Canadian Technology Accelerator Now Open in Silicon Valley
Canadian Businesses Get a Boost from Trade Commissioner Service ‘Boot Camps’
During the week of March 16 to 20, 2009, the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) team from the Canadian Consulate General in San Francisco-Silicon Valley hosted a series of ‘boot camps’ for technology start-ups and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in five Canadian cities: Halifax, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo. The initiative was organized in partnership with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Canada Economic Development for Québec Regions, the Canadian Consulate General in Boston and the respective Canadian TCS regional offices. These boot camps were focused on coaching local entrepreneurs on pitches to potential U.S. and Canadian investors; providing tips on what it takes to successfully access sophisticated markets such as the Silicon Valley; a 10-minute dry-run pitch to local, U.S., Canadian and Silicon Valley venture capital and angel investors; and a networking event. The companies with the most promising prospects were then invited to participate in follow-up activities in their local markets, California, as well as to take advantage of the new Canadian Technology Accelerator in the Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale).from : www.canadainternational.gc.ca
