How to Raise Money Through Equity Crowdfunding

If you are an entrepreneur who needs to raise money to grow your company or to launch a new venture, equity crowdfunding (aka investment crowdfunding or crowdinvesting) may just be the answer for you.

Unlike traditional crowdfunding such as the popular Kickstarter platform, offering products in exchange for money, crowdinvesting (equity crowdfunding) allows people, anyone, to invest in an early-stage, private company in exchange for equity, a financial slice of the pie, of the company.

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Join us on Thursday, Nov 9 at Work Place (https://work-place.co/) to build business connections and discover from a panel of equity crowdfunding experts and practitioners:

• What Equity Crowdfunding is all about
• Is it right for your startup venture
• Pros and cons of raising money through equity crowdfunding
• How to start a campaign
• How to position the campaign to hit your fundraising target
• Tips and advice from successful equity crowdfunders who have raised hundreds of thousands through their campaigns
• And More ...

VENUE:
Work Place (http://work-place.co) @ 163 West Pender, Vancouver
(**VEBB members get 15% off for co-working space rental. See below for more details)

EVENT DETAILS:
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Networking: 6:30 to 7pm
Interactive Panel Discussion: 7pm to 8pm

See you there!

PANELISTS:

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STEVE SMITHManager, Client Engagement
Frontfundr.com

Steve has been helping clients to raise money through the Frontfundr platform since 2016.
Frontfundr is the first financial technology equity crowdfunding platform that bridges the gap between investors and early-stage private companies in Canada.
Since it's launch in 2015, the platform has successfully crowdfunded millions of dollars for private companies.
FrontFundr lets Canadians invest online in companies that they believe in through their platform alongside seasoned investors, while directly contributing to innovation and sharing in the growth of companies they believe in.
At the end of 2016, FrontFundr, using it's own platform, raised over $650,000 to fuel the company's further growth.

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FLO DEVELLENNESCEO & Co-founder
Pop Rideshare

Flo focus on bringing his passions of travel and tech to reality, by building a comprehensive and scalable solution to travel in North America.
His company, Pop Rideshare, is a ridesharing platform helping people travel together between cities. Pop boasts over 40,000 members in North America and has facilitated over 1,400,000kms of ridesharing.
Pop Rideshare raised over $250,000 through Frontfundr equity crowdfunding platform.

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MICHAEL WATERSPartner
Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) (http://blg.com)

Michael Waters is a partner in BLG's Securities and Capital Markets Group in our Vancouver office.
Michael acts for public and private companies, underwriters, boards of directors and special committees in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance – including initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, private placement transactions and specialized royalty and streaming transactions – general corporate matters, reorganizations and corporate governance.

MORE PANELISTS TO COME...

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A Message From - WORK PLACE (http://work-place.co) (OUR NEW VENUE SPONSOR):

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"We are delighted to form a partnership with the Vancouver Entrepreneurs & Business Builders to provide an exclusive working discount at Work Place (https://work-place.co/).

Work Place (https://work-place.co/) is a non-traditional office and creative events space where individuals and groups can work, collaborate, network and socialize. Featuring a mezzanine filled with desks for quiet focus and long-table seating that facilitates interaction and networking, there is plenty of space to be productive. By day, the open-concept space is home to solo coworkers and group collaborators. On the weekends and evenings Work Place transforms into a social space for a variety of exhibitions.

We are happy to provide 15% off all membership options at Work Place, solely to VEBB.

Please call us on 604.989.0550 or email info@work-place.co quoting 'VEBB' to schedule a tour with, Sean, one of our friendly co-founders or to directly purchase any passes.

We look forward to working with you!"