The below presentation was delivered by Equity Crowdfunding Alliance of Canada (ECFA Canada) Co-Chair Brian Koscak a the inaugural conference in Toronto on April 24, 2014.  The deck was delivered in association with a panel that included:  Carlos Pinto Lobo  from MaRS SVX, Sandi Gilbert of SeedUps, TimMcKillican of OpenAvenue and Peter Paul Van Hoeken from Silver Maple Ventures.
The discussion was largely a snapshot in time about who was operating in Canada today. MaRS SVX is a Canadian social impact investment market that is currently in operation. Â Sandi Gilbert, a well known advocate in the investment crowdfunding industry, shared her insight and perspective on her portal SeedUps Canada that is offering investments in startups today. Â Peter Paul Van Hoeken is preparing to launch an online platform FrontFundr and will operate as an exempt market dealer. Finally Tim McKillican presented on Open Avenue a real estate crowdfunding platform based in Ontario sharing how crowdfunding will utterly transform real estate investing.
The ECFA Canada has scheduled a series of roadshows over the coming weeks to continue the broadening the reach of the crowdfunding message.
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