Angel Forum - Vancouver, Canada,

Welcome. Founded in 1997, the Angel Forum ™ - Vancouver, Canada introduces emerging companies to private equity Angel Investors and Venture Capital funds. As the oldest & largest angel network in Western Canada with 50+ investors, our primary objective is to facilitate investment in emerging companies. We are supported by leading organizations in BC and belong to Canada's National Angel Capital Organization and US's Angel Capital Association. Presenting companies have raised over $28 million directly through the Forum. Read this third party blog comment. Since 1998, we have offered Investor Ready ™ workshops for companies and investors. For email updates, please sign up in blue box >>>>


Annual Exit Strategies workshop on March 29, 2010 for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Advisors. Companies need an exit strategy first; which, in combination with their capital requirements, drives their financing strategy. A faculty of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and expert advisors, (Basil Peters, Steven Lukas, Axel Christiansen and others tba) deliver the content.

"The workshop was a compliment to the intelligence of the participants; in that, it progressively provided a practical and comprehensive tool kit for an Exit strategy." Garth Froese, CEO, PacificEast, Abbotsford. 

4 early bird seats left at $50 off final price. Register directly here for $285 or more info here



Back by popular demand is the Term Sheets and Due Diligence workshop on April 13, 2010 in Vancouver for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Advisors. Do you have a good overview of the language and post-investment ramifications of a term sheet? Do you know what investors look for in fundable deals and what investors should focus their due diligence on? A faculty of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and expert advisors, (tba) deliver the content. The multiple example Term Sheets presented and the different points of view expressed by the panel were engaging and valuable. Maryam Keyvani


Please note that during the Olympic period - Feb 9 to Mar 3, responses may be delayed.


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26th Angel Forum was on Nov 24, 2009 - 32 selected companies were selected from 60+ applicants. Nearly 90 investors registered from Seattle, Bellingham, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Kelowna, Victoria and Vancouver.

Over the past year we have attended a number of Investor/Entrepreneur events and I must tell you that the Vancouver Angel Forum is by far the most effective results oriented event in the country. Bruce Davidsen, Chairman, Protean Software

"I found that the investors in attendance at the Angel Forum were extraordinary - a well-informed group and asked relevant questions that added value to the overall presentation" Mark Kornak, Angel Investor

"The Angel Forum was one of the more valuable events we’ve been part of this year. It gave us direct access to active investors and the opportunity to have real and honest discussions with them about our business." Natalie Sisson Co-Founder,  ConnectionPoint Systems Inc.

"The Angel Forum is about the best organized event I have attended (ranging from across Canada and the Pacific NW). And having the drumbeat going before and after is a real difference from most other events."   Christopher Procyshyn, CEO Of VanRX Pharmasystems,

Next Angel Forum will be after the Olympics in April or May. Companies are asked to review our selection criteria before submitting their Company Profile and applying to present.

ANGEL FORUM PROCESS

• A company submits on-line, their Company Profile which if selected, is available on-line, only to 40 to 60+ pre-registered Investors, approx one week before the Forum. Our meetings are exclusive to only pre-registered Investors, selected Companies and Sponsors. Regretfully no observers. 

• The company also uploads / updates their Executive Summary, Video (deals with video get 70% more views) and Investor Presentation, for access only by Investors (pre-register here) before and after each Angel Forum.

• Applying companies and investors are invited to a no-cost legal and tax workshop by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Fasken Martineau, a week before the Angel Forum.

• In one day, 20 to 30 companies deliver in one of two rooms, a 10 minute presentation plus 4 minutes for questions, then a 5 minute investor-only debrief. 

• After each presentation, the investors (including your existing investor) discuss the company and determine who wishes to team-up to investigate further and possibly co-invest.
• During the investor-only debrief, very brief notes are taken on company strengths / challenges and then sent later to all presenters and attendees.
• Within 24 hours, we link all investors (who indicate to us their interest in a specific company) with each company and encourage 1 - 3 investors to co-lead the due diligence process. 
• All day, companies demo their products & services to the 125+ attendees in exhibition room (including networking breaks & closing wine reception).  
• Our meetings or online information etc., do not constitute a solicitation to sell or to buy any securities of the presenting companies. We are not a broker /dealer / advisor and are not registered with any regulators.