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About Kindler
Kindler is a deep tech show & tell. Scientists, engineers, founders and students each take ten minutes to show what they’re working on and why it excites them. Works-in-progress welcomed, nerding out encouraged.
F&B on us!
What this is
Six short, casual talks, 10 minutes each including questions
A room of people from other fields who want to understand your work
An hour of conversation after the talks
What this isn’t
A pitch night. Don’t bring a fundraising deck. Nobody here is selling anything. We do not care if you have EBITDA or LOIs.
A conference talk or a poster session. Nothing needs to be polished.
A recruiting fair.
Most importantly, be creative and have fun!
What makes a good talk
Keep it simple: one problem, one idea, one takeaway. Explain it so someone outside your field can follow. Enthusiasm matters more than polish. Most of all, have fun with it.
Example topics
A startup you’re building, or thinking about building
A result, or a wall you hit, in your lab this year
A method you’re still developing
A niche obsession and why it matters
A think piece on where your field is going (AI safety, ethics, the future of science)
How To Present:
When you register, tell us in a short sentence on what you’d talk about. We review applications as they come in, and there are six slots. Speaker applications close October 21.
Agenda:
6:00 — 6:25: Doors Open
6:25 — 6:30: Opening Remarks
6:30 — 7:00: Presentations Block A
7:00 — 7:30: Break
7:30 — 8:00: Presentations Block B
8:00 — 9:00: Conversations Hour
About Amplify Capital
Amplify Capital is a Toronto-based venture fund that backs founders in industries without easy answers: technical, regulated, harder to get right. We invest from pre-seed to Series A across North America, in deep tech for health, energy and climate, and in AI built for those fields. Every company we back has to do real good and be a great business at the same time. We’ve backed around 30 companies across three funds with ~$110M AUM.