Canadian Angel Investors To Gather in Calgary for EPIC Conference


By: Talha Bhatti  |   August 24th, 2013   |   Business, News, O Canada

The Entrepreneurs and Private Investors in Canada Conference, otherwise known as EPIC, is Canada’s go to gathering for facilitating these conversations. EPIC is three days of un-conference style discussion, about getting in, maintenance, and getting out (exiting) of angel investments. EPIC will also cover the latest trends in investing and angel groups – everything from due diligence, to determining new venture quality, sharing knowledge on how to get a deal done.

Angel investors have been looking for an opportunity to pounce on the market and the 2 day conference is supposed to be held shortly and will aid today’s growing angel investors to come out of their comfort zones and share their experiences. This will provide them with a platform to share and gain knowledge from numerous such investors. This conference is going to be held in Calgary. This conference, also known an EPIC will be held in the second week of September. This gathering is highly recommended for young professionals and is held annually to boost the investors in this field and to enhance market values.

This conference might not turn out to be the traditional conferences that we are used to. Rather than simple sharing experience and a Q&A session, this will be a more interactive conference where facilitators will encourage open discussion between numerous participants who have gained many skills and have experience in the field of angel investors. The facilitators also hope to get a lot out of this conference as innovative idea generation and problem solving is the motto for this gathering which can be gained from interactive debate and discussion and co-operative attitude. Young professionals can gain a lot out of this gathering where a lot of experienced professionals will interact about the latest trends and happenings in the field of angel investing.

 

Think about the value of sitting together for two days and discussing the issues around angel investing with some of North America’s leaders in the space.

EPIC is the annual conversation about the sector for VA Angels members. VA Angels is Canada’s most active angel investment group, with 57 deals worth $28.5 million as of fall 2012. In addition to VA Angels members, select accredited Canadian and International angel investors have been invited to participate in EPIC.

EPIC takes place from September 10-12, 2013 in Calgary.

Source: TechVibes

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