Presentation

Jacki Jenuth, Ph.D. is Partner at Lumira Ventures, a leading North American later stage health and life sciences venture capital firm. Lumira partners and invests in best-in-class innovative biotherapeutic and medtech entrepreneurs building transformative companies. Jacki will provide and overview of the sector, what differentiates it from others and the investment opportunities in the sector.

Code Cubitt is Managing Director at Mistral Venture Partners. Mistral is a leading seed stage venture capital firm based in Canada, investing in startups that solve critical business problems, regardless of the business model – enterprise software, B2B SaaS, marketplaces. Code will reflect on the history and future of software delivered as a service.

Stephanie Choo is Partner and Head of Investments at Portag3 Ventures, a leading North American early-stage fund investing in promising financial tech companies that have potential for global impact. Stephanie will share her perspectives on FinTech, why and how financial technologies continue disrupting financial and banking sectors as well as future growth and investment opportunities in this space.

Benji Sucher is Co-Founder and General Partner at Radical Ventures, a VC firm investing in entrepreneurs applying deep tech to transform massive industries. Benji will reflect on Canada’s role in leading the world in developing AI that is disrupting industries from healthcare to finance to smart cities and everything in between, and the opportunities it presents for Radical and like-minded investors.

Senia Rapisarda is Managing Director with HarbourVest Partners, a leading global private equity investment firm with a long history of innovation and success. Senia will provide an overview of the evolution of co-investing from LPs and GPs point of view: why, how and what to expect in a downturn.

Aging infrastructure and growing populations are driving the need for massive investment into infrastructure globally. This coupled with a demand for yield is creating the perfect storm for infrastructure investment. Where are the opportunities and how are deals getting done in today’s competitive market?

Stuart M. Elman, Managing Partner of Persistence Capital Partners, Canada’s leading private equity fund exclusively focused on high-growth opportunities in the healthcare field, will attempt to de-mystify investing in Canada’s healthcare market.

As public equity investors increasingly embrace sustainable investing strategies, attention is turning to private equity. Several GPs and their LPs are seizing this as an opportunity to challenge the conventional (and sometimes all too negative) narrative about the broader role of private equity in society. Funds like Bain Double Impact and TPG Rise are just the beginning of what may be the next big evolution for our industry.

Amar will talk about leading technology trends in the CRE capital space and discuss challenges faced by capital users in the private capital markets industry.