New Charter Member Announcement | Six-Figure Canadian Exits | Upcoming Events

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Upcoming C100 Events

Wednesday, June 26th
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Palo Alto, CA

Join C100 for an evening of community and networking. Whether you live in the Bay Area or you’re just visiting, we welcome you to join us on Wednesday, June 26th in Palo Alto for some drinks and interesting conversation—you’ll be in good company! This is a ticketed event, so please RSVP below if you wish to attend. Location will be announced 48 hours before the event.

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Welcoming C100’s Newest Charter Member:
Janet Bannister

We are delighted to announce that Janet Bannister has joined our Charter Member community! Janet is a General Partner at Real Ventures, having joined Real in 2014 after work with industry leaders like Procter & Gamble, McKinsey & Co. and eBay. Janet was also the founder of Kijiji, giving her great insight and practical knowledge which she passes on to the teams she mentors. She is a long time supporter of C100 and we’re thrilled to welcome her as a Charter Member. Welcome, Janet!

C100’s Charter Members form a global, mission-driven community of influential and experienced Canadians in technology who are committed to supporting, inspiring, and connecting the most promising Candian entrepreneurial leaders. As leaders who have worked as operators, entrepreneurs and investors (or all three!), C100 Charter Members have been invited to uphold the C100 mission and are active contributors to our program and community.

Vancouver Dinner & Discussion

C100 hit the road last week to check out CVCA in Vancouver. While there we gathered some Vancouver alumni and members for a lively dinner and discussion. We’re thrilled to be able to spend the evening connecting and sharing ideas with such a fantastic group of passionate members.

Thank you to all who joined us and a very special thanks to the team at McCarthy Tétrault for co-creating this event with us and for hosting us on your spectacular rooftop!

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Major Six-Figure Canadian Exits

Big News
Yesterday, Toronto’s financial software firm Wave Financial was purchased by H&R Block for $537CAD million. This is the third major Canadian exit in the past few months, alongside companies Lightspeed and Intelex.

“It just shows that you can scale business [in Canada], you can drive incredible customer value here, you can build big business here.”
-Kirk Simpson, co-founder and CEO of Wave

Other Upcoming Community Events

Meet & Greet in San Francisco
US Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and his partner Vicki Heyman will be hosting an evening event at
Book Passage in the Ferry Building on June 18th @ 6PM.

Come listen to them talk about the three years they spent journeying around Canada, meeting all types of Canadians and tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how their team helped bring Obama to Canada and Trudeau to the US. They also reveal the importance of creating cultural and artistic exchange between Canada and the US, of promoting economic and trade interests, and overall, of making a lasting positive impact on one of the most important relationships in the free world today.

This is an open event. No registration required. First come first served.

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Harnessing the Power of Data
Hosted by The McGill Alumni Association
at Segment on June 19 @ 6:30PM.

The office of Segment is graciously hosting The McGill Alumni Association for an evening dedicated to learning the fundamentals of data science and how to use it to make better business decisions. Come meet McGill’s newest class of Master Students in Analytics.

Canada Day in San Jose!
Hosted by The Digital Moose Lounge
at San Jose City Hall on June 27 @ 4:30PM.

The Digital Moose Lounge, the City of the San Jose and The Office of Council member Peralez, along with The Canadian Consul General, would like to invite you to celebrate Canada’s 152nd birthday!

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