Upcoming: CVCA 2008 Annual Conference, May 28th - 30th (1)
Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association is planning their annual conference here in Montreal just at the end of the month, with Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital) the chairman of the event . This year’s theme is “The face of change”, with panels, conferences, sessions about the topic, as well as dinners and cocktails, plus the obligatory golf event. An “Entrepreneur of the Year” award will also be given this year.
This is a high-profile event where VCs from all around the country will get to opportunity to meet, connect and network. I’ve seen the sessions and the program, and while a couple of them have compelling descriptions, I am sure most of the value of this conference for new & experienced VCs wouldn’t be those sessions but the opportunity to mingle with others, share stories and more, in their own manner; in the same way that we are doing the Tech Entrepreneur Breakfasts or StartupDrinks, with our own jargon, habits and other codes.
It’s great to see this coming to Montréal, if I spot something good, I’ll report it back to you; and if you are an investor, bookmark the page.
Also worth noting, as the main association for the Canadian PE &VC industry, the CVCA wasn’t, until today, offering its members and other industry colleagues, the opportunity to “voice” their individual opinions or “rant” on the pains and pleasures of what they go through as an industry.
It’s not all about stats you know! The VC & PE industry is a lively rollercoaster of emotions. So in conjunction with the annual event, the CVCA launched its own blog - CVCA Capital Rants: which I hope will be a showcase of Canada’s best and brightest on the good, the bad, and the ugly of Private Equity & Venture Capitalism. It will be interesting to see how this takes off.
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