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This year NACO is hosting the World Angel Investment Summit in Toronto, Sept. 25-27^th, 

but frankly if this is news, then I certainly haven’t been doing my job as Summit Chair!

Tonnes of volunteer and staff hours have gone in to creating a robust 3 day agenda filled with education session, in-depth panels, inspiring keynotes, and exclusive networking opportunities.  The Summit will attract over 700 investors, partners and industry leaders from around the world and is the flagship event for the Canadian Angel Investor community.

Highlights from the agenda include: 

Tuesday, September 25th:
NACO AGM and keynote on Economic Impact of Angel Investing in Canada
Investor Zone meetings with curated Start-Ups
NACO Academy educational seminars
Exclusive Welcome Reception at Casa Loma

Wednesday, September 26th: “The Era of Dynamic Disruption” – 
Panel Sessions on Blockchain, ML &AI, Future of Transportation, International Investment, etc.
Fireside Chats- Disruptive Impact of Tech, Unlocking Intergenerational Wealth, Disrupting the Social Contract,
Keynote Address on How Technology is Changing the Face of Private Risk Capital
Gala Awards Dinner featuring Wesley Chan & presentations of Angel, Start Up, & Exit of the Year Awards

Thursday, September 27th: “Building an Innovation Ecosystem” –
Presentations on the Why this is the best time for exits, & Building a coordinated Ecosystem
Deep Dives on –Growing Angel Networks, Funding Innovation through Angel Funds, Best Practices for Incubators and Accelerators, Investing like a Super Angel

Keynotes by:
Howard Lindzon, Adeo Ressi, Peter Cowley, Wesley Chan, and more!

Venues include:
Hilton Hotel, Casa Loma and Sony Center

My Ask:
As York Angels is top ranked nationally for deal flow, and the second largest group in Canada, this is a great opportunity to show other angel groups how a truly engaged angel investors from the BEST group step up!

Visit https://www.nacocanada.com/cpages/world-summit to Register Now!

Use the YAI registration code (YAIREG) for a discounted price to attend the Summit.

Jess, Galen, DJ, Lucas, Angad, JP, Sean & Cass had an amazing weekend at the Fireside Conference held at Camp Walden in Bancroft from September 6th – 9th. A group that camps together, invests together!

Last weekend, Jess was delighted to judge the Open People Network PitchIt competition at the Fireside Conference. Sensational pitches by dynamic entrepreneurs. Moderated by JP of OPN and Podcaster Jordan. A pleasure to be a judge with fellow York Angel Galen of Bark N Yapp and Jason Calacanis (A super angel from California).
Jess was also pleased to record a podcast with Rivers Corbett of StartUp Canada about York Angels.

Huge Thank You to Steven & Daniel for the amazing weekend.

UOIT currently has an intern program called Career Kick Start that place students within companies for a minimum of 10 weeks and can provide a financial inventive of $2,250 to $4,500 based on the eligibility of the company.

This is a terrific opportunity for your start-up or start-ups you may know to draw some top talent from our institution.

If you are interested in this program or would like to learn more, please contact Jennifer Alsop-Lee direct at Jennifer.alsop-lee@uoit.ca

Register here

SAAS NORTH is Canada’s SaaS conference for companies scaling up. 2018 marks the third year of this premier event in partnership with L-Spark and bringing the best in SaaS back to the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, November 28-29th, 2018. This year’s lineup of speakers, programming and networking opportunities promises to connect founders, investors and executives like never before. Come and hang out with 1500 entrepreneurs from 500 companies from around the world. Get the tactical tools you need to scale up, continue to innovate and find your next customer

Promo code: SN-YorkAngels 
Register here

YAI portfolio company Sampler was ranked No. 34 on Canadian Business and Maclean’s Today on the 2018 Startup 50 ranking of Canada’s Top New Growth Companies.
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Santiago attended the ABC Business Final Pitches at Ryerson on August 10th.
Angad was delighted to judge the CNE Innovation Garage’s Agriculture & Farming Competition on August 17th. Congrats to Ohh Food Inc on winning $5K.

On August 19th, Angelo had a great time judging the Finals at the CNE Innovation Garage Competition. Congrats to Sobie Systems on winning the $25K grand prize!

Jess attended Seneca Helix Spotlight on August 20th!

Jess, Galen, DJ, Lucas, Angad, JP, Sean & Cass had an amazing weekend at the Fireside Conference held at Camp Walden in Bancroft from September 6th – 9th. Huge Thank You to Steven & Daniel for the amazing weekend.

On September 11th, Jess was delighted to attend the AIO Group Managers Meeting, the Hon. Jim Wilson also attended.

Jess was very pleased to meet with Jeffrey Steiner & Idas Levato of Angel Investors Ontario to discuss some exciting pilot projects on September 13th.