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Q&A WITH INTERNATIONAL ENTREPRENEUR, STEVE TOVER
By: Syntax Strategic
Steve Tover is the CEO of Stage 2 Partners, a boutique consulting firm working with budding startups in the US, Canada and Israel. In 2014, Steve, in partnership with Axis Innovation, established Axis Ottawa, a technology startup conference to attract international investors to the nation’s capital.
After a successful inaugural year, Axis Ottawa is back October 21 to 22, 2015 with a fresh slate of world-leading speakers, international investors and startups.
An avid supporter of the entrepreneurial ecosystem both worldwide and in the rising tech hub of Ottawa, learn more...
Axis Ottawa is a unique conference bringing together international investors, leading Canadian startups, and key players of the Ottawa ecosystem. The event features startup pitches to investor panels, investor presentations, keynote speakers,
1-1 meetings, an exclusive dinner for startups and investors, and many opportunities for networking.
Mayor Jim Watson
Mayor, Ottawa
Jim Watson was elected Mayor of the City of Ottawa on October 25, 2010. Mayor Watson has dedicated most of his career to public service in Canada's Capital. First elected as a Councillor in 1991, he was re-elected in 1994. Three years later he was elected as the youngest Mayor in Ottawa's history with 82% of the popular vote. An active member of his community, Watson has also served on the boards or as honorary chair of several community organizations.
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Jack Young
Head of Qualcomm Life Fund and General Partner at dRx Capital
Jack heads up the Qualcomm Life Fund (QLF) at Qualcomm Ventures, which was ranked as one of the most active venture investors in digital health. He is also a fund manager at dRx Capital, a Novartis and Qualcomm joint investment company. His investment interests are focused on the intersection of healthcare products and services and digital/wireless technologies. Jack’s current digital health investments include: Airstrip, AliveCor, ClearCare, Doctor On Demand, goBalto, Telcare and Welltok. Prior investments include: Validity (acquired by Synaptics), and Fitbit
(NYSE: FIT).
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Duncan Stewart
Director of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Research, Deloitte Canada
Duncan is the Director of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Research for Deloitte Canada. He is a globally recognized speaker and expert on the forecasting of consumer and enterprise technology, and media and telecommunications trends. Working worldwide and across all industries, Duncan advises clients on the impact of new and existing technology, and demographic and regulatory changes to their business strategies.
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Mike Collett
Founder and Managing Partner of Promus Ventures
Mike Collett is Founder and Managing Partner of Promus Ventures in Chicago. Mike previously was Founder and Managing Partner of Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, and was also with Masters Capital, a hedge fund. Mike was Vice President at Merrill Lynch in the M&A Group as
well as an Associate with Duff & Phelps. Mike has invested in over 60 software startups, and is currently on the board of Spire, Dispatch, Gauss Surgical, Enview and Daylight Solutions.
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Roman Kikta
Managing Partner & Founder, Mobility Ventures
Roman Kikta is a venture capitalist, wireless industry innovator, anthropologist and author with over 25 years of experience creating, building, inspiring and accelerating every organization he touches.
He's highly skilled in conceptualization and as an innovator led the development and commercialization of several generations of mobile devices and the creation of several wireless industry firsts: cellular payphones, voice recognition dialers, cellular in-building systems and played a role in the initial launch of cellular (analog) and PCS (digital) in the U.S. Learn more
Deloitte is one of the largest professional service firms in the world, it provides audit, tax, business advisory, and other related services in more than 150 countries and territories.
Real Ventures is the leading source of seed stage capital in Canada. Established in 2007, we've invested in over 150 companies across three funds.
JV by Novartis and Qualcomm with a capital commitment up to $100M focusing on digital medicine products , investing in early-stage companies in Pharma, Mobile/IT.
Strategic investors sharing SanDisk's vision in memory storage, cloud, data center, mobile, wearables and big data.
Early stage investment fund focusing on telecom, IT, biotech, cleantech and homeland security.
Strategic invetment arm of Hyundai Group, focusing on Internet and software, IT, Biotech/healthcare and semiconductor.
US, UK and Canada VC invested from $500k to $5 million and believe in the power of data, the ubiquity of mobile and the value of networks.
Strategic investors in the future of public safety to keep public safety personnel safe and effective.
International technology company seeking early stage investments strategic to Huawei
Mobility Ventures is a selective, hands-on venture capital firm focusing on emerging high-tech companies across the wireless ecosystem.
OMERS Ventures is a the venture capital arm of OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds investing in technology, media and telecommunications companies.
Thales Group leads investments as a top 100 Research and Development Company, provides global solutions in complex environments, and exports leading-edge solutions worldwide.
Promus Ventures, based out of the US, invests in early-stage software companies delivering data-driven products and services.
Relay Ventures is a Silicon Valley fund focused on mobile. With over 102 investments that have yielded 42 successful exits, they are now investing out their 8th fund.
Flint Capital is an international venture capital fund investing across US, Israel and Europe focusing on Mobile, SaaS, Advertising, Financial and Educational Technologies as well as Security and Enterprise sectors.
Azure is a SF based VC with over $750 million under management investing in early stage technology companies that are at the forefront of a transformative opportunity for growth.
Early stage VC fund focusing on internet, software and digital health
Terracap Ventures invests in early stage high-tech companies that have leading edge technologies with secure intellectual property rights located in North America and Israel.
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