Event category: Fundraising & Exits
Events
November 16, 2022
02:30 PM - 03:10 PM EDT
Buying Companies to Fuel Growth: Secrets to a Successful Acquisition-Focused Growth Strategy
Acquisitions can generate tremendous value (and can add to your capabilities). But this approach to growth can be risky and if done poorly it can have huge negative consequences. Join this dynamic discussion and get a behind-the-scenes look at companies making acquisitions to fuel their growth. You’ll learn, the challenges of integrating products, companies, teams and cultures (and how to overcome them), what it took to close the deal, protecting and growing your asset after the deals close and how these acquisitions are impacting perceived valuations for the acquirers.
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM EDT
Food for Thought
A 30-minute deep conversation with someone at a conference will set you up for years to come!
Food for Thought is designed around connections and discussions. Meet cool, highly relevant people, learn from your peers who have already solved the issues you’re working on and share your learnings with others!
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM EDT
Founder Story Untold: Getting Acquired by A Publicly Traded SaaS Giant
In April of 2021, Autodesk, the publicly traded software company announced that it acquired Upchain, a Toronto-based startup offering a cloud-based product life cycle management (PLM) service.
In this behind-the-scenes tell-all from tech entrepreneur, John Laslavic, you’ll hear the learnings on how John built (and eventually sold) Upchain: what worked, what didn’t, and what he would do differently, building, scaling and ultimately getting acquired.
07:15 AM - 08:15 AM EDT
L-SPARK State of SaaS Investor Breakfast [AT CAPACITY]
The SaaS Investment Landscape
Leo Lax, Executive Managing Director at L-SPARK will sit down with Aleeza Hashmi, Investor at Bessemer Venture Partner to discuss the current software landscape in both Canada and the US. Learn what is going on in the markets, trends, predictions, notable exits and more.
