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DESCRIPTION:Before finding customers\, many startup and spinoff businesses 
 need to find funding. In addition to government grants and tax-credits\, c
 ompanies can also raise money by dilutive funding. Such an investment shou
 ld provide critical funding to the company and raise its value\, but dilut
 es the ownership of existing shareholders. For early-stage ventures from u
 niversity research\, how can you find investors willing to take a risk on 
 a newly founded business? And how much ownership should you give away? The
  MIF is assembling a panel of experts who discuss this topic\, as well as 
 answer questions from the audience. Our panelists for this event are Samir
  Mounir and Marc Guilbert.\n\nSamir is an innovation expert and serial ent
 repreneur with extensive venture capital and investment experience in the 
 innovation and technology sectors. He has held various senior management p
 ositions\, including Vice President of VantagePoint Capital Partners\, a S
 ilicon Valley-based venture capital firm managing a fund of over US$4.5 bi
 llion. With a focus on life science technologies\, he is currently the Sen
 ior Director of Market Development for Technology\, Health & Innovation fo
 r Desjardins.\n\nMarc leads Hard Climate's ambitious project to build Cana
 nda’s first venture studio dedicated to hard industrial climate tech. It i
 s his core belief that the path to a net-zero economy must include busines
 s model innovation to accelerate the promotion of early-stage technologies
  to becoming impactful industrial solutions. To assist him in making his v
 ision a reality\, Marc has 20 years of experience in various sectors of fi
 nance. Previously an early-stage entrepreneur and executive\, he also held
  finance and strategy roles in a large Canadian public company and\, prior
  to this\, was an FX derivatives trader for multinational banks.\n\nClick 
 here to register.\n
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SUMMARY:MIF Lunch & Learn 19: Finding dilutive funding
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