These events will take place:

• Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 from 7:30 a.m. at Miller Thomson, Scotia Plaza, Toronto – register here!
• Thursday, January 20th, 2011 from 7:30 a.m. at the RIC Centre, Mississauga – register here!

Breakfast will be served on payment of the supplementary fee.

Give this a listen, it’s a rewarding chat!

Click here to register!

And click here to download our full schedule from next Tuesday, September 21st until June 2011!

In particular, please accept and pass along to qualified potential members our cordial invitation to join us for our upcoming Investment Meeting and Membership Social featuring Toronto’s leading early-stage private investors!

It is taking place Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club city clubhouse, 141 St. George Street, Toronto.

RSVP to Robert Koturbash or register here by October 12th, 2010

Engaging presentations by innovative investment-ready companies
will be followed by hors d’oeuvres and cocktails

Angels or VCs? The Road to Market

401 Bay Street
Suite 1600
Toronto, ON
M5H 2Y4

Maple Leaf Angels and the RIC Centre have partnered to create new funding and investment opportunities throughout Peel Region and west to Oakville.

Maple Leaf Angels is Ontario’s largest and most active angel investor group having invested close to $6 million in financings since its launch in 2007. The membership base is largely in Toronto and the partnership with the RIC Centre allows the group to expand its chapter to the western part of the GTA.

“In order to ensure we have a large pool of investors who are looking to make deals, we needed to find a way to effectively tap into the Mississauga, Burlington and Oakville areas” says Rob Koturbash, managing director of Maple Leaf Angels. “The RIC Centre is an ideal partner because it allows Maple Leaf Angels to integrate with the start-up ecosystem they have fostered through their early stage company mentoring and advisory services.”

RIC Centre is based in Mississauga and is one of the Ontario government’s 12 regional innovation networks. RIC offers advisory, mentoring, networking and industry outreach programs to help companies commercialize ideas in the aerospace, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and emerging technology fields. RIC is currently active with more than 60 companies.

“We are excited to team up with the Maple Leaf Angels” says Pam Banks, commercialization director of the RIC Centre. “We feel this offers an excellent opportunity for some of our promising clients, who are looking for funding, to have access to Maple Leaf Angels. We are also looking forward to being able to leverage the experience and networks of angels that want to get actively involved with helping and supporting their investee companies.”

The first Maple Leaf Angels – West chapter meeting will be held on Nov. 19 at 8 a.m.at the Ric Centre, 701 – 77 City Centre Drive in Mississauga, and is open to all current or potential angel investors. Interested investors can call Pam Banks at 905 273 3530 or email pam.banks@riccentre.com

The RIC Centre and will provide a convenient location for west GTA based angel investors to access Maple Leaf Angels’ deal flow and leverage the due diligence expertise of the existing 40+ members to help evaluate deals.

Maple Leaf Angels has provided access to its members to get early round investments in some of Canada’s leading start-up companies such as Well.ca, Homestars, Regen Energy and Streamlogics (acquired by Thomson Reuters).

About RIC Centre
The Research, Innovation and Commercialization Centre (RIC Centre) is a non-profit organization that provides business and technical services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to commercialize their innovation. RIC’s primary focus is in the aerospace, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and emerging technologies sectors.

Please visit www.riccentre.com for more information.

About Maple Leaf Angels
The Maple Leaf Angels is a group of private investors who come from a wide variety of backgrounds and careers. Since formation in 2007, the group has invested nearly $6 million into 14 high growth companies and is based in Toronto. Maple Leaf Angels possess deep expertise in the information technology, cleantech, advanced manufacturing and medical device spaces.

Please visit www.mapleleafangels.com for more information.

For More Information Contact
Pam Banks
Commercialization Director
RIC Centre
Phone 905 273 3530
Email pam.banks@riccentre.com

Rob Koturbash
Managing Director
Maple Leaf Angels
Phone 647 403 2774
Email rkoturbash@mapleleafangels.com

Investment angels

Full release here: Homestars Directory Inc. secures follow-on angel financing round