Archive for Sponsors

Miller Thomson

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Miller Thomson LLP enjoys a reputation as one of Canada’s most respected national business law firms. Our consistent ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an unyielding service commitment to our clients and a strong dedication to our lawyers, staff and the communities in which we practice, gives us a unique position in the Canadian legal industry.

With over 425 lawyers working across Canada in offices located in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Markham and Montréal, the firm provides a complete range of business law, advocacy and personal legal services to corporations, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, governments, not-for-profit organizations and individuals.

Through strategic growth, Miller Thomson has added enhanced capabilities, depth and resources in many key core and specialty areas of expertise within the firm. Now, more than ever before, we are exceptionally well positioned to assist domestic and international decision makers with all of their Canadian legal needs, everyday.

RBC

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Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name of RBC.

RBC provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate, investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis. RBC employs more than 70,000 full and part-time employees who serve more than 15 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 46 other countries.

PWC

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At PricewaterhouseCoopers, we measure our success by yours. Every day our more than 155,000 people in 150 countries go to work to help our clients succeed. From Dublin to Durban, from Minneapolis to Manila, our job is channelling knowledge and value through our lines of service and 22 industry-specialised practices.

Our Global Annual Review details how our industry-focused services in the fields of assurance, tax, human resources, transactions, performance improvement and crisis management have helped address client and stakeholder issues. Our success in meeting today’s business challenges rests on the way we approach our work. We call that approach Connected Thinking.

Sound governance and transparency form the bedrock of leadership. We are committed to serving as a force for integrity, good sense and wise solutions to the problems facing businesses and the capital markets today. Transparency and good standards of corporate governance—both in our clients’ businesses and in our own—are central to our ability to achieve those objectives. And we aim to continue to achieve them from our position of strength and professional leadership.

NACO

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The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), formerly the National Angel Organization, is Canada’s industry association for Angels, dedicated to promoting best practices and connectivity in relation to innovation and early-stage capital formation in Canada. The NACO is “By Angels, For Angels.”

The NACO promotes a vibrant Angel culture through education and mentoring programs, the formation of collaboration and syndication mechanisms, and high-profile events. The NACO’s objective is to increase the quantity, quality, and success of Angel investments, thus creating a greater pool of capital for innovative start-up companies.