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Submissions, commenting and voting for SOCAP Open 2016 is now closed.
If you submitted, thank you for sending us your ideas for SOCAP Open! If you missed the deadline this year, you’ll have your chance again in 2017!
Questions about the selection process?
Elevator Pitch! North America Venture Showcase
Adam Spence, MaRS Discovery District
Join us as some of North America’s top impact ventures pitch to leading investors at SOCAP16. Ten high-growth, world-changing impact ventures in health, cleantech and social technology from the SVX network in Canada, the United States, and Mexico will deliver their best 90 second elevator pitch to a savvy group of impact dragons and a live SOCAP studio audience as they seek partners, investors, and advisors to scale their enterprise. Both judges and delegates will play a part in selecting the pitch winner in an interactive and engaging session to see who will be named North America’s best!
equity, Growth Stage, Impact Investing, Investing, Pitch, social enterprise, Social venture
Interactive Workshop
Intermediate
Adam Spence, UDP, SVX
Director, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing
Laura Ortiz Montemayor, Co-Founder, SVX Mexico
John Katovich, President, Cutting Edge Capital,
Founder & CEO, SVX US
Three (3) Pitch Judges from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to be named Last year’s judges included:
Sandra Odendhal, Senior Director, Social Innovation, Royal Bank of Canada
Karla García-Teruel, Directora Ejecutiva de #Catapulta
Cesar Gonzalez, Founder, StartingBloc
Ten (10) ventures including at least three (3) each from the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Important 2016 Dates
- JUNE 3
Final day to submit an idea. - JUNE 4-15
Commenting and voting period. All sessions open for voting. - JUNE 16-28
Judging panel and final selection by SOCAP16 Content Team. - JUNE 29
Winning sessions announced to session organizers.
