Event category: Networking & Special Events
Events
Pitchfest Final Throwdown
Our judges have shortlisted the best of the best! Now get ready for an epic showdown at the PitchFest Finale Throwdown, where innovation and creativity collide in a riveting clash of wits and business smarts. With live audience polled results, we’ll find out which company will reign supreme and be our PItchfest Winner for 2024.
Our judges have shortlisted the best of the best! Now get ready for an epic showdown at the PitchFest Finale Throwdown, where innovation and creativity collide in a riveting clash of wits and business smarts. With live audience polled results, we’ll find out which company will reign supreme and be our PItchfest Winner for 2024.
PITCHFEST Round 2
It’s day two – and more anxious, excited founders take to the stage for the ultimate showdown. Pitchfest Round 2 will see more incredible companies pitch to our panel of investors. Who will make it through to compete for the grand prize at the end of the day?
It’s day two – and more anxious, excited founders take to the stage for the ultimate showdown. Pitchfest Round 2 will see more incredible companies pitch to our panel of investors. Who will make it through to compete for the grand prize at the end of the day?
Pitchfest- Round 2
Hear from our finalists: Medibanx, Strucwise, Enurgen and Align Software!
The much-loved PitchFest is back! Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown as some incredible companies step into the spotlight to pitch to our panel of investors. Who will take home the grand prize?
The much-loved PitchFest is back! Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown as some incredible companies step into the spotlight to pitch to our panel of investors. Who will take home the grand prize?
Pre-Conference Kickoff Mingler [AT CAPACITY]
Join Growth Equity investors Edison Partners for this kickoff mingler!
Immediately following the Welcome Reception, hop over to the renowned “Rabbit Hole,” housed in a 122-year-old building in the heart of Centretown – to taste Ottawa’s most creative cocktails and food in a modern yet historical venue.
Immediately following the Welcome Reception, hop over to the renowned “Rabbit Hole,” housed in a 122-year-old building in the heart of Centretown – to taste Ottawa’s most creative cocktails and food in a modern yet historical venue.
RBCx Investor Breakfast [AT CAPACITY]
Co-sponsored by Polymath and Fasken and Ignited by L-SPARK
An in-depth review of the Canadian SaaS investment landscape and a discussion about everything from funding and exits to market trends and predictions.
An in-depth review of the Canadian SaaS investment landscape and a discussion about everything from funding and exits to market trends and predictions.
RBCx Investor Breakfast- Is Venture Capital Dead? (AT CAPACITY)
Presented by RBCx and Co-Sponsored by Fasken
Venture capital isn’t dead- it’s just evolving. Fast. As interest rates stay high, exits stay slow, and AI rewrites the rules, founders and investors alike are asking: what does smart capital look like now?
Join four heavyweight voices shaping the future of Canadian tech investment as they cut through the noise and map out the path forward. From fund strategy and startup scrappiness to global trends and corporate capital, this investor breakfast will reveal how today’s investors are placing bets and how SaaS founders can still win big in a cautious market.
Venture capital isn’t dead- it’s just evolving. Fast. As interest rates stay high, exits stay slow, and AI rewrites the rules, founders and investors alike are asking: what does smart capital look like now?
RBCx Investor Breakfast: Sovereign AI Edition
Presented By RBCx. Co-Sponsored By Fasken
Three U.S. firms run 85% of Canada’s cloud spend, three more own 88% of enterprise foundation model usage, and NVIDIA owns the chips. With CUSMA’s digital trade chapter in play through the 2026 joint review, Canadian leaders are making infrastructure and vendor commitments now that will outlast the negotiation. This session brings together the people actually building the alternative: a VC funding the companies making the bet, a founder building the optical hardware AI infrastructure runs on, and the exec standing up Canada’s first sovereign AI compute factory — separating the sovereign capacity that’s actually real from the stuff that’s just a Canadian flag on a rented server. Hear what it’ll take to make sure Canada actually has digital sovereignty a decade from now, not just today.
Three U.S. firms run 85% of Canada’s cloud spend, three more own 88% of enterprise foundation model usage, and NVIDIA owns the chips. With CUSMA’s digital trade chapter in play through the 2026 joint review, Canadian leaders are making infrastructure and vendor commitments now that will outlast the negotiation. This session brings together the people actually building the alternative: a VC funding the companies making the bet, a founder building the optical hardware AI infrastructure runs on, and the exec standing up Canada’s first sovereign AI compute factory — separating the sovereign capacity that’s actually real from the stuff that’s just a Canadian flag on a rented server. Hear what it’ll take to make sure Canada actually has digital sovereignty a decade from now, not just today.
