The Yes Factor: Building a Fundable Startup
There are seven evergreen rules of building fundamentally fundable startups that all early-stage founders need to know. These rules allow ventures to raise at higher valuations, raise faster and raise from the top investors. In good capital markets, they are 'nice to have' but in a market climate like today, these rules are a 'must have' for ventures to successfully raise early-stage capital. We will talk about how at Scale Up Canada, high impact and high potential Canadian innovations are being bridged to US and global markets by leveraging extended global networks of mentors, industry sector experts, and investors.
What makes innovation-based startups fundable: Discover the key factors that investors look for in early-stage ventures.
Leveraging networks for success: Learn how to connect with mentors, industry experts, and investors to increase your startup's visibility and fundability.
Mastering the art of fundraising and valuation: Gain valuable tips on perfecting your pitch, negotiating terms, and understanding valuations.
This growth session is presented by Edmonton Unlimited & Scale Up Canada
About the Presenter
Maninder Dhaliwal
Maninder Dhaliwal is the Managing Partner of Startup Studio – Accelerator & Venture Fund with offices in Vancouver, San Francisco, Singapore and Dubai. She is the founding chair of Scale Up Canada, and serves on the global steering committee for TiE Global Angels – the largest angel investor network in the world. Maninder has been recognized by several awards for her contributions to Canada's innovation economy and culture, including: Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40, BC Business magazine’s Woman of the Year, Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award by Canadian Immigrant magazine, Diversity 50 - Canada’s most diverse and eligible board candidates - by Canadian Board Diversity Council, WXN Top 100 - Most Powerful Women in Canada, and Canada's Top 40 influencer in Finance and Innovation by Thomson Reuters. As a keynote speaker she has spoken at some of the world's biggest stages such as Collision Toronto, Web Summit Lisbon, Web Summit Qatar and others, on the topics of startup growth and acceleration, global commercialization of technology, and early-stage investing.
Scale Up Canada
Scale Up Canada is a not-for-profit public-private partnership connecting Canadian innovators, industry experts, and strategic investors for global commercialization of Canada-made innovation, investor readiness of high-potential Canadian startups, and capacity building of community organizations working on the ground with Canadian founders. Scale Up Canada is supported by TiE Global Angels (largest angel investor network in the world), tech ecosystem agencies in Alberta, BC, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and different levels of Canadian governments.
TiE Global
TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a global non-profit founded in Silicon Valley in 1992 by entrepreneurs with roots in South Asia, and is currently spread over 62 chapters in 14 countries with 15,000+ membership consisting of Angels, VCs, Private Equity, entrepreneurs, and service providers. TiE Global Angels is one of the largest angel investor networks in the world. TiE's global impact includes over $70 billion USD follow-up capital investment, $1 trillion USD wealth created for founders and investors, over 2.5 million jobs generated, and over 25,000 startups supported worldwide. The largest chapters of TiE include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Singapore, London and Dubai.