Speakers & Mentors

2025 Speakers & Mentors

Elizabeth Yin

General Partner & Co-Founder, Hustle Fund

Andrew Filev

Founder & CEO, Zencoder

Katherine Homuth

Founder, CEO and Chair, SRTX

Amy Wu Martin

Consumer Partner, Menlo Ventures

Brice Scheschuk

Managing Partner, Globalive Capital

Brett Martin

VC & Founder, Fonzi AI

Tam Danier

Managing Director, Good Ideas Only

Josh Domingues

Founder, Flashfood

Teija Bean

Head of Product Design, Forum Ventures, AI Studio

Roberto Cipriani

COO & CTO, Paper Education

Dr. Theresa Lynn Johnson

Head of Product, Roblox Operating System (Enterprise AI)

Haley Bryant

Principal, Hustle Fund

Neil Grunberg

Managing Partner, Storytime Capital

Marie Chevrier Schwartz

CEO, TechTO

Harper Reed

CEO, 2389 Research, Inc

Candy Lee

2x Tech CMO, Startup Advisor, Exec Coach

Mitch Joel

Founder, ThinkersOne

Shingai Manjengwa

AI Education and Development, Talent & Ecosystem, Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute

James Moncarz

Principal, PartnerBuild Advisory

Charlotte Murray

Chief Operating Officer | Integrator, The Farmers' Truck

Randy Smerik

Entrepreneur, Osunatech

Chris Shipley

Partner, C/R Strategy Partners

Lesley Ross

General Partner, Enjoy the Work

Lianne Vineberg

Founder, T6 Talent Partners

Peter Walker

Head of Insights, Carta

David Tingle

Head of Platform Operations, Georgian

Farrah Bostic

Founder, Head of Research, The Difference Engine LLC

Tara Akhavan

CEO, AI4Eyes Medical Technologies Inc.

Dennis Todisco

Consultant (former Meta, Nike, Twitter)

David Sinkinson

Exited SaaS Entrepreneur | Chief Podcast Officer | Award Winning Author, Startup Different

Chris Sinkinson

Podcast Co-Host, Author, Former CTO, Startup Different

Janie Blouin Grondin

Chief Operating Officer, Missiveapp

Talia Abramowitz

Managing Partner, Deloitte Ventures

John Gleeson

General Partner, SuccessVP

Emily Ross

Co-author, Just Evil Enough

Christy Canida

Senior Director, Product, Alchemist Accelerator

Peter Hwang

CEO and Founder, Tre'dish

Managing Partner, Alyst Ventures

Simon Olivier

Lead, Cycle H2O Water Fund

Antoine Gagné-Turcotte

CTO, Whale Seeker

Paula Mendonça

Executive Director, Ocean Startup Project

Jonathan Shaanan

Managing Director, Circle K Ventures, Alimentation Couche-Tard

James Povitz

Principal, NAventures, National Bank of Canada

Rhiannon Davies

Founding & Managing Partner , Sandpiper Ventures

Laurence Audette-Lagueux

General Manager, Garage & co

Jacqueline Good

Founder & CEO, Magnestar Inc.

Maxime Goulet-Bourdon

COO & Co-founder, Reaction Dynamics

Amanda Horn

Director of Marketing and Communications, Ocean Startup Project

Amanda Spilkin

Medical Device Developer, Concordia University

Fraser Christie

Investor, Roller Labs Ventures (Canadian Tire)

Prathna Ramesh

Partner, FutureSight

Paul Irving

Partner, GTMfund

John Rikhtegar

Director, Investments, RBCx

Isaac Souweine

Partner, Pender Ventures

Senia Rapisarda

Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada) Limited

Benjamin Von Wong

Environmental Artist | Activist, Von Wong

Sévrine Labelle

Managing Director, Thrive Lab, BDC

Lise Birikundavyi

Managing Partner, BKR Capital

Lyne Landry

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Agetech Capital

Sylvain Carle

Investor & Advisor, CIVIC

Kathryn Worstman

Managing Partner, Amplify Capital

Christine Renaud

CEO and co-founder, Braindate

Anuj Adhiya

Expert-in-Residence, Growth, Techstars

Jean-Nicolas Delage

Partner Lawyer, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Jonathan Lowenhar

Founder and Managing Partner, Enjoy the Work

Leslie Fine

Managing Partner, Enjoy the Work

Etienne Mérineau

General Partner, Telegraph

Neha Khera

Managing Partner Innovobot Resonance Ventures Fund, Innovobot

Jade Doucet-Martineau

Co-Founder & CEO, Puzzle Medical Devices Inc.

Michelle Scarborough

Managing Partner, Women in Technology Venture Fund and Thrive Venture Fund, Business Development Bank of Canada

Lezlie Karls

Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Mid-Day Squares

Mona Minhas

Partner, BDC Thrive Venture Fund

Marina Pavlovic Rivas

Co-founder & CEO, Eli Health

Richard Chénier

General Manager, Québec Tech

Hilary Kilgour

Co-Founder & Managing Partner , Audaxa Ventures

Ella Seitz

Managing Partner, Esplanade Ventures

James Kesten

Director of Venture Growth, COVE

Katherine Johnsen

Co-Founder/CEO, Common Ace

Luc Giguère

Guest Professor of Entrepreneurship, Faculté de Sciences et Génie, Université Laval

Étienne Bernard

Head of data and analytics, Québec Tech

Asna Shafiq

Machine Learning Engineer, Georgian

Antoine Routhier

Founder, Ubee

Bachar Elzein

CEO & CTO, Reaction Dynamics

Evan Kerr

Lead Investor, Georgian

Philippe Telio

Founder & President, STARTUPFEST - Elevator World Tour - FWD50

Nectarios Economakis

Partner, Amiral Ventures

Alistair Croll

Content Chair, Startupfest, Co-author, Just Evil Enough

Philippe Telio

Founder & President, STARTUPFEST - Elevator World Tour - FWD50

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