A Match made in Heavan
March 31, 2007
What happens when you take a downtown Toronto conference facility, fill it with dozens of top-notch entrepreneurs in search of millions in startup capital, then stir in the high-powered investors who can give it to them? The deafening roar of frenzied deal-making is not the correct answer.
Rather, you get the quiet tension that's typical of the Canadian Venture Forum (CVF), an annual event that gives the leaders of early-stage companies the opportunity to present their business concepts to investors with two goals in mind: win a trophy for making a great pitch and, more importantly, raise loads of dough.
But the key message from this year's CVF, which was held in March, came through loud and clear: happy days for angel investors and Web 2.0 firms are here.
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