2025 speakers

They've founded massive companies, created global change, & scaled world-class startups!

Co-Founder

Brad feld

With 35+ years of experience as an early-stage investor and entrepreneur Brad is a champion of the VC & tech startup space. Brad co-founded Foundry VC and Techstars, the accelerator that’s helped scale over 10,000 startup founders! A celebrated author, he (literally) wrote the book on venture deals & has been blogging on the topic since before Twitter even existed.

CEO

Brendan KinG

As Co-Founder and CEO of one of SK’s leading tech scale ups, Brendan is at the forefront of driving Vendasta's growth, innovation, and business strategy. Vendasta offers an end-to-end platform for local experts and agencies, who have delivered digital solutions to over 8.2M small and medium businesses.

VP of Sales

Taylor Jones

Known for her transformative leadership in developing top talent at SaaS startups. Taylor is an expert in enterprise, SMB, and commercial B2B multi-product software sales with a suite of repeatable sales processes and playbooks that has driven scale of up to +$40M across several successful scale-ups.

Executive Chair

Michael Garrity

Michael Garrity knows what it takes to scale and sell a company — because he’s done it. Executive Chair and Co-Founder of Financeit, he built a fintech powerhouse, raised capital, navigated acquisitions, and grew the company to a $1B valuation.

CEO

Julie Angus

Meet the first woman to row across the Atlantic (through 2 hurricanes)! Named National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year Julie is an accomplished adventurer, molecular biologist,  bestselling author & CEO. Her company, Open Ocean Robotics is revolutionizing sustainable ocean monitoring, earning a spot on Foresight 50's list of top investable cleantech companies.

Venture Partner

Kim Fennell

Kim is a 35+ year Silicon Valley executive and 3x CEO. His last startup, deCarta, was acquired by Uber in 2015 where he stayed for 5 years running Bus Dev for US & Canada. Now as a Board Director, Angel Investor/Advisor, C100 director, and a Venture Partner at True North Fund, he brings a unique perspective on tech startups on both sides of the border.

Co-Founder & CEO

Noah Palansky

Co-founded Taiv out of his garage, with a mission to make TV commercials more fun, engaging, and profitable. Today, Taiv has partnered with over 2,000 restaurants and retail stores across the US, achieving 422% growth in 2024 and raised funding from top global investors including Y Combinator, FJ Labs, Garage Capital, and IDC Ventures.

head of marketing

Alexandra Reilly

Handling all things brand, content, and marketing Alexandra is amplifying the stories of emerging and established startups through her compelling stories and innovations at TechTO. Co-host of the weekly tech news and analysis podcast, Quick Takes.

Co-Founder & CEO

Kevin KLIMAN

A dentist turned lifelong entrepreneur and advocate for Canada’s tech talent. As Co-Founder and CEO of one of Canada’s leading HR platforms, Kevin has helped scale Humi to a recent $112M exit, now supporting over 150,000 employees.

Co-Founder & CEO

Kelsey Hahn

Kelsey brings 15 years of experience advising high-performance leaders. As CEO & Co-Founder of Monark, the world's first Leader Relationship Management platform, she is helping transform leadership performance through AI. Successfully raised over $5M in funding to fuel Monark’s growth.

Fractional COO

Faye Almeshaan

Founder, operator, VC, and a go-to for growing high-performing teams. Faye's helped 250+ startups scale smarter, faster, and with fewer growing pains. From leadership alignment to OKRs, she turns chaos into clarity, fuelling growth without the burnout.

Brad feld

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