Workshop: Funding Photonic Start-ups in Canada

Audience

Inventors poised to start a new company in photonics
Start-up companies working on their next round of financing
Researchers interested in creating a start-up company to commercialize technology
Entrepreneurs with success stories or lessons-learned to share and discuss
Graduate students interested in pursuing a start-up
Investors looking for opportunities in photonics

About

Canada is a world leader in photonics, in both academic research and technology development. However, Canadian photonics start-ups need better access to early-stage funding and smart capital.

To help our community better understand emerging opportunities and potential challenges, Photons Canada has assembled a group of top-tier investors to share their views and insights.

Speakers

Richard Oberreiter, Managing Executive, Hamamatsu Ventures (USA)
Michael Inskip, Investor and Marketing Specialist, Canada
Duncan Stewart, Partner, BDC Deep Tech Venture Fund, Canada

When

June 1, 2023

2:00pm – 3:30pm EDT

Via Zoom

Presented by :

Photons Canada

CPIC, the Canadian Photonic Industry Consortium is a business-led photonics exchange organization embracing the whole value chain from researchers to photonic companies and end-users. Its mandate is to network end-users, photonic industries, universities and institutions with the objective of accelerating the growth of the Canadian industry through photonics.

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