Spring 2020 Venture Capital Dealbook - now accepting submissions
Calling all Canadian (IT/software) founders - the Consulate of Canada in Silicon Valley is now accepting submissions for its Spring 2020 Venture Capital Dealbook.
Acknowledging the challenging circumstances many founders find themselves in right now and inherent difficulties in fundraising, and assuming that many VCs will still have pressures/mandates to stimulate deal flow and deploy capital, the decision has been taken to again highlight Canadian companies in a venture capital dealbook. In fact, given all relevant considerations, I’ve been working with our designer, colleagues, and partners alike to get this project coordinated and ultimately in front of VCs as soon as possible.
The purpose of this book is simple – you submit your company’s profile and I’ll get it into the hands of investors. When an expression of interest is made, I’ll make the warm introduction to your company. New for this version – featured companies can expect it to be shared with Global Affairs colleagues in key VC markets worldwide.
Requirements for the book are below, as is a link to apply (to a very simple questionnaire). Applications will be accepted on a competitive basis until Friday, April 10, 2020, midnight EST.
Please familiarize yourself with guidelines and ping me with any questions. Quick and dirty suggestions: adapt your profile to the current environment, highlight your resilience & essential nature of your business/product, and take the time to set up profiles where investors can take a deeper dig into your company (i.e. AngelList, Crunchbase - and include those links in your profile).
Thanks in advance for submissions!
Scott
Application Guidelines
1) Applications must be complete, fully accurate, and conform to prescribed template
2) Only information technology (IT) companies will be featured.
3) Applicants must have plans to fund raise in 2020 and cannot have been featured in the fall 2019 deal book.
4) Space is limited and competitive; selections will be made based on all available information and are at the Consulate’s sole discretion.
5) Priority will be given to those companies who:
a. have already raised a round of institutional financing; and
b. are raising at least $3m USD in their current round.
6) Priority may also be given to companies referred by the Consulate’s partner organizations.
7) Successful applicants pledge to keep me abreast on developments with investors to whom they’ve been introduced. (This will be kept confidential and need not be detailed – but I do need to know if/when discussions get serious as a data point and to justify my practice).
8) Please consider your submission to be public. While best efforts will be maintained to keep circulation to investors only, confidentiality on dealbook content cannot be guaranteed or provided.