TechTO Meetup + Afterparty - December 4, 2017

TechToronto Meetup brings together Toronto’s tech leaders, innovators, and enthusiasts.

the crowd: Toronto’s smart, fun, creative tech community

the speakers: highly curated leaders & innovators sharing their expertise & experiences through 5 minute TED style presentations

the format: mingling & drinks > demos & showcases > community open mic > presentations > mingling & drinks

the vibe: fun, friendly & relaxed with complementary food & drinks

the goal: collectively advance our city’s booming tech scene

this month we're featuring:

• Rohan Mahimker, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Prodigy
• Simon Foster, Founder & CEO of Chatter
• Elizabeth Yin, Former Partner at 500Startups and CEO/Co-Founder of LaunchBit (Acquired 2014)
• Bryn Jones, Co-Founder & CEO at GrowSumo

Demo of the Month from: Swob

Ask-The-Expert with LaBarge Weinstein and Ridout Maybee: If you are interested in speaking with lawyers about startup law for anything from incorporation to venture capital to patents/trademarks at this event, you can sign up with your ticket purchase.

Holiday Drive with Free Geek Toronto: Bring to TechTO your old & damaged electronics to be properly recycled and given to those in need.

the sponsors:

RBC proudly supports TechTO and our city’s rapidly growing community of tech leaders, innovators and enthusiasts. We are committed to revolutionizing the way the world lives, works and banks through technology and innovation. Our goal? To shake up the entire financial services industry. That’s why we’re looking for people like you – brilliant, original and entrepreneurially minded. Check out your next career in technology and make your mark with a winning and supportive team. Learn more at Technology at RBC today.

At General Motors of Canada, we’re passionate about earning customers for life. We’re looking for drivers, not passengers, who want to take their careers into the fast lane and reach new destinations through accelerating change, new thinking and advanced technologies.

PwC Emerging Company Services is ready to help guide and nurture your emerging company from start-up through maturity.

TechToronto brings together some of the best and brightest in our city’s technology community. Rogers Small Business team is excited to be working alongside this organization to help our local technology community and support these businesses along their technology journey.

At Microsoft, our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. We are proud partners of TechTO , and support the Canadian start up community, through our growing collection of integrated cloud services to build, deploy, and manage applications through our global network of datacenters. With Microsoft Azure, you get the freedom to build and deploy wherever you want, using the tools, applications, and frameworks of your choice.

City of Toronto is Canada's largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world's most livable cities. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can visit http://www.toronto.ca, call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us @TorontoComms.

StartUp HERE Toronto celebrates Toronto’s innovation community by sharing local success with the world. StartUp HERE Toronto connects entrepreneurs to programs, resources and events to help them start, grow and scale their business in Toronto, no matter the sector, be it food, fashion, music or manufacturing. StartUp HERE Toronto is the story we tell. Visit www.startupheretoronto.com for more information.

Wavefront is Canada’s leader in transforming business through mobile and IoT innovation. We are a centre for commercialization for companies in the wireless and IoT technologies space. Our vision is to build a globally relevant, nationally connected ecosystem that delivers digital capacity, competitiveness and prosperity for Canadians.

The award-winning DMZ is one of Canada’s largest incubators for emerging tech startups.

WeWork is home to TechToronto.org and the city's leading innovators. A platform for creators, WeWork offers refreshingly beautiful workspace, meaningful services, and a global community to forward thinking companies of all industries and sizes. TechTO members can save 15% off their first 3 months at WeWork at www.we.co/techto

At Nascent we work with our clients to innovate and engineer meaningful digital things that people love to use.

General Assembly Bitmaker is a pioneer in education and career transformation, specializing in today’s most in-demand skills. The leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions, we foster a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love.

Hired is an on-demand pipeline of tech talent that helps candidates and employers quickly discover each other.

NeuronicWorks is your nerdy wingman, the one-stop custom engineering firm that brings your groundbreaking ideas to life!

ticket policy:

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. We MAY transfer tickets to a future month if you make the request by the Thursday before the event via email (info@techtoronto.org).