The Opportunities

In the midst of Innovation Week and focused on the raising of equity capital by existing businesses looking for expansion, growth, and/or partnerships and addressing one of the critical challenges for innovative early- to mid- and even-late stage businesses, INVEST ATLANTIC is an investor-friendly meeting place for investors, entrepreneurs, organizations providing services to the investment and financial sectors and individuals interested in becoming investors.

Our industry experts will provide coaching techniques and address how to raise money from venture capital funds, angels, investment firms, government agencies and other investors.You will leave INVEST ATLANTIC understanding how to prepare your business for investment – everything from preparing a business plan to devising an exit strategy! What’s more INVEST ATLANTIC provides the region’s best opportunity for networking between entrepreneurs, investors, key financial players, institutions, government agencies, and intermediaries.

Innovation Week 2012
DemoCamp - 23rd September
MentorCamp - 24th & 25th September
Invest Atlantic & Showcase - 26th September
BioPort Atlantic - 26-27th September

Host-an-Entrepreneur

In collaboration with our sponsors we want to ensure young entrepreneurs throughout the region have an opportunity to attend this year's Invest Atlantic conference. In doing so, we are pleased to offer a new program entitled Host-an-Entrepreneur (HAE). Each sponsor will receive complimentary HAE passes to be given out to entrepreneurs. Qualifying HAE entrepreneurs must have a business that has be registered in one of the four Atlantic provinces for less than 3 years and a business may receive only one HAE pass. In the event sponsors are looking for businesses to invite we will be accepting email nominations of businesses that qualify, please forward the name of the business, contact name, email and phone number to Host an Entrepreneur Nominations.