VANTEC Agrifood Tech Investor Meeting - November 4, 2020
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Presentation: Investment Trends 3:00-3:55 p.m. | VIDEO
Steve Hansen of Raymond James shares trends, opportunities and examples why investing in Agtech and Foodtech is rapidly growing and rewarding.
Panel Discussions: | VIDEO
Moderated panel discussions with founders and investors.
Taking a global perspective early in your journey
Tom Urban of Agribusiness Advisors has a conversation with the founders of Neupeak, Future Fields and Livestock Water Recycling They all chose to join a foreign accelerator. Why did they, how did it change their perspective and how did they benefit.
Meet Ally Bharmal partner at Fasken
Ally provides advice with an emphasis on the food, beverage and agri-tech sector including start-up and incorporation issues, shareholders' agreements, financing transactions (including debt and equity angel and venture capital), mergers and acquisitions, strategic transactions. He has extensive experience with respect to Board governance, and often serves as corporate secretary for clients. More...
Ally Bharmal | abharmal@fasken.com | 604 631 4987 | www.fasken.com
Raising Funding from the right investors beyond our borders
Steve Hansen of Raymond James has a conversation with the founders of Barrelwise, Lucent Soileos and Scout Canning about how they sought the right investors for them across Canada and beyond.
VANTEC Open Network Investor Meeting - October 7, 2020
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VANTEC Open Network Investor Meeting - September 9, 2020
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - July 8, 2020
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VANTEC Health & Life Sciences 3 June 2020
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Presentation: Future of Life Sciences/HealthTech | VIDEO
What the future holds for the Life Sciences sector
Overview of the trends in the life sciences sector observed globally and in Canada - and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on this sector.
Presenter: Wendy Hurlburt, President & CEO at LifeSciences BC
How our local life sciences ecosystem is coping with the pandemic
Overview of the local life sciences startup ecosystem and how our local life sciences community of entrepreneurs, investors and others are handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presenter: Lana Janes, Venture Partner, adMare BioInnovations
Investment trends in life/healthtech
What investors should look for when investing in this sector and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected investment decisions.
Presenter: Jason Robertson, VP Investments, Nimbus Synergies Inc.
Panel: COVID-19 Impact | VIDEO
Moderator: Wendy Hurlburt, President & CEO at LifeSciences BC
Panelists:
Lana Janes, Venture Partner, adMare BioInnovations
Jason Robertson, VP Investments, Nimbus Synergies Inc.
Geof Auchinleck, Co-founder and CEO of Claris Healthcare Inc.
VANTEC Investor Meeting - May 6, 2020
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VANTEC Workshop - May 6, 2020
Adding Resilience through impact & sustainability
Beyond the tipping point: How the COVID crisis is aligning profitability and impact.
The current economic crisis is presenting unprecedented challenges and opportunities to realign vision, mission, values. We will explore how companies and investors can align their ventures with the new realities. Over this two-hour session participants will be immersed in the world of the regenerative business movement, venture purpose design, and impact measurement.
Adding Resilience through Impact and Sustainability | Video
Finding your Baseline | Video
Kristy O'Leary Presentation Q&A | Video
Kristy O'Leary of Decade Presentation | Deck
VANTEC Investor Meeting: Climate Solutions - April 1, 2020
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Climate Positive Investing 3:00pm
Investment Fund Interview | Video |
How can early-stage investors understand and anticipate this growing demand for high-impact climate solutions? What do “climate solutions” actually look like, and which categories of solutions can be expected to attract the greatest demand over the next 5-10 years.
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Matt Eggers, Investor and Company Builder, will be interviewed by Jeanette Jackson, CEO at Foresight Accelerator
Investment Trends Presentation | Video |
Investment trends in climate solutions across industries, presented by Dave Thomas, Cleantech lead at Rocketbuilders | Deck |
Investing After COVID-19 | Video |
Jeanette Jackson, CEO at Foresight Accelerator has a discussion with Shirley Speakman, Senior Partner with Cycle Capital, Canada’s most active cleantech venture capital fund and Keith Ippel, Eco System Builder and CEO at Spring Activator
VANTEC Investor Meeting - March 4, 2020
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VANTEC Investor Meeting: AI & AI Enabled Companies - Feb 6, 2020
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Presentation: Investment Trends | VIDEO |
The AI landscape in BC & Angel Investing Cheat Sheet for BC-based AI Startups: A functional overview of AI/ML for angel investors - strengths of local startups, some practical rules of thumb, questions to ask AI entrepreneurs and common misperceptions. | DECK | VIDEO |
Presenter: Handol Kim | Variational AI | BIO: Handol is Co-Founder & CEO of Variational AI, AI for drug discovery. Prior to Variational AI, Handol was General Manager of Quadrant AI, the AI software and services business unit of D-Wave Systems, where he built the business from customers such as SK Telecom, the NIH, FDA, Siemens-Healthineers and Konica Minolta. Handol is also Vice-Chair of the AI Network of British Columbia (AInBC) and has 20+ years of software, telecom/mobile, and cloud computing experience at executive management roles in Silicon Valley, Asia and across Canada.
From AI Algorithms to Commercial Success– A Big Company Perspective: What it takes to transform from a company that has great algorithms to a company that also has happy (and paying) customers. | DECK | VIDEO |
Presenter: Ran Rumianek | Change Healthcare | BIO: Ran is an experienced leader in the Healthcare Technology industry. He served in senior business and product management roles, where he led the development and commercialization of multiple new innovative products. Currently, Ran is heading the AI and Innovation group at the Medical Imaging division of Change Healthcare ( previously McKesson), one of the largest Digital Health companies in North America. In this role, Ran works closely with customers, developers, and the vibrant ecosystem of AI startups to create new AI-powered solutions.
AI @ universities: Getting it right: Challenges that need to be solved in the research and talent pipeline leading into AI commercialization-ready ventures. | DECK | VIDEO |
Presenter: Iain Begg | Innovation UBC | BIO: As the Managing Director of Innovation Partnerships within the VPRI portfolio, Iain works with the team, on the one hand to help recognize, foster, and facilitate innovation development, and on the other, to promote and grow deep research-oriented relationships with partner organizations. We work hand-in-hand with the other driving groups of Innovation UBC to find ways of moving research into impact. In addition, Iain is the UBC Concierge for the Canadian Digital Technology Supercluster - connecting researchers, companies, and projects
Panel: Investment Trends | VIDEO |
Ashish Sant [Moderator] | SFU Venture Labs | BIO: Ashish is a seasoned business and technology executive with 25+ years of experience in digital health and medical devices. He is an Executive in Residence at SFU Venture labs where he provides mentoring/coaching to CEOs of healthcare startups. In his prior role, he was the SVP/GM of Enterprise Imaging business at Change Healthcare (formerly McKesson) where he managed a $350M business with 1000+ employees.
Ran Rumianek | Change Healthcare
VANTEC Investor Meeting - Jan 8, 2020
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - Dec 4, 2019
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VANTEC Investor Meeting Agrifoodtech & Cleantech - Nov 6, 2019
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Presentation: Investment Trends 2:30pm
Industry experts present trends, opportunities and examples why investing in Agtech, Foodtech and Cleantech is rapidly growing and rewarding.
Trends in Agtech & Foodtech - Tom Urban, Investor and Founder of Agribusiness Advisors | DECK | VIDEO
Tom Urban is a Vancouver based investor in early stage Agtech companies, and the founder of Agribusiness Advisors. He provides advisory services to CEOs and Boards and has made a number of direct investments in promising Ag start ups. Tom is also an Entrepreneur in Residence and Adjunct Professor at UBC and is part of a team and a large network of mentors that is supporting innovation and entrepreneurship at UBC. He has spent more than 25 years in the world of agriculture.
Trends in Cleantech - Jeanette Jackson, CEO at Foresight Cleantech Accelerator | DECK | VIDEO
Jeanette is an experienced CEO, entrepreneur and business strategist with broad-based experience in technology, business development, marketing and operations. Over the last 4 years, Jeanette has supported more than 20 Foresight companies as an Executive In Residence in several markets including bio-energy, electric vehicles, smart buildings, water tech, robotics and wind. She is excited to bring the new vision of Foresight to life: advancing the adoption of Canadian transformative cleantech companies through programs that help them launch, scale and grow.
EBC Investment Program Updates - Kevin Harvey, Portfolio Manager, Investment Capital Branch | DECK | VIDEO
Kevin Harvey is a Portfolio Manager with the Investment Capital Branch. Kevin is dedicated to helping small businesses raise capital in BC under both the Eligible Business Corporation (EBC) and Venture Capital Corporation (VCC) programs. Kevin Harvey is a CFA® charterholder, and is committed to working with entrepreneurs, investors, and industry stakeholders to grow the venture capital ecosystem in BC.
CEO Panel: The Journey from Startup to Scale-Up 3:00 pm | VIDEO
Tom Urban, Angel Investor and Advisor in Agrifoodtech talks with 3 successful local entrepreneurs and looks back at their journey from idea to business and scaling up.
Michael Gilbert, CEO at Semios, Automated climate, pest, insect and disease management and treatment for orchards.
Dave Dinesen, CEO at Cubic Farms - Commercial scale automated indoor farming systems.
Hamlet Abnousi, CEO at Novobind - Biological food additive to target and disarm dangerous microbes in farm animals.
VANTEC Investor Meeting - Oct 2, 2019
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VANTEC Open Network - Sep 11, 2019
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AGENDA OF PRESENTING COMPANIES
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - July 1, 2019
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VANTEC Investor Meeting Health & Life Sciences- June 12, 2019
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Presentation: Trends in Health & Life Sciences
The Trends in Investment and Successful Commercialization
Presenter: Lesley Esford
Dr. Esford has spent the last couple of decades in the life sciences sector in leadership positions as an educator and a trusted advisor. In her most recent positions at Accel-Rx and at Life Sciences BC, she has developed a large professional network and a comprehensive understanding of the global Life Sciences sector and investment community; including working with over 100 entrepreneurs developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics at every stage of the innovation process from concept to commercialization.
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Panel: Investing in Health & Life Sciences
Successfully Commercializing technology to create a Market Leading Company
Panel:
Patricia Beckmann, Ph.D., Managing Director, BioStrategy
Dr. Nima Ziraknejad, Ph.D. P.Eng., Founder & CEO, NZ Technologies Inc.
Harrison Brown, Co-Founder & CEO, HeadCheck Health
Elayne Wandler, Director Programs & Partnerships, Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator
Moderator: Lesley Esford
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - May 1, 2019
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VANTEC Investing in Digital Media, Gaming and AR/VR - Apr 3, 2019
Note: We apologize that this meeting was not captured on video due to an unforeseen circumstance
Presentation: Trends in Digital Media, Gaming & AR/VR
Presenter: Geoffrey Hansen, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - Mar 6, 2019
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VANTEC Investing in AI and ML - Feb 6, 2019
Presentation: Trends in AI and ML
Presenter: Geoffrey Hansen, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders
Panel: Investing in AI and ML
VIDEO: Successfully Commercializing AI/ML to create a Market Leading Company
Moderator: Geoffrey Hansen, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders
Maryam Sadeghi, PhD, CEO and Co-founder, MetaOptima
Shamil Hargovan, CEO at Wiivv
Michael Cheng, Co-founder of Lumen5
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - Jan 9, 2019
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VANTEC Investing in Agtech & Cleantech- Dec 5, 2018
Presentations
Trends in CleanTech VIDEO - Jeanette Jackson, Managing Director at Foresight Cleantech Accelerator
Trends in AgTech VIDEO - Tom Urban, Investor and Founder of Agribusiness Advisors
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Investor & Entrepreneur Dialogues VIDEO
Tom Urban (investor) and Amar Singh of Elevated Signals
Jenny Yang (investor) and Gareth Brown of Clir Renewables
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VANTEC Investor Meeting - Nov 7, 2018
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VANTEC Investing in Digital Health - Oct 3, 2018
Investment trends in Digital Health by Geoffrey Hansen, Managing Partner at Rocket Builders
PRESENTATION PDF PRESENTATION VIDEO MP4
Panel discussion with 4 CEO's of BC based digital health companies
Alison Taylor and Trevor Johnston Co-CEO's at Jane Software
Geof Auchinleck CEO at Claris Healthcare
Alexandra Greenhill CEO at Careteam Technologies
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VANTEC Open Network - Sep 12, 2018
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BC and China: Angel Investment Opportunities - Mar 7, 2018
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How to Invest in Startup Ventures in BC and Canada, Mike Volker, Founder, VANTEC Angel Network
Investment Opportunities in Food and Agri Tech, James Pratt, BC Food Processors Association
Investment Opportunities in Digital Media, James Hursthouse, DigiBC
Investment Opportunities in IOT, AI, Blockchain Social Casino & Cannabis Tech, Geoffrey Hansen, Ready-to-Rocket
Investment Opportunities in Life Sciences, Michael Lincoln, Accel-Rx
Chinese Translation of the above presentations
Investing in Food & Agriculture Technology - Feb 7, 2018
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Investment Trends in Food & Agriculture Technology, Michael McGee, Partner at Avrio
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