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Joelle Foster, CEO of North Forge: ‘I want to do this right.’
Over the years, North Forge Technology Exchange has helped more than 200 companies get off the ground but it has never really had capacity to point its founders to a ready source of capital… until now.
Over the years, North Forge Technology Exchange has helped more than 200 companies get off the ground but it has never really had capacity to point its founders to a ready source of capital… until now.
More than 100 people attended the virtual launch on Wednesday afternoon to announce the creation of the North Forge Angel Network in collaboration with the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO).
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Having just raised $55 million at the growing tech firm Symend, company CEO Hanif Joshaghani is setting his sights on both domestic and international expansion.
The Calgary-based software firm opened an office in Australia last fall and is making plans for the business in Latin America and other major markets.
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But Joshaghani expects to drive global growth and much of its new hiring from the company’s headquarters in Calgary.
“I make the joke internally that I can see this company getting bigger than our biggest oil companies. I see a future where we are a top-five biggest tech companies in Canada …that’s what we are driving towards, to build a category leader,” he said in an interview.
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Mary Long-Irwin and Claudio Rojas joined Netnewsledger’s James Murray to talk about the changes.
Long-Irwin will be applying her extensive background supporting the early-stage ecosystem in Northern Ontario to the national stage.
The NACO has thrived in the past, and with Long-Irwin at the helm the group gains some great leadership and insight.
Mary led the Northern Ontario Angels to be named the most active Angel Group across North America and personally received the NACO Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. Through her strong leadership and ability to recognize the importance of small business development in a wide variety of regions across Canada, Mary has been recognized by NACO for her Northern Ontario successes.
Mark Dobbin, Gerry Pond recognized at 2020 NACO Atlantic Summit
Mark Dobbin, the founder and president of Newfoundland-based Killick Capital, has been named Angel of the Year at the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) Atlantic Summit. Mariner Partners chairman and co-founder Gerry Pond was the recipient of the NACO Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Gerry is the most influential networker, mentor and technology power player in the province.”
NACO Atlantic 2020 is a national summit with a regional focus on Atlantic Canada. As a national organization, NACO boasts membership of over 4,200 angel investors, over 40 angel groups, and 45-plus incubators and accelerators.
Dobbin was an early angel investor in St. John’s-based Verafin, a FinTech giant in the anti-financial crime management space that was acquired by Nasdaq in November for $2.75 billion in cash. His firm, Killick, was created as a vehicle to invest in the aerospace sector. Dobbin serves as a board m