We are seeing big shifts in seed stage financing methods. The conversation about angel financing, crowdfunding and venture capital is heating up and Cdling is delivering a series of events designed to keep you in tune with the changing dynamics of starting the next big thing (details below).

Underlying these financing alternatives is investor activity based on trust and expectations.

Cdling can help you achieve the due diligence and trust that you need to thrive during these changing times. We now have more than 300 investors, Founders and advisors who are already providing feedback on more than 180 startups profiled on our system. 

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Reputation systems have evolved.

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We look forward to meeting you at these upcoming events:

Exit Interview: Paul Connor, President & Executive Director, Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario
Startup Grind Toronto, June 27, 6:30 pm
New venue! Now in collaboration with startupdrinks.ca.

For four years Paul Connor has been helping make Angel investing better.  In progressively more senior roles, most recently as President & Executive Director of the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario, he has seen and heard it all. 
Under Paul’s leadership the number of active Angel organisations in Ontario has expanded from 8 to 24.  Working with Bryan Watson, Executive Director of the National Angel Capital Organization, Paul has been in the inner circle of every major Angel industry event in Canada during all of that time.

We are catching Paul in his last days with NAO - Ontario, as he prepares to enter graduate school in the fall.  Please join us for this free wheeling Exit Interview.  A chance for Paul to share a few stories from over the last 4 years, share some tips and speculate about what the local angel investing environment might look like 5 years hence.  Get tickets here.

More upcoming Events …

Crowdfunding is about helping startups thrive with guest Sherwood Niess, co-founder of StartupExemption.com, July 16th.

Canada’s VC Blueprint: the Global Context with guest Dr. Olav Sorenson, Yale School of Management, July 23. (by invitation only)

Startup Grind Toronto with guest Howard Morgan, Partner, First Round Capital, July 25. Get your tickets here.

Cdling is dedicated to helping startups thrive.

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting Sherwood Neiss, the co-founder of StartupExemption.com in Toronto on July 16, 2012.

Part of this day is about kick starting the conversation about crowdfunding in Ontario (and Canada).

We extended an invitation to representatives of the Federal Government (via the PMO and Industry Canada), the Ontario Provincial Government and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to meet with Sherwood for a briefing about the emergence of crowdfunding in the United States.

Ontario has responded and we have meetings scheduled with senior policy representatives from the offices of the Premier, the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Economic Development and Innovation.

We also have a briefing session confirmed with representatives of the OSC. 

Stay tuned.  We have tried, and would be grateful if we could make the right connection with the Federal Government as well to get them involved.

At 1 pm we are co-hosting an all party OPEN BRIEFING with the Centre for Social Innovation, to help connect MPPs, Federal government representatives, the OSC Small and Medium Enterprise Committee and all parties interested in promoting the adoption of legal crowdfunding in Ontario (and Canada) at the CSI Annex Lounge.

Sign up here: http://helpstartupsthrive.eventbrite.com

And please participate in OPEN RSVP.  Take this issue into your own hands by reaching out to determine who is coming and who is not and why.

An Inspiring Startup Story

The story of StartupExemption.com, is the story of three entrepreneurs who defied the odds and led a 579 day campaign to get bi-partisan support in both the Congress and Senate and obtain Presidential approval to make crowdfunding legal in the United States.

Inspiring, educating and helping startup enthusiasts connect are the reasons why we are behind Startup Grind Toronto.

On July 16, we will end off a jam packed day, with a typical Startup Grind style fire side chat with Sherwood, where founders, funders and mentors will have their best chance to hear about the trials and tribulations of this historic drive to change how innovation will be funded in the US. Get your tickets here.

Once again, ITBusiness.ca will be collaborating with Startup Grind Toronto to cover this event with a webcast and live reporting.