Our mission at Invest Crowdfund Canada - Quebec is to legalize Invest Crowdfunding in all Canadian provinces. We believe this new model will help start-up businesses fund their growth and create jobs, thus contributing to local economy. Lets sign the petition to have Invest Crowdfunding be part of our ecosystem!

1. INVEST CROWDFUNDING
Diana Yazidjian
- Invest Crowdfund Canada – Quebec
Twitter: @iCANCrowdfund
Pétition: http://icanada.nu/crowdfunding/petition/petition-fr/
#crowdfunding #MtlNewTech
October 2, 2012
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2. ”As startups are the stars of the show, their ability to
succeed depends on the health of the ecosystem
and its ability to support, connect, network and
finance them."
Mark Evans, Canadian entrepreneur
a. INVESTMENT CROWDFUNDING ACROSS THE GLOBE
b. WHY ICC FOR QUEBEC?
c. ON THE ROAD TO ICC ADOPTION
d. OUR VISION, OUR MISSION, THE TEAM
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3. WHAT IS EQUITY-BASED CROWDFUNDING
New online technologies are showing
that public investment for new companies
can be sought safely given the right
Crowdfunding is the platform, precautions and regulations.
solicitation of small
equity investment from
non-accredited
investors.
Simply put, it is to raise
funding from the
“crowd.”
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4. INVEST CROWDFUNDING ACROSS THE GLOBE
Research from May 2012 indicates that a combined total of $1.2 B in
equity and non-equity crowdfunding was raised in 2011 globally.
Equity-based crowdfunding is happening
most in Australia and the UK
Source: Crowdsourcing.org
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5. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Australian Small SEEDUPS (GB) CrowdCube (GB) Symbid
Scale Offerings (Hollande)
Board
(ASSOB)
Active since 2005 1 400 Cap raised £3.7M Cap raised
Capital raised entrepreneurs; for 21 businesses €1M in year 1
A$126M 700 investors
AVG A$350K (2011) • Capital
raised$65M for
IT businesses
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6. WHY INVEST CROWDFUNDING in QUEBEC
This is a crucial time!
o Financial gap for businesses seeking 50k-500k$
o VC is declining: - 63% in Q1(source: Reseau Capital)
o 2-index drop in Canada's Innovation Standing (World Economic Forum)
o 1 out of 4 SMEs : lifespan less than two years
o Nb IPOs has fallen
o Entrepreneurs are relocating « where the money is »
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7. WHY INVEST CROWDFUNDING in QUEBEC
 Strong IT community
 ICC platforms: a good fit
 Local economy driver and job creation
 Alternative solution to loans for local start-ups and
to public equity for local investors
 Transparency and fraud prevention
 Promoting francophone plateforms to facilitate
international funding
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8. ON THE ROAD TO ICC ADOPTION
Securities are regulated at the provincial
and territorial level.
Canada’s 13 regulators
co-ordinate their efforts through the
Canadian Securities Administrators.
Efforts to legalize equity crowdfunding will
have to happen at the provincial level. 
Petition Letter
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9. OUR VISION, OUR MISSION AT ICC-QUEBEC
Vision Statement
In our vision, Canadian creativity will be bolstered
by the active involvement in our economy of tens
of thousands of online citizens. Social media is
launching a new era of financing that will allow us
to better support local businesses, create jobs and
benefit our Canadian society today and for our
next generation.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to change securities legislation
across Canada to legalize investment
crowdfunding through opening up a new source
of funding for Canada’s startups and small and
medium-sized businesses.
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10. OUR VALUE PROPOSITION
o ICC proposes that provincial securities regulators in Canada move quickly
to adopt changes consistent with the JOBS Act crowdfunding model
which is expected to be implemented in early 2013 and/or with
crowdfund investing models now operating successfully outside of North
America. This may involve introduction of new prospectus exemptions to
broaden the field of potential investors and new registration exemptions
to enable funding portals.
o Ideally, a uniform set of changes would be implemented across
Canadian provinces at the same time in order to promote investments in
crowdfund investing platforms. Significant technology investments will be
required to create crowdfunding platforms, but these new platforms can
also be expected to generally streamline the capital formation,
communications and record-keeping processes for small businesses.
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11. INVEST CROWDFUND CANADA
THE LEADERSHIP TEAM ACROSS THE NATION
National Provincial Leadership
Leadership
Crowdfunding Chair New Brunswick
Dr Cindy Gordon Rob Foley, VP
Strategy Momentum
Gary Stairs, VP British Columbia
Tony Arias,
Communication/Media/PR
Andrew Weir, VP
Mission Catherine Boivie, VP
Marketing The Innovation Crowdfunding
Debra Chanda, VP Alberta
Metrics/Frameworks
Cluster (ICC): brings key Sandi Gilbert, VP
JR Richardson, VP
Michi Kimori, VP stakeholders together across the
Legal
Andrea Johnson, VP country to legalize & educate the Quebec
Diana Yazidjian, VP
PMO Liaison
Russ Roberts, VP
value of equity crowdfunding on Giancarlo Salvo, VP
Impact Investing behalf of i-Canada.
Prerna Chandak, VP Ontario
Fawn Annan, VP
PR Crowdfunding US Jobs Act - Michel Pepin, VP
Maricel Dicion, VP Advisor
StartUp Advocacy
Advisory Sherwood Neiss, VP
Industry Leadership
Michael Cayley
Leadership Australia, ASSOB - Advisor
Paul Niederer, VP
Jordan Dider Crowdfunding Industry Lead
CATA - Advisor
Chamber of Commerce / Kerry Liu, VP
Barry Gander
Board of Trade Liaison
CATA - Advisor Mobile Cluster
Angel Liaison John Reid Ross Buchanan, VP
Michael Cayley
Universities/Education
VC Liaison Joy Van Hove, VP
Michael Turner
Note: Each Province has a team being
mobilized to work their regional activities.
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12. INVEST CROWDFUND CANADA | QUEBEC TEAM
Legal Crowdfunding Quebec
Giancarlo Salvo Diana Yazidjian
Giancarlo is an associate in the Montreal office of Fraser Diana has over 15 years experience in the technology
Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) with the Corporate & community acting in both an entrepreneurial and
Commercial Group. He specializes in securities law matters, partnership capacity. She launched her first venture in
as well as public and private mergers and acquisitions. Prior 1998, consulting for retail businesses and she was among
to joining the firm, Giancarlo spent three years working at the first to join the Internet bubble in Montreal. She later
another leading Canadian law firm. He has experience in joined Orange-France Telecom in France where she led
the areas of cross-border and international transactions, as the transformation toward a customer-centric
well as listings on the AIM market of the London Stock organization, overseeing more than twenty technology
Exchange. Giancarlo is a trustee of the Jewish General innovations. In 2011, Diana launched Yazziness, a service
Hospital Foundation. company helping SMEs, start-ups and associations cater
to their market and improve their social presence with
the right tools.
Industry StartUp Advocacy
Heri Rakotomalala Davender Gupta
Heri Rakotomalala is an engineer and As a Venture Catalyst, Davender guides entrepreneurs to
entrepreneur. Founder of MontrealTechWatch, develop the clarity, the confidence and the discipline to
MTLNewTech, and Startup Drinks, Heri is at the successfully execute on their ideas., Davender serves as
heart of start-up ecosystem in Montrea. He Secretary of the Board at the Centre local de
provides key counsel to early stage companies in développement (CLD) de Québec, an organization
the areas of marketing, engineering and finance, to supporting over 1000 entrepreneurial projects a year in
get them venture-ready. the Québec City area, and is also the facilitator and head
coach of FastTrac TechVenture Québec, a program to
identify and prepare the next generation of Québec City
technology startups.
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13. INVEST CROWDFUND CANADA | QUEBEC TEAM
Communication/Media/PR
Education Adam Daifallah
Gil Michel-Garcia
Adam Daifallah is a Partner at HATLEY Strategy
Gil is a U.S. partner at blue HF, a Montreal based
Advisors, a Montreal public affairs firm. With more
boutique law firm, where he specializes in
than ten years' experience in law, journalism and
providing U.S. legal advice to Canadian
politics, Adam is a skilled communicator who interacts
companies and funds in connection with start-
with key decision-makers in Toronto, Montreal,
up, venture and early stage cross-border private
Ottawa, Quebec City and Washington, D.C. Before co-
equity transactions.
founding HATLEY, Adam practiced law at the Montreal
office of a national law firm. Previous to his legal
career, he sat on the editorial board of the National
Post and was Washington correspondent of The New
Plateforme ICF
York Sun. He is co-author of two books on Canadian
Eric Bisson politics. Adam is a law graduate from Université Laval,
has a BA (honours) in history and political studies from
Queen’s University and was a Sauvé Scholar at McGill
Eric has more than 10 years experience in project University. He is a member of the Quebec Bar.
management (web and mobile) and has recently co-
founded plebs.ca, a reward/donation crowdfunding
platform based in Montreal.
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14. Join The Movement toward the adoption of Invest
Crowdfunding across Canada!
Please sign the e-petition:
http://icanada.nu/crowdfunding/petition/
Contacts:
Thank Diana Yazidjian, VP Québec
diana@yazziness.com
you @yazziness
Gil Michel-Garcia, VP Education
gmichelgarcia@blue-hf.com
@GMichelGarcia
Join The Conversation
@iCANcrowdfund
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