2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit (#CCS2015)
2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit (#CCS2015)
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Time: 7:30am – 7:00pm
Location: MaRS Discovery District (Auditorium) 101 College St., Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7 (map)
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Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Time: 7:30am – 6:45pm
Location: MaRS Discovery District (Auditorium) 101 College St., Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7 (map)
Ticketing: Member Registration is $200 / Non-members $275 / $350 at the Door
Registration and credit card processing fees included in price, 13% HST to be added
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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Join us on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at MaRS Discovery in Toronto for an
exclusive opportunity to learn vital content and network with industry
experts gathering to highlight economic progress, regulatory updates,
emerging opportunities, best practices, insights and trends impactful to the
future growth of the Canadian crowdfunding industry (release).The full day conference will cover all aspects of crowdfunding including equity/
investment, debt/lending, rewards, pre-sale/product, causes, and emerging
online models:- Hear from Crowdfunding Experts: Canadian and International speakers
include John Medved (CEO, OurCrowd) Daryl Hatton (CEO, FundRazr),
Matt McGrath (CEO, Optimize Capital Markets), Adam Spence (CEO, SVX),
Steve Tam (Indiegogo), Mark Evans (Start-Up Guru), Chris Charlesworth
(Co-founder, HiveWire), Neil DSouza (COO & Co-founder, Mass Fidelity),
and more! - Panel Discussions: topics include the impact of crowdfunding, social
enterprise and impact investing, market trends, regulatory updates
across Canada, the funding ecosystem, and the future of crowdfunding - Success Stories: come hear insights learned from the top crowdfunding
campaigns - Workshops for Companies and Investors: topics include strategy,
planning and executing a successful campaign, portal requirements,
legal considerations, - Pitch Sessions: showcasing qualified promising companies
Tweets by @NCFACanada Inaugural 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit Highlights
[youtube width="560" height="360"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPr_Qu48WP4[/youtube]The Fintech sector is growing rapidly around the globe, playing a significant role in mobilizing capital and resources to innovative ventures and social enterprises by streamlining the process of how how organizations connect with prospective customers and investors over the internet.
Crowdfunding is helping innovative Canadian firms to launch businesses such as $1.14 million to Mass Fidelity's wireless multi-room speakers, $1 million to DreamQii's PlexiDrone and $820K to Vanhawk's connected carbon fibre bicycle. The recent Lending Club $5.4 billion IPO clearly demonstrated the appetite and potential for online lending marketplaces.
The Canadian crowdfunding industry is poised for growth. On March 20, 2014, a total of six (6) provincial regulators announced two main proposals for new Crowdfunding prospectus exemptions that would allow early stage companies such as start-ups and SMEs to raise up to $1.5 million of capital online through the issuance of securities.
With favourable regulations imminent in Canada and the global crowdfunding industry experiencing explosive growth from $1.5 billion raised in 2012 to over $5.1 billion in 2013, crowdfunding has emerged as an increasingly popular source of innovation and social capital for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), new ventures, projects and cause-based organizations.
Educational Programme (Full Day)
The #CCS2015 full day educational summit will feature high profile keynote speakers, panel discussions, workshops, entrepreneurial 'showcase pitches', mentor sessions and exhibitor tables featuring leading crowdfunding platforms and service providers. The program will cover all aspects of Crowdfunding including equity, debt/lending, rewards, pre-sale/product, causes, and emerging online models such as royalty streaming.
Topical Content and Special Workshops:
- Overview of raising capital online in current markets (challenges, solutions and options)
- Regulatory briefing on the current status of equity crowdfunding regulations in Canada?
- Global and Canadian crowdfunding market data/pulse, trends, predictions
- Funding success stories (and failures) and lessons learned
- Crowdfunding for social enterprise, impact investing, charities, causes and non-profits
- Breaking down the anatomy of a successful crowdfunding campaign
- Building a crowd, working with media and campaign productivity hacking
- Preparing your company for raising capital online: Equity crowdfunding best practices and legal considerations (e.g., shareholders, term sheet, and intellectual property)
- Crowdfunding infrastructure for portals, provider solutions, opportunities for new entrants
- Portal landscape review, exemptions, transaction sizes, success rates
- International crowdfunding and cross-border activity
- 3 x showcasing pitch sessions w/ investor judging panel
Who should attend the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit?
Hundreds of delegates from across the country who are the decision makers in Canada’s fast growing and lucrative crowdfunding industry:
- Industry participants and experts including crowdfunding portals, legal, accounting and finance professionals, regulators, dealer-brokers, consultants, marketers, technology providers and advisory groups
- Entrepreneurial and innovation networks seeking to raise capital and commercialization ventures including incubator/accelerators, entrepreneurs, start-ups, high impact SMEs
- Social enterprise-impact investing companies, NFPs and cause-based organizations actively seeking funding
- Government (federal, provincial, municipal) involved in small business and innovation
- Private angel investors and venture capital groups, fund managers and corporate investors seeking to work emerging crowdfunding companies
- Media journalists and content creators tracking innovation, technology, small business and finance
Help Shape the Future of Crowdfunding
By attending the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit, you and your organization will have 'ground floor' opportunity to participate and help shape the impact (e.g., benefits) of crowdfunding industry (view Prezi):
- Crowdfunding spurs economic growth, creates jobs, generates revenue and stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship
- It unlocks a new source of efficient and transparent capital to fill ‘Funding Gaps’ in the Canadian economy
- It improves the quality and levels of risk capital funding in Canada to support the next generation of young, innovative firms. Crowdfunding also provides support for underserviced communities across verticals, geography and social economic tiers
- It helps SMEs achieve strong growth through regional and global market diversification and helps connect scalable ventures to angel and venture capital investment groups
- Crowdfunding accelerates the commercialization of new products, ideas and services in Canada that can compete globally and ultimately works to strengthen Canada’s entrepreneurial backbone at grassroots levels
Join Our Rapidly Emerging Industry
- Canadian Crowdfunding markets have grown significantly across the country (see Canadian Directory) since NCFA Canada launched in 2012, and is currently experiencing rapid growth in terms of the number of operating and planned portals, total funding volume, and successful transactions (85 portals, 22 providers)
- KPMG Best of FinTech Innovators (inaugural report; Dec 2014)
- Globally, crowdfunding has grown to $5.1 billion in 2013, according to US-based Massolution’s industry research report and experts expect to clear $10 billion by the end of 2014
- 2014 UK Alternative Finance Industry Report (Nov 2014)
- The World Bank report on crowdfunding predicts that crowdfunding could blossom into $96 billion industry per year
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org.
- Hear from Crowdfunding Experts: Canadian and International speakers
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The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org. Hosted By:
Platinum Sponsor: Cocktail Reception Sponsor:
Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
Exhibitors and Presenting Companies:
Summit Partners and Media Sponsors:
NCFA Press Releases NCFA in the News
#CCS2015 in the News
- Canada's First Crowdfunding Summit Coming Next Year by Jennifer Hough (Techvibes)
- Crowd-funding isn’t easy money, it’s a full-time job by Peter Nowak (Alphabeatic)
- Crowdfunding and Online Resourcing Working Together by Nikolas Badminton (Huffington Post)
- Equity Crowdfunding Dominates Discussion at Canadian Crowdfunding Summit by Donal Power (Techvibes)
- Crowdfunding has changed, but these three things you should know to succeed haven’t by Erin Bury (Financial Post)
- MakerBloks won the Live Pitch and Showcase Award at the National Crowdfunding Summit! by MakerBloks (Blog)
- #CCS2015: Challenges entrepreneurs face with crowdfunding by Leslie Chen (MaRS)
- Three Main Themes from NCFA’s 2015 Crowdfunding Summit by Ivan Merrow (Blog)
- 4 keys to successful crowdfunding that business owners can bank on by Jared Lindzon (Blog)
- 10 Lessons from the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit by Shane Schofield (Blog)
- Thinking about Crowdfunding? 4 Things You Should Know by Verity Dimock (See Change Magazine)
- National Crowdfunding Association of Canada Holds Sold Out Inaugural Conference by JD Alois (Crowdfund Insider)
Media Passes to the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) will grant passes to selected representatives of authorized media organizations to enable them to develop and publish articles and stories about the Summit, the association, and/or the industry generally.
Eligibility
Accredited media representatives will include the editorial staff of publications/newswire services and TV/radio crews from one or more of the following:
- Newspapers/magazines that are available to the public, published at least six times a year by an organization whose principal business activity is publishing, and that generally carry paid advertising.
- Online publications that generate a substantial amount of original news content and belong to a registered company with a verifiable non-web address and telephone number.
- Newswire services that provide news coverage to subscribers, including newspapers, periodicals and/or telephone networks.
- Broadcast media that broadcast news and information programs to the public. Independent film and video publishing companies will be accredited if officially mandated by a broadcast station via a letter of assignment.
- Freelance journalists if they can provide a letter of assignment from a media organization.
Media credential requirements
The NCFA reserves the right to request the following credentials before granting a pass to the Summit:
- Recognized media or press card
- Letter of assignment on official letterhead from an editor or bureau chief
To apply for a media pass or if you have questions, please send an email, with your full contact details, including the name of your media outlet to sunny@ncfacanada.org. We will follow up with you to confirm your pass.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org.
Get Involved! Summit Participation & Sponsorship Opportunities
Chair, Speakers, Mentors, Experts, Media
(Please contact Craig Asano: casano@ncfacanada.org)
Sponsors, Exhibitors, Summit Partners
(Lauren Linton: lauren@ncfacanada.org)
Marketing, Communications, Summit Registration
(Sunny Shao: sunny@ncfacanada.org)
Showcasing Pitchers Application Form (Deadline Jan 31 @5PM EST)
(Announcing the #CCS2015 Pitching & Showcase Finalists)
(Carlos Pinto Lobos: cpintolobo@marsdd.com)
Seeking Experienced Volunteers (Applications full - get your ticket today)
#CCS2015
See you @7:30am for registration and breakfast!
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org.
2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit
Accommodation Options (preferred Rates)
Kind thanks to venue and social innovation partner, MaRS Discovery District, for allowing attendees of the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Conference to benefit from the following preferred hotel rates:
We recommend that you book your hotel accommodation ASAP as the first week of March 2015 is a busy time for hotels in Toronto due to many large conferences and you risk higher room rates or sold out hotels.
Hotel accommodations
Visitors can take advantage of preferred rates for hotels and ground transportation services in the vicinity of MaRS. Relax in comfortable and affordable rooms located within walking distance of MaRS. Group rates are quoted separately. Note that at certain times of the year, group rates could be lower or higher than the individually negotiated rates. Additionally black-out dates could apply. Please contact each hotel for the latest applicable rates.
PREFERRED HOTELS for the 2015 Canadian Crowdfunding Summit (Please note these are discounted rates negotiated through MaRS and are very limited. Book ASAP to avoid higher rates or sold out hotels):
- The Marriott Courtyard: Rates from $139 per room/night during January, February, March, April, July, August, November and December, and $169 per room per night during May, June, September and October. All reservations for this preferred corporate rate can be made directly through the Reservation Office at 1-800-847-5075. Please request the MaRS Discovery District rate.
- Four Seasons Hotel Toronto: Rates from $375 per room, per night. Please call the Reservation Department at 416-928-7311 or via email at reservations.toronto@fourseasons.com.
- Eaton Chelsea Hotel: Rates from $149 per room, per night. Request the MaRS Discovery District discount rate here.
- Holiday Inn Toronto Downtown Centre: Rates start at $122 per room, per night. Request the MaRS Discovery District rate here or book via email at reservations@hitorontodowntown.ca or call 416-977-665. Mention “Corp ID 100303130″.
- InterContinental Hotel Toronto: Rates from $199 during the low season and $219 during the high season. Please call the Reservation Department at 416-960-5200 or via email at reservation.torontoyorkville@ihg.com and mention “MaRS Corp ID 100303130″.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org.
Participate and Help shape the Future of the Canadian Crowdfunding Industry
SOLD OUT!!! Tickets available at the door $350 + HST
One lucky attendee will also receive a brand new CYD 3D Printing Robot courtesy of
Launching Block. All registered attendees will automatically be entered into the draw
for CYD, however, we DO NEED to HEAR FROM YOU on Twitter to increase your
chances of winning! Check them out on Twitter @LaunchingBlockThe following companies will be represented at #CCS2015 (as of Mar 1):
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204Homes
88 Creative
A Film Monkey Production Inc.
Achilles Media
ADLER School of Professional Studies
Aig Insurance Company of Canada
Ainslie Development Corporation
Amirali Nourbakhsh
Aon
Arizona9
ArtsFunding.ca
Ashbury College
Aum Law
Avantix Learning
Bank of Mexico
Bank of Montreal
Berkeley International Investment Group Inc.
Berkeley International Investment Group Inc.,
Betakit
Better Current
BFN Renewable Energy Dept.
BioOn
BLP Law Professional Corporation
blue heron consulting
BMO BANK OF MONTREAL
Borrowell
Braintree Business Development Center
Cain Lamarre Casgrain Wells, s.e.n.c.r.l.
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Centre of Social Innovation (CSI)
CK Table
Clarity Crowdfund Advisors
Clausen & Associates
Cloudfund
CMAO
Confluent Technologies Inc.
Conundrum Capital Corporation
CoPower
Crowd Amplify
Crowdfund Suite
CrowdMatrix
CST Trust Company
C-T Wire Prep Inc.
CWIT Capital Inc
D2Law LLP
Datum Graph
Dentons
Dentons Canada LLP
DFY Consulting
Direct Marketing magazine
DreamQii
Dynamite Network
Extreme Venture Partners
Farber Financial Group
Finance for Good
First Maximillian
FlipGive
Forwards
Foundry Mortgage Capital
Freelancer
FundRazr
Getcleantech
Globe and Mail
Gouvernement du Canada / Patrimoine Canadien
Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Gowlings LLP
GravityCentral
Greedy Giver
Habitat for Humanity Halton
Hedgeview Services Inc.
Highland Brew Co
Highlander Brew Co
HireQ Inc.
HiveWire
Humber College
ICNorth Inc
Ideon Media
iFunding
Iguana Books
Iliumcc
Imagine Communication Enterprises Ltd.
INcubes
Independent
IndieInk Publishing
Sea Change
Mpower Technologies
Industry Canada
Innovation Initiatives Ontario North
InteGreat Marketing PR Events Inc.
Intelysis Corp
Intercedent
InvestDen
InvestNextDoor
InvestX
James E. Minns
Jumli Enterprises
JUMP Math
Kirco Limited
LiveCA LLP
Loyalty
Luma Design Arts Inc
MakerBloks
Maple Leaf Angels
Marcus & Millichap
MaRS
MaRS/SVX
Mass Fidelity
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
ME Consulting
Meridian Credit Union
Metroland Media
Microsoft
Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
MJS-Group
MMET
Mohawk Medical Growth Partners
Nanoleaf
NatGeo Young Explorer
NBDA Corp
NCFA Canada
NCFA Volunteer
Network for Business Sustainability
Neumarkets
Newstart Canada
NexusCrowd
Ontario Centres of Excellence
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Ontario Securities Commission
Open Avenue
Open Ocean Apps
Optimize Capital Markets
OurCrowd
Parachute Canada
Paterson Partners
peHUB Canada/Thomson Reuters
Pigeon
Pinc VR
PKA SoftTouch
Polar / IndieDesign
Powernoodle
Public Inc.
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Qoints
Raindance
Reactor Communications
Real Property Association of Canada
Revelo Electric Corp
Robert Panasiuk
Rockethub
Rohan Wood Stables
Rotman School of Management
Round13 Capital
Royal Bank of Canada
Ryerson University / DMZ
Sabeta IP
Screenarts Incorporated
SEE Change Magazine
Seedups Canada
Shibley Righton LLP
silentvault
Silver Maple Ventures
SmartNet Alliance Inc.
Snap Perfume
Startup Canada
Studio Y
Summerhill Venture Partners
Suske Capital
Sutcliffe Consulting Inc.
Tafelmusik
TechnicalitiesPlus
Techvibes
Terracap Ventures
Tessellate Inc
Tessellate Inc.
Textbooks for Change
The Funding Portal
The Globe and Mail
Thomson Reuters
Tite Racing Promotions
Torys LLP
Trend Financial
Truck Sail Inc
University of Toronto
University of Toronto / Rotman
Venture Law Corp
VentureLAB
Videotron
Vizeeon
Wafu
Wakulatdhirani LLP
Waterlution
Waverly
Wiki-brands
Windsor Botanical Therapeutics Inc.
Wipebook Corp
Xplornet
YEDI Institute
York University / Schulich
Zoo ShareThe National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit ncfacanada.org.
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I totally missed the submit? Can you please send info when would be the next event in Toronto or any neighbour cities?