Zoya Shchupak, Ca, Cpa, Mba

TPY Capital is a Tel Aviv based early state VC, investing in some of Israel’s most talented entrepreneurs. We are active investors who typically lead rounds in the areas we invest in, which include data and analytics, digitization and human augmentation, fintech and frontier tech such as quantum computing. To learn more visit: www.tpycapital.com

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies. The nine-month program employs an objectives-based mentoring process to enhance the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights of experienced entrepreneurs, with the goal of maximizing equity-value creation. Founded by Professor Ajay Agrawal in 2012 at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded and now has 11 sites across six countries: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Halifax, Paris, Madison, Seattle, Estonia, Berlin, and Melbourne. The program combines 5 elements to help companies transition from science projects to scalable and financeable companies: - An emphasis on objective-setting, helping companies focus on what’s most important to their business - Focused mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs who have founded, led, and sold significant tech companies - Technical advice from world-leading scientists, engineers, and economists - Hands-on support from top business students, who embed within the company to provide business support - Opportunities to raise capital, including angels and VCs from Europe and North America The successful commercialization of cutting-edge science and technology achieved through the program has led to the creation of over CAD $35 billion in equity value.

Réseau Capital est l’unique association du capital d’investissement qui regroupe tous les intervenants de la chaîne d’investissement œuvrant au Québec. Sa mission est de contribuer au développement et au bon fonctionnement de l’industrie du capital d’investissement, laquelle joue un rôle important dans le développement et le financement des entreprises au Québec. Fondée en 1989, Réseau Capital compte des membres qui représentent non seulement les sociétés d’investissement en capital privé, fonds fiscalisés et publics mais également les banques, les cabinets comptables et juridiques ainsi que de nombreux professionnels œuvrant dans l’industrie.

We are an investment and innovation platform that helps propel companies with revolutionary and disruptive technologies toward market leadership. Innovobot was founded on the premise that there is a better way to finance technology and grow innovation that improves human well-being and contributes to environmental sustainability. The founders are a group of tech entrepreneurs and senior executives who have known one another for over 30 years. We have built and exited companies and chose to come together in 2018 to help innovative technology firms that have the potential to benefit society scale successfully.

Our Thesis: We are launching a Woman led $40M Tech-for-Good seed fund in Montreal to invest in Canadian Deep Tech companies leveraging the operating expertise and track record of our team of engineers and entrepreneurs. Our investment thesis is built on three pillars: - We believe there is a whitespace opportunity in revolutionary technologies. We invest in transformational, disruptive innovations that can address pressing world problems. - We focus on the double bottom line – we invest in companies that have a positive social and/or environmental impact. - We have a PE approach to VC. We only invest where our strong technical and operating expertise can minimize execution risk and increase stakeholder value. We believe that capital is not enough for early-stage companies to succeed and draw from our extensive entrepreneurial experience to provide hands-on operational support to our portfolio companies, significantly increasing the likelihood of success.