TiEQuest Summit 2025: Building in Canada for the World
TiEQuest Summit is where the boldest founders, sharpest investors, and most innovative industry leaders collide.
From unfiltered VC insights to game-changing startup pitches, this event is the stage for those shaping what’s next in tech and entrepreneurship. Whether you’re here to learn, invest, or compete, expect big ideas, real talk, and a high-stakes pitch competition.
At TiE Toronto’s annual conference, we shine a spotlight on the bold entrepreneurs who are creating world-class companies from coast to coast — and scaling them to global markets.
Agenda
This year's theme is: Building in Canada for the world. This year’s theme, “Building in Canada for the World,” is a rallying cry for founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders who believe in the power of Canadian ingenuity, diversity, and resilience to solve global challenges.
9:00am - 9:30am- Registration Opens
9:30am - 9:45am- Opening Remarks
9:45am - 10:30pm- Opening Keynote: BIG Canadian Ideas
10:30pm - 11:15pm- Thinking Global From Day One
11:15am - 12:00pm- Building Global AI Applications : Foundational Layers & App Layers
12:00pm - 1:00pm- Lunch & Networking
1:00pm - 1:45pm- VCs Investing In Canada
1:45pm - 2:00pm- Immigrant Founders Building In Canada For The World
2:00pm - 2:45pm- International keynote to be announced
2:45pm - 3:30pm- TiEQuest MedTech Finals
3:30pm - 4:15pm- TiEQuest Regular Track Finals
4:15pm - 4:45pm- Awards & Prizes
4:45pm - 5:00pm- Closing Remarks
Featured Speakers
VC's Investing in Canada Panel:
Our panel will be hosted by, Michael Hyatt – Entrepreneur, Investor, and Scale-Up Strategist
Michael Hyatt is a serial entrepreneur, celebrated investor, and trusted voice in Canada’s tech ecosystem. Best known as the co-founder of BlueCat—acquired for over $700M—Michael has built, scaled, and exited multiple companies and now helps others do the same.
A Dragon on The Next Gen Den and a frequent advisor to top startups and scaleups, Michael brings sharp insight into what it takes to grow a business, lead through uncertainty, and think like an owner. He’s also a founding partner at the Hyatt Family Office, backing ambitious entrepreneurs across North America.
Whether you're just getting started or scaling your second venture, Michael’s perspective is a masterclass in focus, grit, and long-term thinking.
Matt is the Founder and Managing Partner at Golden Ventures, Matt has focused on startups his entire career. He has been engaged in all aspects of building and guiding disruptive companies from their very early stages.
In 2011 Matt started Golden Ventures, one of the earliest micro venture capital funds, with the goal of supporting early stage founders in their journey of realizing their vision and potential. Many funds later, Matt brings the same excitement when meeting founders building transformative technology companies. Matt previously led deals at BlackBerry Partners Fund and Brightspark Ventures. Matt cut his entrepreneurial teeth as a co-founder of Tira Wireless, a mobile games publisher and content deployment technology and services provider. Tira became a recognized industry leader in both mobile games publishing and content deployment. Matt is trained as a lawyer, specializing in business technology, financial services and M&A at Osler, one of Canada’s premier law firms. He has an LLB / MBA from the University of Ottawa, and a BA in Economics from York University.
Thank you to our amazing partners:
If you would like to know more about our partners, please visit:
Tie Toronto
ICICI Bank Canada
Baylis MedTech
City of Toronto
Angel Investors Ontario
RBC
Capital World
Tangentia Ventures
BDO
Bond Consulting
We are officially part of Toronto Tech Week 2025, a weeklong citywide collection of events to connect and celebrate the builders. June 23 → June 27, 2025 | torontotechweek.com.