Canada’s top tech founders to showcase talent the day before Carney’s global investment summit

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Or sign-in if you have an account.Waabi Innovation Inc. chief executive Raquel Urtasun, left to right, Aidan Gomez, chief executive of Cohere Inc., and Mike Katchen, chief executive of Wealthsimple Inc., will be among the speakers at the Canadian Global Growth Forum on Sept. 14. Photo by Waabi, Getty Images, BloombergThe founders of some of Canada’s most valuable private technology startups will showcase their companies to global investors at an event next month in a bid to attract more international investment to the sector.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountThe Canadian Global Growth Forum will take place on Sept. 14 and aims to take advantage of the global financial heavyweights expected to attend the federal government’s Canada Investment Summit the next day.“They will make the case for building a global company from Canada, their experience of doing it … (and) why the world should put capital behind a company headquartered in Canada,” said Benjamin Bergen, chief executive of the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, which is hosting the invitation-only event.Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againAidan Gomez, co-founder and chief executive of Cohere Inc., Canada’s only frontier artificial intelligence model developer, Michael Katchen, co-founder and chief executive of fintech platform Wealthsimple Financial Corp., and Raquel Urtasun, founder and chief executive of self-driving truck company Waabi Innovation Inc., are among the announced speakers.Gomez has often called on founders in Canada to keep their companies in the country and resist the pull to move stateside.“Canada has the talent, ambition and ecosystem to build companies that compete and lead globally,” he said in a statement on Thursday.The forum’s goal is to build ties between global investors and Canadian fund managers and their companies and drive international investment into this country’s mid-market funds, Bergen said. Some global capital flows into Canadian companies directly, such as international investor participation in Waabi’s January fundraise and Wealthsimple’s October 2025 fundraise, which both raised $750 million each, but Bergen said a commitment to a Canadian fund can stretch further. Mid-market funds, which target established, mid-sized companies, are the part of the Canadian economy that an international institution may not have visibility into without a Canadian manager, he said.“A Canadian manager can deploy (the capital) across companies that a sovereign fund might not see on a shortlist of their own and can hold positions through the later financings while the company scales,” he said.Active Canadian pension and institutional investors, including OMERS Ventures Management Inc., Brookfield Corp. and Radical Ventures Investments Inc., will join investment teams from the United States, Australia and other countries at the forum.Prime Minister Mark Carney’s national investment summit occurs the following day as Canada tries to get $1 trillion in public and private investments over five years.“Across those two days, an investor sees the full range of opportunities in this country, from venture and growth financings, through private equity, to ports, transmissions and mines,” Bergen said.This advertisement has not loaded yet.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Global private-equity heavyweights at the forum will include Camilla Languille, co-chief executive of Mubadala Investment Co. PJSC’s private-equity arm, Sagard Holdings ULC chair and chief executive Paul Desmarais III and Cyrus Madon, executive chair of Brookfield Asset Management Corp.’s private-equity group.Mina Mitry, co-founder and chief executive of space infrastructure and satellite company Kepler Communications Inc., and Ramtin Attar, co-founder and chief executive of physical AI and robotics company Promise Robotics Inc., will also present, with more names to be confirmed in the coming weeks.Notice for the Postmedia NetworkThis website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.