Angel Investing Workshop - NACO Academy

Registration & Networking 8.30am

Introduction to Angel Investing Workshop 9.00am-12.00pm

Join Pieter Dorsman, an active angel investor, board member and advisor for early stage technology companies in this interactive workshop on valuation. Enjoy the insights from the investors, entrepreneurs and experts on our panel. 

Workshop participants get free access ($75 value) to the VANTEC Panel Discussion at 2.00pm and the VANTEC Investor Meeting and reception 4.00 -6.30 pm.

Note: By BC Securities Law you must be an accredited investor to attend a VANTEC  Investor Meeting.

Chinese translators will be on hand, provided by  CanAchieve and Dongguang.

Partner Organization Promocodes

Members of these partner organizations may expect a separate communication with a promocode: C2CAN, FrontFundr, Raise Collective, Pique Ventures, Aria Capital, Spring Activator, NACO, Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

If you are already and active Angel Investor or Founder

Check out our March 19 Workshops on Preparing for an Exit and Valuation

Learn what it takes to become a successful, professional Angel investor

Learn the essential processes, activities, relationships, and tools that make Angels successful.

This workshop provides a broad introduction to Angel investing – the people, processes, and methods that provide startups with capital and expertise to help them grow. Investors will leave with the knowledge to leverage opportunities to earn high returns with acceptable levels of risk.

You will be introduced to the key elements of investment including, deal flow, screening, due diligence, term sheets, post investment monitoring, and exiting. You will also be introduced to other key players in the local investment ecosystem – their roles, objectives, and how they add value.

A panel of early stage investment community members will share their experience and advice in an interactive discussion.

Panel Discussion

William Li, Managing Partner, C2CAN

Brenda Irwin, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at Relentless Pursuit Partners 

Keith Ippel, Co-Founder & CEO at Spring Accelerator

Steven Forth, Co-Founder at TeamFit and Angel Investor

Jaime McNally, Manager Due Diligence at FrontFundr

NACO Academy Module 101: Introduction to Angel Investing

This module will help you to get started as a professional angel investor. Learn the essential processes, activities, relationships, and tools that make angels successful.

This module provides a broad introduction to angel investing – the people, processes, and methods that provide entrepreneurial firms with capital and expertise to help them grow, and that provide investors with opportunities to earn high returns with acceptable levels of risk. Students will be introduced to the key elements of investment dealflow, screening, structuring, monitoring, and exiting. Students will also be introduced to the other key players in the local investment ecosystem – their roles, objectives, and value to an angel.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module the student will be able to:

• Describe the function of angel investors within the Canadian investment ecosystem • Source companies as potential investments
• Screen companies to identify the most attractive investment opportunities
• Propose a high-level investment deal structure
• Work productively with investee companies towards a successful investment exit.

This module will cover:

• Angel investing vs. other types of investing, the benefit of angel groups
• The Canadian angel landscape in the global context
• The investment ecosystem
• Crowdfunding in Canada
• Creating good deal flow, managing the influx
• Due diligence investigations
• Valuation approaches
• Term sheets and shareholder agreements
• Monitoring your investments, portfolio effects
• Adding value to your companies
• Exits and capturing the gains.