Event Details:

 The Centre for Business Advancement and Research (CBAR), in partnership with Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor, is pleased to host the first Windsor-Essex Region Angel Roundtable on Thursday, December 6, 2007.

This invitation only event will provide the opportunity for local investors to provide insight and valuable feedback as to what should be established in the Windsor-Essex Region to help support and grow high-potential new business ventures.  The day will be facilitated by Bob Renaud, Executive-in-Residence at the Odette School of Business.  Our guest speakers include Patrick Lor, Chris Arsenault and Stu Sutton, who will discuss the funding environment, opportunities for idea generation, and the operational need for angel investment in Canada and Windsor.  We showcase local high growth ventures seeking Angel support in the form of guidance and/or investment.  The highlight of the day will include 'pitchcamp' with two upcoming Windsor-Essex ventures: Miceli Technologies, presented by Carlo Miceli; and Sharp Biofuels Inc., presented by Kelso Sharp.

There will be future opportunities for high growth local businesses to pitch for angel investment.  We intend to host the second roundtable in February 2008.  Entrepreneurs with high growth business opportunities in new technologies are urged to contact Dr. Francine Schlosser at the Centre for Business Advancement and Research (CBAR) for potential inclusion in the February pitchcamp  (email: fschloss@uwindsor.ca  phone: 519.252.3000 ext 4627).

Guest Speakers:

Patrick Lor is an entrepreneur with expertise in the areas of strategy, operations management and marketing. His latest venture was iStockphoto.com, where he also led the company in finance, IT, and business development in his role as EVP and director. He joined iStockphoto pre-revenue, and upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually. iStockphoto became the world’s most successful web 2.0 stock photography company, and was sold to Getty Images, a NYSE company, for US$50,000,000 in February of 2006. He is now actively seeking his next venture.

Patrick shares his experiences, thoughts and insights on developing web 2.0 companies, developing strategies for early stage technology ventures, and creating an ecosystem for mentors and entrepreneurs to thrive. 

Chris Arsenault is currently Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer for iNovia Capital Inc. Chris Arsenault is a senior executive with over 15 years of general management experience in high technology industries, with extensive experience in business development, strategic planning, sales, marketing and communications. Chris first joined iNovia Capital (formerly MSBi Capital) as a Partner focused on InfoTech investments, and is now Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer.
 
Chris has been involved in numerous entrepreneurial initiatives, including the creation of ENABLIS Entrepreneurial Network Inc., a $30+ million G8 sponsored venture capital seed fund. Since 1998, has been involved as an investor and as a board member to a number of transactions at the seed stage level, including the seed and follow-on financing of Airborne Entertainment Inc. (which was acquired by Cybird for more than $90 million in cash in June 2005, and was awarded "deal of the year" by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association). Active in the angel community and entrepreneurial mentoring, from 1998 to 2002, Chris was a member of the selection committee of a Montreal based coaching and business service provider to technology start-ups, and continues to act as a coach and advisor to a select number of start-ups. Chris is a founding member of the National Angel Organization (NAO).
 
Chris is a member of the Boards of Directors of Callio Technologies, CarboPur Technologies inc., DFT Microsystems inc., Legitime Technologies Inc., QuantuModeling Inc., Reflex Photonics inc. and Silk Displays inc.

Stuart Sutton is President of GPSNet Technologies Inc. Stuart graduated with an Honours Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo in 1981 and then returned to school after several years of work to get his Masters of Business Administration (Finance) in 1991 from the University of Windsor (Deans Honour Roll). He has worked in the automotive (General Motors), Natural Gas Distribution, Warehousing and Construction industries before joining TST Expedited Services in 1995 as their VP of Information Technology. In 2001 he co-founded GPSNet Technologies Inc. which provides integrated productivity technology solutions to transportation companies throughout North America.