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

​Start your morning at Startup Week with Community Coffee, breakfast fuel, and a fireside chat that’s all about scaling from the prairies to the world.

​Doug Johnson, former VP of Marketing with Drivewyze by Fleetworthy, will lead a conversation with Michael Buhr from C100 and Christiana Manzocco from AEC. Together, they’ll dig into what it really takes to build billion-dollar companies from Alberta — the advantages we often overlook, the mindset shifts that matter, and the resilience that gives prairie founders an edge.

Come early for Community Coffee and a little breakfast fuel, then stay for the conversation and connections. This session is open to everyone and a great chance to meet fellow entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders before the day's programming begins.

​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)