Intended Audience - Early-stage Canadian Founders - Pre-Seed, Seed, Post-Seed, and Pre-Series-A

There are seven evergreen rules of building fundamentally fundable startups that all early-stage founders need to know. These rules allow ventures to raise at higher valuations, raise faster and raise from the top investors. In good capital markets, they were 'nice to have' but in a market climate like today, these rules are a 'must have' for ventures to successfully raise early-stage capital and discover how at the TiE Incubator, high impact and high potential Canadian innovations are being bridged to US and global markets by leveraging extended global networks of mentors, industry sector experts, and investors.

Takeaway 1 - What makes innovation-based startups fundable and how to get them there

Takeaway 2 - How can founders (from small towns and big towns) leverage networks to increase fundability and findability of their startups

Takeaway 3 - How can founders perfect the chemistry of fundraising & valuation