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Events.
CAIN runs free educational events based on members' interests. Watch recordings of previous events below!
ExploreIP for BAIs
June 2025
Helping your members bring new technologies to market is no small task. To support your organization and its members, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has created ExploreIP – a free online platform that showcases Canadian technologies to both national and international audiences.
The Startup Lifecycle
March 2025
Successful entrepreneur, investor and author Greg Shepard will discuss the Startup Lifecycle approach to building successful companies, based on his own experience with 13 successful startups and substantial research that he financed on why startups fail. The Startup Lifecycle framework can help BAIs from across the startup ecosystem help their entrepreneurs be more successful.
Sustainability for BAIs
February 2025
Sustainability is becoming a strategic imperative for almost all businesses. As the global economy shifts towards decarbonization, circularity, and ESG-driven growth,
accelerators and incubators play a pivotal role in supporting the next generation of businesses to be ready to manage the risks and opportunities this present. This event with Carbon Guild will explore key sustainability issues that could be embedded in accelerator or incubator programs, offering insights into emerging trends, risks, and opportunities that could define the future success of startups.
Founder Resilience
November 2024
This event is designed to address the critical importance of mental resilience in entrepreneurship, particularly within the high-stakes environment of startup accelerators and incubators. Research shows that maintaining founders' health and resilience is a strategic imperative directly related to the successful growth of both the founder and the company. This event with HeartVista Performance aims to provide insights and tools for startup founders and their key team members to maximize their performance and thus, their results, by equipping them with strategies to effectively manage the mental and emotional pressures of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Roadblocks to the Deal: Avoiding common pitfalls and deal misalignment for startups (and startup investors)
October 2024
Join us for a conversation with DLA Piper to examine and discuss common issues that can lead to deal misalignment between founders and investors, and strategies for how to avoid those traps in the first place. We will examine these pitfalls from both sides of the table, and consider how early stage advisors, including Accelerators and Incubators can play a key role in laying the right groundwork.
Impact Investing with Purppl
September 2024
As global challenges intensify, the world is looking to innovative entrepreneurs and businesses to drive change. Impact investing is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a powerful approach that aligns financial returns with positive social and environmental outcomes. Join us for an event with Purppl where we dive into impact investing and explore how business accelerators and incubators (BAIs) can leverage this growing movement to support the next generation of impact-driven ventures.
AI for BAIs
September 2024
Join Matt Cooper, CEO of Volta, as he demonstrates how he and his team are leveraging AI to plan, execute, measure, and report using the ImpactOS, an open-source support operating system for business accelerators based on Airtable. This talk will showcase how the ImpactOS generates detailed reports from startup interactions, providing real-time insights while ensuring data privacy. Attend to learn how this platform can help Business Accelerators and Incubators measure, iterate and improve the impact of the support being provided leveraging AI, allowing you and your team to focus on building relationships.
Leveraging AI and Automation in BAIs & Venture Capital
June 2024
Join Muhammed Shibin, from the Accelerator Investments Team at Techstars, for a dynamic and comprehensive online session focused on the pivotal role of automation and artificial intelligence in transforming accelerator and VC fund operations.
Data-Driven Models Using AI
May 2024
Data-driven VC is a growing field of interest, with some of the biggest firms investing in these processes. These tools are available across all stages of the investment including sourcing, screening, due diligence, closing, support, follow-on, and exit, and are highly relevant for accelerators and incubators alike.
While Canada is a hotbed for AI talent, the VC landscape has been slow to adopt these productivity tools or experiment with their own tailored builds. Holt Xchange has been pioneering the development of data-driven tools since inception and is willing to share their findings with fellow Canadian players, in hopes we may all elevate our game, otherwise risk losing our AI leadership position.
Cybersecurity for BAIs
March 2024
In our connected world, where cybercrime is on the rise, it’s critical now more than ever to ensure you and your business are protected against cyber threats.
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Cybersecurity can seem daunting, and it can be hard to know where to start. Join Paul Sibley (Manager, Cybersecurity) and Malcolm Bartlett (Director, IT) from CANARIE as they share approaches to help you better secure yourself, your organization, and your data against common cybersecurity threats, as well as tools, techniques, and processes to improve your overall security posture.