Grub in The Hub: Financing Options for Growth

Grub in The Hub:
Financing Options for Growth

Where to get money, what to expect and how to get ready

You are thinking about the next phase of your company’s growth and development. You’re boot-strapping, or have financed through friends and family. Maybe you have had a round of VC financing. Now you are wondering what your options are for financing to get to the next level.

Join us for a discussion of financing options. What do VCs look for? How big a piece do they want in return for their investment? Do strategic investors make sense? Is your company ready to go public? Learn about the essential steps you need to take to be ready to get financing and the costs you can expect to incur. Get a preview of how you will have to operate with new investors on board. This session is aimed at companies that are market-ready or already in the market, that are seeing steady growth now and anticipate exponential growth on the horizon, and that are looking to scale to the next level in the near to medium-term.

Colin Ground is a partner in the Business Law and Technology Groups at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. He practises in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial law and corporate finance. Colin’s practice involves private equity and venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions involving both public and private companies. Colin provides legal advice on a wide range corporate, commercial and transactional matters and regularly acts as lead counsel on M&A transactions, private equity transactions and project finance matters in Canada and in a cross-border context.

A few examples of Colin’s recent work in these areas include representing Xtreme Labs Inc. in its acquisition by GPVTL Canada, an affiliate of EMC Corporation, Torch Mobile in its acquisition by Research in Motion, the founder of Bumptop in connection with the acquisition of Bumptop by Google, Locationary Inc. in its acquisition by Apple Inc. and acted for Extreme Venture Partners Fund I LP in connection with its fund formation, portfolio investments and related exit transactions.

Jane Murdoch is a partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP and a member of the firm’s Securities and Technology Groups. Her experience includes working on IPOs, public and private securities offerings and mergers and acquisitions, and advising on continuous disclosure and other regulatory requirements applicable to public companies, as well as joint venture, property option and earn-in agreements, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, shareholder agreements, asset and share purchase and sale transactions, debt transactions and general commercial contracts.

Jane’s clients are predominantly in the mining industry, and she also advises technology companies on pre-IPO and IPO matters.

About Grub in The Hub:
Designed for busy tech entrepreneurs, Grub in The Hub offers bite-sized (pun intended!) information on useful day-to-day topics ranging from sales and marketing to 'selecting the right benefits program for your growing team' and delivers it for free during the lunch hour. Pizza is provided at Grub in The Hub and attendees are encouraged to eat while they learn.

If you have topics that you would like to see featured at future Grub in The Hub events, please email Ana at afong-marquez@bctia.org or phone 604.691.2395.

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