2018 Canada
Regional Finals
Halifax, NS
March 2
Hosted by:

Available on campus for $20/day.
Atlantica Hotel Halifax, $115/night, request the “SMU Venture Capital Investment Competition” rate for March 2, 2018. reservations@atlanticahalifax.com toll free: (888) 810-7288.
Event Sponsors
Organizers
Teams
Startups
Judges
Agenda
Wednesday
- 5:00 p.m. Teams receive business plans by email.
Friday
- 8:00 a.m. Team check-in, facility tour, coffee and muffins
- 8:30 a.m. Judge check-in
- 8:50 a.m. Orientation for everyone
- 9:00 a.m. Venture pitches
- 10:00 a.m. Due diligence sessions (14-minute team/startup Q&A + 3-minute judge/team Q&A)
- 11:30 a.m. Lunch and team work session
- 1:00 p.m. Written deliverables due by email to (use filename “Teamname_Startupname.doc/pdf” template)
- 1:30 p.m. Partner meetings (15 minutes each)
- 3:30 p.m. Judges vote for top two teams (see results at www.vcic.org/results)
- 3:45 p.m. Deadline for updated term sheets
- 3:50 p.m. Negotiations (top two teams only, 10 minutes each)
- 4:30 p.m. Awards ceremony + networking with judges
- 5:30 p.m. Done