Event category: BetaKit Keynote Stage

This isn’t your typical “success formula” talk. Join a candid, reflective, and forward-thinking conversation about what it truly means to lead, fail fast, and reinvent — both as entrepreneurs and as people. Our panel of SaaS veterans will share raw career highs and lows, personal growth stories, and how they’ve embraced reinvention to reshape their businesses and themselves.
We’ll challenge founders to shed conventional definitions of success and lean into the messy, unpredictable journey of true entrepreneurship. Expect honest lessons on navigating failure, trying bold new ideas, and leading with heart in an ever-changing business landscape. This session sets a big-picture table for what it means to build not just companies — but lasting legacies — in SaaS today.

Get an inside look at how Hai is building the future in real time. From concept to working prototype, see how far he's come, live on stage.

Closing Day 1 with highlights and a look ahead to what’s next.

We’re putting a spicy spin on the classic Dating Game- SAAS NORTH style. One lucky investor plays Bachelor or Bachelorette, and three bold, bootstrapped, or Series A founders will battle for their attention. But forget candlelight dinners- it’s charisma, traction, and total addressable market that will win hearts here.

Expect rapid-fire questions, snappy pitches, and hilarious one-liners as our mystery investor gets to know the contenders without seeing them. Who will they swipe right on? Which founder has the perfect blend of chemistry and ARR? It’s part matchmaking, part market validation, all in good fun.

SheBoot is a national investment-ready program for early-stage women-led tech and tech-enabled companies that culminates in a pitch competition. The 2025 cohort winners will be announced on stage at SAAS NORTH.

This is the story of a SaaS company that skipped the hype and focused on what mattered—building. Led by a tight-knit founding team, they scaled from humble beginnings to a global presence in 20+ markets. This is a company few in Canada had heard of—until they grew well past $500M annual revenue. No media frenzy, no viral hype—just smart moves, intentional leadership, and a culture built for staying power. In this candid conversation, Vitaly shares exactly how they did it. From humble beginnings building a minimum viable product for one client, to making a $500/mo salary and raising minimal VC funding, to becoming one of Canada's largest startups today.

Climb into the metaphorical hot tub with a crew of SaaS legends as they time-jump through the industry's biggest moments—past and future. From bootstrapped beginnings and bubble bursts to billion-dollar exits, these veterans have seen it all... and they're not done yet.

In this candid, wisdom-packed session, our all-star panel reflects on the pivotal moves, painful lessons, and unexpected wins that shaped today’s SaaS landscape—then fast-forwards into an AI-powered future to share where they believe the real opportunities (and risks) lie next.

Expect war stories, hot takes, and a few predictions you’ll wish you wrote down.

Can you build the future in real time? One fearless builder is about to try—live. Watch Hai Nghiem from the AGI Ventures Canada as he codes, creates, and iterates at lightning speed by using vibe coding tools like Claude Code, v0, Figma Make, Cursor and more. This isn’t just a demo—it’s a real-time look at how ideas can go from “what if” to “what’s next” in minutes. No slides. No fluff. Just pure innovation, unfolding live.