Simon Beaulieu

The Toronto Biennial of Art’s mission is to make contemporary art available to everyone. For 10 weeks every two years, local and international Biennial artists transform the city and surrounding regions with artworks, talks, and performances that reflect local contexts and pressing issues of our time. The Biennial’s free, citywide programming aims to inspire people, bridge communities, and contribute to global conversations. #TOBiennial22

Founded in 2017, Mantle is a Montreal cybersecurity startup with a mission to bridge gaps in the cybersecurity space by innovating on disruptive technologies. The team has a deep expertise in distributed systems, blockchain, and advanced cryptography, such as zero-knowledge proofs. Mantle offers a fundamentally different approach to protection of data at rest: Fragmentation of Data at Rest. Mantle SDS is an emerging distributed object storage platform precisely tailored for the backup industry. Mantle SDS connects directly to leading backup and disaster recovery (DR) softwares.

Trustii offers automated background checks and intelligent human risk management solutions for hiring, continuous monitoring, and compliance.

Bliinx is no longer in operation as of March 2022.

NestReady places lenders at the center of homebuying while enabling consumers to have an integrated, trusted and seamless experience. Our end-to-end digital journey uses machine learning and AI to empower mortgage lenders with the actionable insights needed to thrive in today’s challenging landscape.

Finance Montréal s’est donné une double mission : consolider le secteur financier du Québec en stimulant la croissance et les activités financières à forte valeur ajoutée qui sont stratégiques pour son développement et faire reconnaître Montréal comme une place financière robuste et dynamique qui contribue au développement de tout le secteur au Québec. Elle mise sur une concertation de tous les acteurs du milieu de la finance pour assurer : Un environnement propice : l’accessibilité au capital pour favoriser des initiatives novatrices et la disponibilité d’outils performants; Un afflux constant de jeunes diplômés issus d’établissements de haut savoir; La stimulation de l’entrepreneuriat financier; L’installation de sociétés denvergure internationale au Québec; Un environnement compétitif dans le secteur des technologies de l’information spécialisées en finance; Le rayonnement du secteur financier sur les scènes locale, nationale et internationale. Finance Montréal’s mission is to continuously improve Montréal’s reputation on the financial market in general, and as a strong financial market that contributes to development all throughout Québec. Finance Montréal helps strengthen Québec’s financial sector by generating growth in high value-added financial activities. It builds on the collaboration of all participants in the financial sector, to ensure: An environment conducive to accessing capital to carry out innovative initiatives, and high-performance tools A constant influx of young graduates from great learning institutions Generating financial entrepreneurship and establishing international-scale companies in Québec A competitive environment in the information technology sector specialized in finance Widespread influence of the financial sector on a local, national and international scale

The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) provides an open forum for the development and promotion of the risk profession. With 50 chapters and a network of individuals around the world, PRMIA is a non-profit, member-led association dedicated to defining and implementing the best practices of risk management in a broad range of industries through: • Education, including the Professional Risk Manager (PRM™) designation and certificate programs for those in operational risk, credit risk, and market risk, as well as those starting out in the industry • Webinar, online, classroom and in-house training • Local events • Networking • Online resources PRMIA Solutions PRMIA is dedicated to providing resources, networking, and thought leadership to help our members achieve the highest standards from the cradle to the pinnacle of their careers. PRMIA will guide you through these tough economic times by providing you with the educational and training opportunities needed to strengthen your risk management knowledge and skills.

The Toronto Biennial of Art’s mission is to make contemporary art available to everyone. For 10 weeks every two years, local and international Biennial artists transform the city and surrounding regions with artworks, talks, and performances that reflect local contexts and pressing issues of our time. The Biennial’s free, citywide programming aims to inspire people, bridge communities, and contribute to global conversations. #TOBiennial22

Founded in 2017, Mantle is a Montreal cybersecurity startup with a mission to bridge gaps in the cybersecurity space by innovating on disruptive technologies. The team has a deep expertise in distributed systems, blockchain, and advanced cryptography, such as zero-knowledge proofs. Mantle offers a fundamentally different approach to protection of data at rest: Fragmentation of Data at Rest. Mantle SDS is an emerging distributed object storage platform precisely tailored for the backup industry. Mantle SDS connects directly to leading backup and disaster recovery (DR) softwares.

Trustii offers automated background checks and intelligent human risk management solutions for hiring, continuous monitoring, and compliance.

Plus important réseau de gens d’affaires et d’entreprises au Québec, la FCCQ est l’ardent défenseur des intérêts de ses membres au chapitre des politiques publiques, favorisant ainsi un environnement d’affaires innovant et concurrentiel. Mission: défendre les intérêts des entreprises sur toutes les tribunes d’influence en s’appuyant sur le réseau des chambres, afin de soutenir leur croissance et accroître la richesse collective du Québec.

The Holt Xchange is Canadas most active seed fintech investor.  Supported through five generations of experience and a robust global network, Holt Xchange is powering innovative tech products, world-class companies, and entrepreneurs, helping shape the future of their businesses and technology in the financial services sector. Tracking over 10,000 early stage fintechs globally. We utilize our advanced data platform; algorithms enhanced with human capital, to seek best matches with our investment thesis and Advisor network (ie: individuals who represent financial institutions, institutional investors and domain experts). We enable through our network, new revenue opportunities as well as growth funding for our portfolio companies.  The Holt family has a history of investing, growing, supporting, and building financial companies for the past five generations. With the rising need for AI throughout all aspects of our daily lives, we have decided to launch Holt Fintech Accelerator that focuses on boosting AI capabilities of Fintech businesses and expanding their international network.