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Startups! Come one, come all to hear it straight from the gatekeeper. Rizwan Kheraj with NRC-IRAP will tell it like it is and shed light on the sources of funding available to tech startups in BC. Hear how Optemo showed value for money and made it through the gate. And how did 2010's 'Most Promising Startup' Indicee attract $6M from the likes of Yaletown Venture Partners and Silicon Valley's Granite Ventures? You can't afford to miss this. Register today for Get Fundable.

Funding Sources for Tech Startups in BC

  • Rizwan Kheraj
    Industrial Technology Advisor, NRC-IRAP
  • Maryam Mahdaviani
    CEO, Optemo
  • Jan Ulrich
    Co-Founder, Optemo

From Idea to Launch - Start-up Lessons Learned @ Indicee

  • Mark Cunningham
    CEO, Indicee
  • Mike Satterfield
    Partner, Yaletown Venture Partners
     

Speakers

  • Co-Founder
    Optemo Technologies

    Jan Ulrich is a co-founder of Optemo. Following the completion of his Masters at UBC in Computer Science, Jan started Optemo with a vision to improve online shopping.

  • Founder, President & CEO
    Indicee

    Mark is a thought leader and passionate entrepreneur who’s committed to using technology for good, not evil.

  • Founder
    Optemo Technologies

    Maryam Mahdaviani is an entrepreneur and a computer scientist. She has received her MSc from UBC while she was an NSERC scholar.

  • Co-Founder and General Partner
    Yaletown Venture Partners

    Mike is a co-founder and General Partner of Yaletown Venture Partners. Yaletown invests in early-stage Cleantech and Information Technology companies.

  • Industrial Technology Advisor
    NRC-IRAP

    Rizwan Kheraj graduated from Queens University with a doctorate in Industrial Psychology (‘87).


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