Investor Readiness - Need Professional Assistance? 
Since 1998, we have semi-annually offered the Investor Ready seminar for entrepreneurs and now Investor workshops.  For print or ebooks, webinars and other educational forms, click here on our recommended Investor Ready Resources.

FINANCING:  Business Development Bank is a leader in providing financing and consulting services. Secured loans: Shirley Bennie Subordinated loans: Susan Higgs Venture capital: Greg Smith or Frank Pho
ACCOUNTING:  PricewaterhouseCoopers helps companies operating in the technology, information, communications and entertainment sectors. Accounting: John Delucchi  Tax including Cross Border: Don Furney
LEGAL: Fasken Martineau is one of the world’s leading international business law and litigation firms with more than 650 lawyers with offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United States. Contact us for all of your legal technology and intellectual property needs. Keith Spencer, Steven Lukas,  Roger Kuypers,  Karam Bayrakal,  David Ford:  Prentice Durbin:  Shahrooz Nabavi, and Ally Bharmal:
STOCK EXCHANGE: The three ways to list on Canada's public venture capital marketplace are: Initial Public Offering (IPO), Reverse Takeover (RTO) and Capital Pool Company Program (CPC). Contact Colleen Chambers. The TSX logo is a trademark of and is reproduced with permission of TSX Inc.
RESEARCH FUNDING: In BC, NRC has 29 Industrial Technology Advisors offering direct technical assistance,  facilities and cost-shared financing of innovative projects through IRAP:  Contact:  Diana Nacer
30% INVESTOR TAX CREDIT:  BC Goverment's Ministry of Economic Development provides BC resident investors with a 30% tax credit (reduces taxes payable) for their investments in eligible B.C. businesses. Contact the Investment Capital branch at ecp@tbc.gov.bc.ca or click on www.equitycapital.gov.bc.ca

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The Angel Forum was founded in 1997 by Bob Chaworth-Musters and to date has held 21 Angel Forums in Vancouver. See the National Post's "The Affluent" survey Feb 13, 2001.  He is a Founding 100 member and BC Board Director of Canada's National Angel Organization.  Fax: 604-926-7327    All materials on this website including "Angel Forum" are copyrighted with all rights reserved 1997-2008. Page updated June 25/07