Pitches & Slices - BDC Seed VF x Boreal x Telegraph x AWS Startups
Come hang out with BDC Seed VF, Boreal Ventures, Telegraph VC, and AWS Startups for Pitches & Slices, a casual community gathering for founders, investors, and ecosystem builders before Startupfest officially kicks off.
Join us for an evening of conversation, connection, and great local food as we bring together members of the startup community from across Canada and beyond. Whether you're arriving in Montreal for the week or already part of the local ecosystem, this is an opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces, meet new ones, and start the week on the right foot.
Throughout the evening, a small group of founders will have the opportunity to present rapid-fire pitches (1 minute) and get feedback from experienced investors.
This night is ultimately about bringing the community together before the conference begins. Come for the conversations, stay for the people (and the food!).
What to Expect
Montreal local favourite foods
Short investor panel
Rapid fire pitches and live investor feedback
Networking activities
Community introductions
Who Should Attend
All founders!!
Investors and operators supporting the startup ecosystem
Community builders, accelerators, and ecosystem partners
About our Sponsor
AWS Startups helps founders prove that their world-changing ideas are possible, at any stage of growth or level of funding. Whether your startup is just starting to ideate an MVP or is on track for an IPO, AWS Startups offers a broad range of programs and resources that will support you to reach your next milestone.
About the Hosts
The BDC Seed Venture Fund is a pre-Seed and Seed fund leading investment rounds and partnering with audacious founders developing novel technologies and business models across all sectors. The Fund brings patient, experimental capital alongside hands on operational support to help founders get ideas off the ground and ultimately achieve product-market-fit.
Boreal Ventures is a Montreal-based early-stage venture firm backing B2B SaaS founders building in the real economy: industrial, blue-collar, and overlooked verticals that most investors skip. We invest in capital-efficient companies with strong growth and clear product-market fit, then roll up our sleeves with a hands-on RevOps program designed to accelerate revenue and build repeatable, scalable sales engines.
Telegraph Ventures invests in pre-seed stage B2B technology startups, focusing primarily on enterprise software, applied AI, vertical SaaS, and the "AI-ification" of businesses. We focus on founders who have founder-market fit, grit, velocity and a proven ability to go to market.