Understanding the market potential of a startup means looking at a company through various lenses depending on its stage, sector, and business model. In this session with Sarah Wilson and Nadia Lachman from Panache Ventures, they will demystify how to evaluate startups, including specific things to look for in pre-seed stage startups when assessing their venture scalability.

Is investing in women or women's products enough? What about climate? Ethnicity? Economic and social justice? Our lives are intersectional, complex and beautiful, and our investing can be too. This engaging session, led by Susan Snider, Vice President of Strategy, Innovation and Impact at Equality Fund, will walk us through how you can adopt an intersectional approach to gender-lens investing—one that reflects the complexities that shape so many of our lives, and challenges us to activate the promise of gender-lens investing with a clear mission to shift power for lasting and meaningful change.

Brought to you by Startup TNT in collaboration with the Calgary Innovation Coalition, and Alberta Innovates. Converting investors from “interested” to “on the cap table” is as much of a skill as networking and pitching. In many ways, it is even more important than the former. It is akin to closing a sale: bottom-of-the-funnel conversions are the most important of all conversions. The program will focus on building familiarity, comfort, knowledge, and skills for investor Due Diligence.

How should angel investors go about due diligence when deciding to invest their financial (and human) capital in early stage investment? Sharing their investment knowledge and expertise, Lisa Oldridge, Founding Principal of Fulcrum Advisors, and Chelsea Gillett, Principal of The51, will lead us through the elements you should consider during the due diligence process.

Brought to you by Startup TNT in collaboration with the Calgary Innovation Coalition, and Alberta Innovates. Converting investors from “interested” to “on the cap table” is as much of a skill as networking and pitching. In many ways, it is even more important than the former. It is akin to closing a sale: bottom-of-the-funnel conversions are the most important of all conversions. The program will focus on building familiarity, comfort, knowledge, and skills for investor Due Diligence.

Startup TNT’s semi-annual sector agnostic summit is coming up this Spring! Come get an overview about the Summit, eligibility requirements, the application form, and start saving important dates in your calendar. Open to companies headquartered in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.