Venture Summit Fireside Chat: Building Venture-Scale Companies from the Prairies

​Join us for an inspiring morning keynote featuring a distinguished guest speaker who has successfully built venture-scale companies from the Canadian prairies. This fireside chat will explore the unique advantages, strategies, and mindset shifts needed to scale billion-dollar startups from Alberta and beyond. Our speaker will share real-world insights on overcoming geographic challenges, accessing talent and capital, and leveraging prairie resilience to build world-class companies.

​Complimentary breakfast will be served for all registered attendees. This session is open to everyone and provides an excellent networking opportunity to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, and startup ecosystem leaders before the day's programming begins.

​Fireside Chat Participants

​Doug Johnson, Former CMO, Drivewyze
Michael Buhr, Executive Director, C100

​About Venture Summit

​Hosted through Edmonton Unlimited’s Venture & Growth Hub, the annual Venture Summit at Edmonton Startup Week brings together startup founders, investors, and other key players for a full day of presentations, networking, and deal-making. This flagship event mixes open keynote talks with smaller, invite-only roundtables for different groups. The goal is to help investors and promising companies connect while showing that Edmonton is a great place for startups and venture investment.

​👇How to get here

​​Option 1: Public transit—Edmonton Unlimited is located downtown right on Jasper Ave, Central Station is connected to our building; access to lots of ETS buses.

​​Option 2: Parking— Vibe Parking, connected to Melcor Building (10046 102 ST, NW); Impark - McDougall United Church Parking (Lot #192, 10086 MacDonald Dr NW)