Startup Grind Toronto Hosts Dominique Belanger (BDC Venture Capital)

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Dominique Belanger, BDC Venture Capital

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Dominique Bélanger is Vice President, Venture Capital Strategic Investments and Initiatives of BDC Venture Capital. He currently manages relationships with Real Ventures, Build Ventures, Growlab, Founderfuel, Launch 36, TandemLaunch Technologies and Execution Lab on behalf of BDC, including a convertible note program that has seed funded more than 60 startups across the country. (http://www.techvibes.com/blog/guide-to-bdc-venture-capitals-convertible-notes-program-2014-03-08)

Dominique began his professional career as a communications officer for the Canadian Armed Forces in 1994. He went on to carry out several IT strategy operationalization mandates across multiple industries for Deloitte Consulting in Houston, Texas. In 2003, he joined the VC firm Innovatech Montreal as Investment Manager, IT and Telecom. Following the privatization of Innovatech’s portfolio by the Quebec government, he joined the Multiple Capital team to manage the portfolio on behalf of Coller Capital. Before joining BDC in 2010, Dominique was co-founder and President of Gamerizon Studio, Inc. Before that he was Chief Financial Officer of the venture-backed Quazal Technologies, Inc. (acquired by Ubisoft). He also advised various technology companies and private investors on investments, financing, startups and restarts.

Dominique holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada as well as an MBA from the Université de Montréal business school, HEC Montréal, as well as a certificate in entrepreneurship from MIT.

Agenda

6:30 Networking and Food
7:30 Fireside Chat
8:30 Networking

Hosted By Michael Cayley, Toronto Chapter Director

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Hi I'm Michael Cayley, Founder of Cdling (pronounced "seedling") (http://www.cdling.com/desktop/), a platform that builds trust between investors, startups and mentors. I'm also Founder of the Ontario Cross-border Technology Innovation Ecosystem (OCTIE (http://octiestudy.wordpress.com/reviews/)) Study. I've been doing the startup grind my whole career across Canada, the US, in Europe and China over the years. I hope that helps add some value to this conversation!
Email: michael@startupgrind.com

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