The Startup Summit gathers successful founders, entrepreneurs, marketing directors, investors, incubators and government trade agencies who take the stage to share their stories in fireside chats and keynotes.
With a focus on how organizations can accelerate their path to success, this event provides a platform for those who are looking to:
- Raise funds / find an investor
- Select/enter a new market(s)
- Find partners
- Expand their founding team
- Grow their organization
- Deal with the challenges brought about by the COVID19 pandemic
- Optimize their existing technologies
- Get insights on new trends
- Learn from seasoned government officials, founders, thought leaders and innovators
Reasons to attend:
- Access to the the International Trade Council’s 7500+ angel investor and venture capital contacts.
- Network online with – and potentially pitch to – investors and accelerators.
- Get involved in live (virtual) workshops and round-table discussions.
- Hear about grants and financial incentives available from various government trade and investment agencies.
- Learn how to lead, scale and grow during difficult times.
- Discuss ideas and challenges with other founders.
- Connect with investors, influencers, ecosystem players.
- Build relationships with investors and other successful founders.
- Hear from others with big ideas and innovative projects.
- Get the pulse of the market, business trends and investment mood.
- Learn how make things better, grow faster, and build a bigger organization.
- Increase your sphere of influence.
Attendees receive full access to:
- Live online conference sessions with Q&A
- Virtual meeting rooms / break-out rooms to network with other attendees
- 1:1 mentoring sessions
- Investor pitch sessions
- Investor booths and meetings
Some of our speakers:
- Adam R. Bialek, Partner, Wilson Elser
- Andries Jacobs, Founder, PDO Solutions Ltd
- Arcady Lapiro, Founder & CEO, Agora Services
- Atty. Norieva de Vega, Managing Partner, Nicolas & de Vega Law Offices
- Chad Stender, Managing Director, SeventySix Capital
- Charles To, Partner, ELLALAN
- Ching-Yung Lin, CEO, Graphen, Inc
- Chris Joyce, Founder & CEO, Gusher
- Clayton Achen, Founder, Achen Henderson Chartered Accountants
- Daryl Hatton, Founder & CEO, ConnectionPoint Systems Inc
- David Drake, Founder & Chairman, LDJ Capital
- Derek Distenfield, COO & Co-Founder, GSD Venture Studios
- Erin Rapacki, Founder, Machine Inbound, Inc
- Gabriel Hidalgo, Managing Director, K2 Integrity
- Gary Mendell, President, Meridian Finance Group
- George Trachilis, Author, Producer, Consultant & Lean Coach, Lean Leadership Institute
- Henry Ogbuagu, Founding Partner, Vencapital LLC
- Imran Haque, Founding Partner, Mentors Fund
- James York, Director of US Business & Innovation, Enterprise Estonia
- Jason Kraus, Partner, EQx Fund
- Jezamine Fewins, Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP
- Joe Kirgues, Co-Founder, gener8tor
- Johnny Abraham, Founder & Managing Director, J9 Advisory Limited
- Jonathan Shaw, Managing Partner, Shawpoint
- Joy Stephen, Senior Consultant, Polinsys Ltd.
- Justin R. Pollak, Partner, Davis & Gilbert LLP
- Leila Maria Kehl, International & Government Relations Associate, Plug and Play Tech Center
- Mark Fechner, Owner, MFCoaching
- Mark Houghton, CEO, Patent Outsourcing Limited
- Max Menke, Founding Partner, GrowthX
- Meera Tenguria, Founder & CEO, Aarohan Communications
- Michael E.S. Frankel, Managing Director, Deloitte Investments LLC
- Neal Hansch, CEO & Managing Partner, Silicon Foundry
- Nick Elward, Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development and ETFs, Natixis Investment Managers
- Nisarg Mehta, Founder & CEO, Techtic Solutions Inc
- Norman A. Katz, President, Katzscan Inc
- Olga Buchonina, Founder, ActionSpot Corp
- Oscar A. Jofre, Co-Founder, President & CEO, KoreConX
- Paul Claxton, Co-Founder & CEO, Reciprocity ROI, LLC
- Peter Oykhman, Owner & CEO, CorePartners, Inc
- Ralph Cummins, President & Managing Director, EMM Group
- Ranjani Rangan, Director, CPA Partnership Pte Ltd
- Reginald Heard, Founder & CEO, Bankers One Capital
- Rich Batchelor, President & Chief Change Agent, Capillary Consulting
- Sanjay Iyer, Product Innovation Board Advisor, Reciprocity ROI, LLC
- Sebright Chen, Founder & Chairman, Summer Atlantic Capital
- Shyam Krishnaswamy, Director, Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Sustainability, Exelon Corporation
- Steve Erbst, Co-Founder & General Partner, SPJ GTM Accelerator
- Tonya McNeal-Weary, Founder & Managing Director, IBS Global Consulting, Inc