JLA Ventures is a sponsor
We’re excited to announce that Rick Segal and JLA Ventures are sponsoring Founders & Funders. We’ve need to raise sponsorship money to help cover the costs of holding the event, basically the ticket price does not fully cover the costs of attendence (read: this is why I’m not in charge of finance). And gracious sponsors like Rick understand the impact an event like Founders & Funders can have on enabling this community.Rick has led the charge calling for disruption in the venture capital community. Rick has provided detailed documentation on the venture funding process and continues to have “No Harm, No Foul” meetings with entrepreneurs to provide feedback on the idea, the revenue model and the customers. The “30 minute no harm, no foul” meetings are a great way to learn about how a VC thinks about your company, the problem space you’ve chosen and your solution.
JLA Ventures invests in Internet, digital media, e-commerce, communications security, mobile computing, and enterprise software companies. Portfolio candidates typically possess superior technology, a sustainable competitive advantage, and exceptional growth prospects.
Our investments range in size from $500,000 to $10 million, with an initial investment normally being between $2 million and $5 million. As active, multi-stage investors, we provide long-term capital for growth purposes.
JLA Ventures portfolio includes
- Iloverewards
- b5media
- PlanetEye
- QuickPlayMedia
- ZipLocal
- SIRIT
- Truition Marketplace Solutions
- Tungle
- Fun Technologies
- and others
Dinner Menu
We finalized the menu for Monday night at Monsoon.
Appetizer, choice of:
- seasonal daily soup
- baby greens in pappadum cup with yuzu vinaigrette and seedlings
Main course, choice of:
- organic “firecracker” chicken supreme with azuki forbidden rice and tiger lilly buds
- beef tenderloin on garlic chive mash and tosa-zu king oyster mushrooms
- arctic char with wild mushrooms and e-fu longevity noodles
- vegetarian option – butternut squash gnocchi
Dessert
- monsoon dessert platter – chefs’ daily creation
Third round of founders
- Chris Sukornyk, Kaboose, Inc.
In between startups
Evaluating ideas. Currently VP Product Development at Kaboose Inc. Formerly founder of BubbleShare (sold in 2007) & founder of Fivelimes (sold in 2007). - Leila Boujnane & Paul Bloore, Idée, Inc.
Expansion
Idée is the first company to introduce an image monitoring service allowing image providers to track where their images appear in print and online. - Steve Hulford & Chris Becker, Filemobile
12 employees, 21 clients and almost a million in revenue
Filemobile is a media management platform, providing tools to enable social media to big brands, media companies and advertising agencies. - David Gratton, Project Opus Technologies
Heritage Canada and Friends & Family funded. Product launch spring 2008.
Project Opus builds non-DRM technologies that enhance the value of recorded music, giving consumers a desire to purchase digital music. - Stuart MacDonald, TripHarbour
Will be in to beta in Q1 2008.
Tripharbour.com connects you to your ideal cruise holiday with the web’s first combined cruise community and cruise planning/booking site. - Robert Dunlop, Flavour Technology
We are embarking upon many exciting projects – all require funding.
We have transitioned our business over the past year to become a BUSINESS INCUBATOR for several start-up organizations. - Jay Goldman, Radiant Core
Angel Seeking
World’s best web shop with great clients, starting to build our own brilliant products. - Scott Murrary, Organization Metrics
We are a classic restart
Our software enables organizations to ensure they have the right talent in the right place at the right time - Albert Lai, StillinStealthMode
- Robin Gambhir, OpenBlue Networks
- Jeremy Wright, b5media
- Mark Ruddock, Viigo
- Derek Szeto, Redflagdeals.com
- Bogdan Chmielewski, SweetCaesar
- Brad Stewart, PayMail
- Tom Purves, WirelessNorth
Funders attending in Toronto
There are still a few invitations out to funders in Toronto, i.e., everyone has responding and we’re just waiting for a couple of folks to purchase their tickets. There are- Rick Segal, JLA Ventures
JLA Ventures invests in Internet, digital media, e-commerce, communications security, mobile computing, and enterprise software companies. Portfolio candidates typically possess superior technology, a sustainable competitive advantage, and exceptional growth prospects. - John Marshall, Ministry of Research and Innovation
MRI has launched $165 Million Ontario Venture Capital Fund. MRI announced Fund in November 2007. Fund will be up and running in 2008. - Albert Behr & David Berg, Behr & Associates
Behr & Associates is a boutique investment bank that provide strategic working capital and accelerates revenue generation opportunities. - Jacqui Murphy & Peter Frisella, Tech Capital Partners
Tech Capital typically invests $500,000 to $2 million in the seed round, and then continue to support the company through follow-on investments. - Robin Axon & Duncan Hill, Ventures West
Ventures West Capital Ltd., a private venture capital investment group, is one of Canada’s leading investors in early stage technology companies. - Mark Skapinker, Brightspark
We are funders and founders of startup Internet and software businesses. - Amar Varma, Extreme Venture Partners
- Roger Chabra, GrowthWorks Capital
GrowthWorks is a recognized leader in the Canadian venture capital industry, specializing in the management and growth of regionally based venture capital funds. - Colin Webster, Hero Ventures
“I do early stage investing” - Craig Hayashi, MapleLeafAngels
Maple Leaf Angels is a group of private investors with initial investment size ranges from $250,000 to $500,000. - Richard Reiner, Angel Investor
Dr. Richard Reiner is the founder and CTO of Assurent Secure Technologies, a TELUS company. - John MacRitchie, OCE
Invests in the commercialization of research from Ontario universities and colleges through start-ups and industry – researcher collaborative projects. - Frances Fast, Q1 Capital Partners
Q1 Capital is a leading boutique Investment Bank with a primary mandate to serve the unique financing and M&A needs of private Canadian technology companies. - Mark Organ, Angel Investor
Mark Organ is the founder of Eloqua. - Robert Antoniades & David Unsworth, RBC Venture Partners
Finance Company financing setup of software and technology companies - Marc Faucher & Brian Kobus, Summerhill Venture Partners
A Venture Capital Firm focused in the areas of ommunications, digital media and information technology. Paul Sorbara, The Sorbara Group
Angel investments.- Suzie Dingwall Williams, Venture Law Associates LLP
I work with a number of US angels looking for Canadian opportunities. We will defer/reduce legal fees for our early stage clients in exchange for equity, although we don’t consider this to be investing. - Rob Hyndman, Hyndman Law
From Start to Exit, Business Law for Technology Companies.
