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Investing in Cleantech and the Transition to Circularity and Carbon Neutrality

06 Apr 2022
2:30pm - 6:30pm PDT

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Investor meetings will remain online till further notice to enable broader participation. In addition we will continue to facilitate investor deep dives and host an investor deal sharing meeting. More details in our newsletter and on the events page of this website.

 

The transition to circularity and carbon neutrality provides a large opportunity for investment in transformative innovation across the value chain. 

At this cleantech themed investor meeting we bring together investors, founders and other community stakeholders to meet and support BC-based ventures. 

Our mission at VANTEC is to help grow the angel investing community, grow angel investments in BC-based ventures, and support angel investors in making more and better investments. We are therefore hosting this special monthly VANTEC meeting to:

  1. Highlight cleantech investment trends and opportunities
  2. Have a roundtable discussion about the cleantech investor and founder journey
  3. Meet early-stage ventures that are aiming for transformative change with cleantech and circularity across industries and problem areas
  4. Meet early-stage investors with an interest in sustainability, cleantech and circularity

 

A G E N D A

 

Investor members and registered attendees can now more easily access pitch decks, GUST profiles and post event recordings on their desktop or phone via our new content sharing platform. We welcome your feedback and questions at info@vantec.ca.

 

Networking 2:30pm

Breakout Rooms for Networking

Investment Trends 3:00pm-3:20pm

Dave Thomas, Partner at Rocketbuilders, Lead on Ready to Rocket Cleantech, EiR at SFU VentureLabs

Roundtable  Discussion 3:20pm-3:55pm

 

 

 

Dave Thomas, Partner at Rocketbuilders, Lead on Ready to Rocket Cleantech, EiR at SFU VentureLabs

Jonathan Rhone, President and CEO at Axine Water Technologies

Vivian Kan, Director Cleantech Practice at BDC

Molly Shor, Board Member and Co-chair Due Diligence at E8 Angels

 

Welcome and Community Announcements 4:00pm

Community partners are invited to make a 90-second announcement of their upcoming events to the investors and founders in the room and subscribers to our newsletter. Simply email us at info@vantec.ca

New Ventures BC Competition applications due April 11 Angie Schick | Executive Director

E8 Angels | Jean-Noel Poirier | New $50 million Fund for Cleantech

entrepreneurship@UBC | Chang Han Lead EiR entrepreneurship@UBC

SFU VentureLabs | Lesley Duncan | Acting Executive Director

Genome BC | Chang Han Consultant, Industry Innovation Programs

Foresight Accelerator | Hilary Travis | Director BC

 

INVESTOR EVENTS
Angel Forum Western Angel Investment Summit Thursday-Friday, April 7-8
Keiretsu Forum Vancouver Tuesday, April 12
Angel Forum Deal Structuring and Term Sheet Webinar Monday, April 28
VANTEC Meeting Wednesday, May 4

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Langara College & Volition Student ShowcaseThursday, April 7
New Ventures BC Competition Deadline: Thursday, April 11
Spring Health Impact Investor Challenge Wednesday, April 20

Company Presentations 4:15pm

Companies can apply to pitch here, and are recommended to attend one or more of the pitch circuit events to practice their pitch. Please note the additional requirements to align with the theme of this event. The presenting companies will be announced 2 weeks prior to the meeting.

 

UPDATES (90 seconds)

Origen Air | Cleantech / Air  | GUST |  Breathe life into your buildings
Solaires | Cleantech / Energy | GUST | Developing the next generation of affordable more efficient solar cells through a novel perovskite ink and a superior manufacturing process
Lucent Biosciences - Soileos | Agtech |  GUST | Lucent has developed a new class of micronutrient fertilizers that is carbon-neutral, does not have run-off pollution while improving yield and crop quality

 

PREVIEWS (90 seconds)

Square Solar | Cleantech / Energy | GUST | Square solar has challenges in expanding the team, funding for hiring team members, and initial setup for production
Novion | Cleantech / Water |  GUST | Novion empowers cities to become more climate resilient and helps them proactively and retroactively circumnavigate adverse climate events
NANOSentinel | Cleantech / Energy | GUST | Trace metal analysis in real time

 

FULL PRESENTATIONS (5 minutes)

Reviv | Cleantech / Plastic Waste in Land | GUST | A carbon-negative plastic upcycling process to produce green fuels and regenerative soil nutrients
7 Leagues Leather | Circularity / Waste to Fashion | GUST | 7 Leagues is a circular economy fish leather tannery & boot social enterprise: upcycling fisheries & forestry waste, crafted locally by barriered urban workers
Tradle | Circularity / Fashion | GUST | Tradle is a circular clothing service helping new parents to have, use, and easily exchange items as their child quickly grows from one size to the next
Reusables | Circularity / Food & Beverage Packaging | GUST | Scalable packaging-as-a-service platform for zero waste food retailing
Spraywerx  | Cleantech / Materials | GUST | Wear and corrosion resistant coatings for internal surfaces used in aerospace and industrial applications
Viridis | Cleantech / Plastic Waste in Water |  GUST | Giving water a second chance by cleaning and reusing greywater
Airsset  | Cleantech / Air Software | GUST |Airsset is an air quality platform that saves time, lowers risk, all while making buildings more efficient

 

Networking 5:30pm-6:00pm

Dedicated Breakout Rooms for Full Presenters and Investor/Founder Networking

 

Investor Deep Dives April 13 (online)

Deep Dives offer founders who gave a full presentation, the opportunity to invite investors for online conversation and deep dive. Investors can sign up for the deep dives by emailing the founders for an invitation.

Reviv |  adam@revivenergy.ca
7 Leagues Leather |  info@7leagues.com
Tradle |  blyth@tradle.ca
Reusables |  jason@reusables.com
Spraywerx Technologies |  aburgess@spraywerx.com
Viridis Research |  maca@viridisresearch.com
Airsset |  michael@airsset.com

 

Investor Decks

The company presentations and investor packages, including more details on the team, financials, and other documents are available to VANTEC members on the Gust platform. Email us at info@vantec.ca if you have any questions.

 

NOTE: In our effort to share the pitches and presentations beyond our venue for a bigger impact we will record some of our events and make them available online.

By attending this event, you consent to the use of photography/video/audio in all forms of media, for any and all promotional purposes including advertising, display, audiovisual, exhibition, or editorial use by VANTEC Angel Network without payment or other compensation.

 

Apply to Pitch

We invite all cleantech companies seeking seed investment to apply. Please express your interest by completing your application to pitch no later than March 18, 2022 at 11:59 PM.

 

Benefits

  • Present to our community of investors, angel funds and VC's.
  • Prescreen to and get feedback and advise from investors and industry experts two weeks before the investor meeting. 
    • Tandem Innovation Group contract CFO's will support full presenters with feedback on your pitch deck, financial projections, dealroom etc.

  • Grow your connections, relationships with industry experts, peers and investors. Set up a deep dive conversations with aligned investors
  • Company pitches will be recorded on video for viewing on demand by investors and affiliated angel groups.

 

Application Criteria

You are seeking an equity investment from angel investors and you are on your way to meet these criteria.

You are a BC-based company that is transforming the value chain with Cleantech and Sustainability solutions. Companies from other provinces are welcome to apply, and we will introduce you to our partners, however for this investor meeting BC companies are preferred.

Innovation & Impact: Concept is a transformative / game-changing approach to solving a problem or gap in the market that can have major impact at scale.

Product / Technology: Product or service has a competitive advantage and barriers to entry.

Customers / Traction: Validated customer needs and wants. Progress in building a successful business.

Business Model / Scalability: Clear business model and goto market.

Sustainability / Social Good: Business has a triple bottom line: profit, people and planet.

Team: Strong team of founders, staff and advisors.

Exit: Path to a high value exit
 

Our Process

  • March 18, 2022 - Is the final deadline to submit your application. We ask you to complete a secure online investor profile on GUST. An investor panel selects the companies.
  • March 23, 2022 - If you're selected for the online pre-screening  you will give a 5 minute presentation, answer questions and receive feedback on your business and presentation from a panel of experienced investors and domain experts. This will take about 30 minutes.
  • March 31, 2022 - We will announce the final selection of companies. 
  • April 6, 2022 - At the investor meeting you will present to an audience of angel investors, family offices, funds and community partners.
  • The meeting starts at 2.30 pm with networking, 3:00 pm with industry trends and Roundtable discussion. Company presentations to investors are from 4.00 - 5.30.
  • Breakout rooms for Q&A with full presenters and networking 5:30-6:30.
  • We recommend companies to schedule a follow on conversations and deep dives with investors the following Wednesday April 13, 2022.

 

NOTE: If you aren't selected to present, we will consider your application for upcoming investor meetings held monthly on the first Wednesday of the month.

 

Selection Committee

The selection committee includes:

Frank Leffelaar - Angel Investor & Advisor at VANTEC and eFund, EiR at Foresight Accelerator and SFU Venturelabs

Erik Kaas - Industry Technology Advisor at NRC-IRAP 

And other representatives from community partners

 

06 Apr 2022
2:30pm - 6:30pm PDT

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