Montreal Tech Watch

Last MtlNewTech was busy. It was at McKibbins, a place somehow smaller than other venues such as Notman House, but has the advantages of being a pub, with large amounts of beer and food available. Plus it’s great for meeting new people! It also has free wifi and a good audio/video setup

Meet the great folks from Fundica

Fundica has all the funding sources in Canada. If you are launching a company, they have been in the business for years and can you help get the critical funding for starting out. The Fundica team also likes meeting entrepreneurs and making sure that their services meet the needs of their customers.

Laurent Maisonnave, all around TV / video / social media guy, is to the left. He has been busy on SeeVibes, a new tool to monitor social media response to TV shows, a useful tool for advertisers, brands, and TV stations.

To the center, Phil Telio, organiser of the International Startup Festival talks to entrepreneurs from Year One Labs.

This is the kind of conversation and connection you see at MtlNewTech. There are lots of programmers, entrepreneurs, but also event organizers, providers, bloggers, and (sometimes), investors as well.

Developers, developers, developers!

Just kidding. In this picture, we’ve got 3 CTOs/Lead developers from 3 montreal tech companies.

Christian Perron, to the right, is the main sponsor of the MtlNewTech events. He runs SDEVM or Société de Développement Économique Ville Marie. The fund helps new businesses get off the ground, through grants, loans, and also close support.

The marketing team from iWeb Technologies were also at MtlNewTech. iWeb has been promoting the new SmartServer product, as well their new branding.

And more importantly, we’ve announced a partnership with iWeb to provide technology services to new entrepreneurs. Stay tuned for more information!

Phil Gauvin presents a new service, MatchFWD, aimed to connect job seekers, companies, and connectors. MatchFWD offers a cool interface plus an intelligent ranking of good candidates for a new job listing. Opening up soon!

As you can see, MtlNewTech was packed that night, with more attendees than usual.

Jon Abrams and Elan Dubrofsky are presenting Qidiq, a simple Q&A app.

Laurent Maisonnave and Pier-Hugues Pellerin present SeeVibes, with a dual marketing / technical keynote.

Simon Bouchard, CTO at zonesa and also designer at ThemeForest, listens to the presentatoins

At the community announcements, Phil Telio and MtlNewTech gave away a ticket, aimed at helping cash-strapped entrepreneurs who can’t make it to the festival.