TechAlliance BURST Showcase
November 20, 2018
On November 15th, one of our community partners, TechAlliance, held a showcase of many of the ventures that they have shepherded through their BURST program since it was launched in early 2017.
News
Vanrx Named the Fastest Growing Technology Company in Canada
November 15, 2018
VANCOUVER, CANADA — November 15, 2018 — Deloitte, an international financial advisory firm, has named Vanrx Pharmasystems as the fastest growing technology company in Canada on its 2018 Technology Fast 50™ list.
Council of Canadian Innovators
October 23, 2018
CCI's mandate is to build Canada's economy by advocating for policies that help high-growth firms scale up in Canada and globally.
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Investor Meeting Highlights - October
October 18, 2018
This morning (Thursday October 18) for the first time ever in our 10 year history we had four ventures present this morning at our regular monthly SWO Angels Investor Meeting. As a result we kept the agenda tight and everyone responded with great engagement.
Interviewing for Character, Part 2 – A Practical Approach
October 8, 2018
How to Uncover Passion
One of our SWO Angels members has a particularly good question that can uncover a lot in a conversation. He asks: “Why did you start this venture?” For him to be interested in investing, the answer must reveal a passion for an outcome that is beyond the entrepreneur’s natural ability to solve. Simple monetary or wealth objectives are uninteresting to this member. There is power in “Why?” questions!
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Seize the Opportunity: How Canada is Empowering Start-ups to Scale Globally
September 27, 2018
SWO Angel CEO, Dennis Ensing has been venturing back and forth across York & Adelaide streets in Toronto yesterday getting sessions in at both NACO's Summit and Elevate's Educate Scale-up track.
This morning my first Scale-up session was a presentation from Dennis Kavelman, former C-suite member of RIM/Blackberry and D2L, now a General Partner with iNovia Capital.
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The NACO World Angel Investment Summit
September 26, 2018
Peter Cowley, Summit Keynote, shared stories and the lessons he's learned through his decades of experience as an entrepreneur, an active Angel, and a member of the most active Angel group in the UK.
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A Journey to Learn About Artificial Intelligence
September 24, 2018
The day’s journey was simply full of Artificial Intelligence (AI) itself. On route, we used an incredibly advanced GPS app, listened to a tailored Spotify playlist, Googled and found the “best coffee roaster near me”. Upon arriving at the café, I reviewed website analytics composed of thousands stats. I am taking AI for granted daily and we have only scratched the surface of what is possible.
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Investor Meeting Highlights - September
September 20, 2018
This morning (Thursday September 20) we held our first SWO Angels Investor Meeting of the 2018-19 season after a summer recess.
Two ventures presented to attending members in the MVP Lab in the Convergence Centre on Western’s Discovery Park. Both also presented this week to our angel group Alliance partners, Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN) and Angel One Network.
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Due Diligence Lunch and Learn Recap
September 12, 2018
About a dozen SWO Angel’s members and sponsors representatives gathered this past Wednesday (Sept 12th) to attend the final session of our 2018 Lunch & Learn series. Effective due diligence is critical to our investor activities – not just to avoid bad investments, but probably more importantly to understand the entrepreneurs’ and venture’s “transformability”.
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