiate a
“Founders and Funders” dinner
There is presently an initiative to organize an Ottawa “Founders and Funders” dinner along the lines of similar dinners held in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and other places (see http://foundersandfunders.org).
The date would be sometime in October starting at 5pm at a downtown restaurant. If there is enough interest and the date works out, then the event will become official and you will be invited to apply as soon as the event web site goes up. This is a private networking event and those selected will be contacted. The goal is to make a go/no go decision by September 19.
About the Founders and Funders event:
The event consists of bringing together funders (VC, Angels …) and founders for several hours of networking around a drink and dinner. Each individual in attendance is vetted by the organizers to ensure the highest quality of attendees. The event begins with drinks and proceeds to dinner with one or two brief “speeches”.
No presentations, no demos but lots of elevator pitches.
There is typically a $100 fee per head and we are looking to have two or three sponsors to support the event.
For more information
If you or others are interested in attending or for more information, please email allan.isfan@favequest.com .
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 am
I hope the Ottawa network can fund their innovation using the program ACCELERATE Canada. The program provides matching funds when a company invests in an academic research project. A contribution of $7500 from a company is doubled and used for a 4-month project by a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow in any subject. This is a great way to extend the research capability of a small organization.