The Canada's Top 10™ Competition fills an important need to help growing Canadian companies within the life sciences, cleantech and technology sectors to secure investment and strategic partnerships. All regions across Canada and the U.S. have the potential to benefit economically through the increased attention from investors and potential strategic partners. Since the competition's inception in 1999, winners and alumni have secured more than $522M in venture capital financing.
What are the benefits?
Competition winners have access to coaching clinics, investor readiness support, ongoing business development assistance and also participate in a series of investment forums in select cities across the U.S. Developed together with key partners and the Canadian consulates in each city, the forums expose the Top 10™ companies to an exclusive opportunity to present to top tier U.S. and Canadian venture capitalists, licensing executives and potential strategic partners in a series of invitation only events
What are investors saying?
"I continue to be impressed by the quality of companies that I see coming out of Canada," says Bernhardt Zeisig, Partner, Cycle Ventures LLC. "Because of programs like this, I get to review companies that I would normally not see. This competition is an effective way to put companies in front of investors like us."
For more information about the competition, winners, alumni or to apply, visit www.topcanadiancompanies.ca.
Are you a winner?
Competition closes July 31, 2009
