Top Startup and Networking Events: May Edition

As the weather is warming up, so are the startup and networking events for the month of May! It’s time to enjoy the sunshine and company of like-minded young professionals. Dust off those business cards whether you’re heading to Biggest Tech Startup Soriee in New York City or maybe you’re in the Sunshine State and solar powered tech is your passion. Be sure to check out all the events in your area!

Toronto

Studio Y Impact
Join the Studio Y cohort in their exhibition and keynote speaker Alex Buzzing, Deputy Ministry of Children and Youth Services, who will be speaking about the impact youth have in shaping the future of Ontario’s economic and social challenges.
Date: May 2, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Location: MaRS Discovery District, 101 College St., Toronto
Cost: Free
Registration

MaRS Discovery District Presents The Pitch — Entrepreneurship 101
Learn how to attract the attention of investors with your great story. You’ll discuss how to deliver an effective pitch and the basis of good communication.
Date: May 4, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: MaRS Centre (Auditorium), 101 College St., Toronto, ON
Cost: Free
Registration

Unlock Your Big Idea Pitch Competition — Live Pitch Finale
Watch the Live Pitch Finale from the Unlock Your Big Idea Pitch Competition, judged by an esteemed panel of judges.
Date: May 5, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Location: University of Toronto Mississauga, Innovation Complex
Cost: Free
Registration

Social Innovation Challenge
The Social Innovation Challenge brings together people who have ideas and are focused on creating a better society. This is your chance to turn your idea into a reality!
Date: May 6, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Location: 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto
Cost: Free
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MBA Mixer
If you’re an MBA student or alumni and happen to be in the GTA, check out this event for a night of informal networking! There will be networking, music, hors d’oeuvres and a chance to win prizes.
Date: May 6, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: Bloke- 401 King Street West
Cost: Free
Registration

Toronto Tech Meetup + Afterparty
Tech Meetups bring together Toronto’s tech leaders and innovators so be sure to come out to this event to mingle with the best, and stay for the open mic and presentation by notable speakers.
Date: May 9, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: RBC WaterPark Place Auditorium, 88 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto
Cost: Free
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JLABS @Toronto Presents Grand Opening
Attend the JLABS Grand Opening event. Meet and celebrate with professionals from emerging companies!
Date: May 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm
Location: MaRS Centre (Atrium), 101 College St., Toronto, ON
Cost: Free
Registration

Startup Grind Hosts Tami Zuckerman (VarageSale) for Female Founders
Join Startup Grind and Tami Zuckerman for a night of networking, and a fireside chat. There is also a door prize where you can with 30 minutes with Omar Dhalla from Real Ventures.
Date: May 10, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Location: 111 Peter Street, 9th floor
Cost: Free
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Accelerating IoT with Techstars
Techstars NYC are here to introduce their new IOT accelerator! They are currently looking for IOT startups to demo their product and presentations relevant to the IOT industry to present that night. Sign up if you’re interested or just attend!
Date: May 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina Avenue, Toronto
Cost: Free
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How to do VCs Evaluate Startups
Join Megh Gupta, CPA, CMA, as he gives a talk on how venture capitalists value a company and gives inside details on the process OMERS Ventures uses to determine valuation.
Date: May 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: OneEleven — 111 Richmond Street West 5th Floor, Toronto, ON
Cost: Free
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Aging 2.0 Local Presents: Global Startup Search Competition
Aging 2.0 is looking for the world’s best aging-focused startups. If you think your startup is one of these, sign up! There will be a series of pitch events, online voting and judging and the final showcase will feature the best of the best!
Date: May 24,2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: Toronto Rehab Institute, 550 University Ave, Toronto ON
Cost: $10 donation optional
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Toronto Reference Library Presents: Digital DNA w/ Towa Beer
At this discussion, learn how to choose the right tools to set up your online DNA and how to correct what is already online with Towa Beer.
Date: May 26,2016 at 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto Reference Library, 3rd floor, Hinton Learning Theatre, Toronto, ON
Cost: $10 donation optional
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HackerNest Toronto
HackerNest Tech Socials are a great way to let loose with some of like-minded young tech professionals in Toronto. Enjoy a night without agendas and pitching, but lots of mingling.
Date: May 30,2016 at 8:00 pm
Location: Info-Tech Research Group, 888 Yonge St, Toronto, ON
Cost: $10 donation
Registration

Waterloo

Waterloo Creators
Waterloo Creators is a student-run group that hosts meet ups for awesome people who are interested in topics ranging from design to engineering.
Date: May 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: University of Waterloo
Cost: Free
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Q&A with Jenny Fielding, Managing Director TechStars
Join this interactive Q&A session for IoT startups with Jenny Fielding, the Managing Director of Techstars IoT and Fintech!
Date: May 10, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Location: Communitech — 151 Charles St. W #100, Kitchener, ON
Cost: Free
Registration

Ottawa

Is your business idea feasible?
If you’re an entrepreneur who’s in the early stages of starting a business, then this event is perfect for you. Find out if your great business idea will pan out and if it is right for you.
Date: May 13 2016 at 10:00–11:30 am
Location: Invest Ottawa, 80 Aberdeen St., Suite 100, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5R5
Cost: Free
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Introduction to Discovery Driven Entrepreneurship
Learn how to test your ideas and validate your business assumptions at this event. Michael Lachapelle, a certified trainer and coach with more than 15 years of experience, will share his thoughts on the discovery-driven approach to entrepreneurship.
Date: May 18 2016 at 9:00–4:00 pm
Location: Invest Ottawa, 80 Aberdeen St., Suite 100, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5R5
Cost: Free
Registration

Vancouver

Managing Your Intellectual Property with Roger Kuypers
Roger Kuypers, partner in the Technology and Intellectual Property Practice Group, will guide you through a workshop on managing your intellectual property.
Date: May 2, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Location: Fasten Martineau — 550 Burrard Street
Cost: Free with promo code “NVBC2016”
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Corporate Structure and Legal Agreements
This seminar will go over the initial corporate matters that you need to consider in building your tech company. Topics that are covered are initial corporate structuring issues, sourcing seed capital and much more.
Date: May 4, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: SFU Harbour Centre — 515 W Hastings St
Cost: Free with promo code “NVBC2016”
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Building your Minimum Viable
Attend this seminar on having the right branding and sales strategy. They could make a huge difference in creating a successful startup, so make sure not to miss this one!
Date: May 11, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: Fasten Martineau — 550 Burrard Street
Cost: Free with promo code “NVBC2016”
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Capital Planning with Robert McGarry, Mike Walkingshaw and Jenny Yang
A seminar for those who need advice on developing a Capital Plan and different financing options your startup has based on the development stage of your startup.
Date: May 18, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: SFU Harbour Centre — 515 W Hastings St
Cost: Free with promo code “NVBC2016”
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Techfest Vancouver
This event brings out Vancouver’s fastest growing tech companies that are looking for talent! network with the executive team and hiring managers from some of the most innovating companies in Vancouver!
Date: May 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: Cabinet Warehouse, 22 East 2nd Avenue
Cost: $15
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HackerNest Vancouver
It’s time for another HackerNest Tech Social in Vancouver. You know the drill: drinks, great conversation, and no sales pitches!
Date: May 30, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Location: TBD
Cost: $10 donation
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TechVancouver
TechVancouver’s Meetup will bring out the best of the best from Vancouver’s tech industry. Mingle, watch demos, and presentations at this fun, relaxing event.
Date: May 31, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: TBD
Cost: $10
Registration

Montreal

StartupBreakfastClub.com
Practice and present your pitch to get some constructive feedback from other entrepreneurs or attend this event to watch other pitches. Followed by some networking and breakfast!
Date: May 3, 2016 at 8:15 am
Location: Notman House, 51 Sherbrooke St. West, 3rd Floor Montreal, QC H2X 1X2 Canada
Cost: $10
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JS-Montreal Monthly Meetup
Learn more about JavaScript or show off your project at the JS-Montreal Monthly Meetup!
Date: May 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: La Gare 5333 Casgrain, Montréal, QC, Canada
Cost: Free
Registration

Silicon Valley-San Francisco

Women in Design & Tech Leadership Forum
This event will feature a panel of leaders who will discuss leadership equality for women followed by a Town Hall discussion focussing on developing goals and practices to move towards leadership equality.
Date: May 2, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: Cooper, 85 2nd St, San Francisco, CA 94105
Cost: $21
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Big in Japan: Allen Miner on Entering the Japanese Market
Allen Miner, CEO of SunBridge Corporation will share his advice on helping many Silicon Valley firms on their entry to the Japanese market.
Date: May 3, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: 1400 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, 94304
Cost: $20
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Panel: Investing in Sports Ventures
Venture Capitalists, angel investors and entrepreneurs will discuss their experience with investing in sports related companies.
Date: May 3, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: Bleacher Report- 153 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA
Cost: $20
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Cracking the PM Interview
If you’re looking to get a job as a product manger and have a technical background, then this event is for you! You will get advice from Gayle McDowell, author of “Cracking the PM Interview” on how to prepare for these interviews.
Date: May 4, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Location: Product School Silicon Valley, 599 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043
Cost: $10
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IoT for Cities Hackathon
The two day FREE hackathon will bring people together who want to solve problems that cities face today and in the future.
Date: May 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center
Cost: Free
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Product Owners: How to Get Your Team to Love You
Product managers need to motivate their teams to sell their product and leave their customers happy. But this is easier said than done! Learn how to “get your team to love you” from May Allen, Product Manager at Projector.
Date: May 11, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Location: Product School, 415 Jackson Street San Francisco, CA 94111
Cost: $20
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Solar Software Hackathon
Suncode Solar Hackathon is all about hacking, design breakthrough, cutting edge technology and collaboration. Bring your team or create a new one to hack the boldest solar ideas!
Date: May 13, 2016 at 5:00 pm
Location: 426 17th Street Oakland, CA 94612
Cost: $30
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The Next Wave of Online Commerce
This event is all about the networking and panel discussion on online commerce. Everything is going digital and this is your change to learn about it.
Date: May 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: SRI International Conference Center
Cost: $35
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The Startup Conference 2016
This conference is one of the biggest in the Silicon Valley. People go to learn all about getting started, pitching to venture capitalists, launching their product and much more!
Date: May 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: The Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St, Redwood City, CA 94063
Cost: $99
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Startup Hacking: An Evening with Don Daglow
This is your chance to learn from Don Daglow, the 3 time Inc. 500 CEO and 2008 Technical Emmy Award recipient. He will give advice and insight on building your company and team.
Date: May 19, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Location: Hacker Dojo, 599 Fairchild Dr, Mountain View, CA 94043
Cost: $10
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Spark Innovation Expo 2016
The Spark Innovation Expo is an all day STEM challenge where you and your startup can demo the newest wearables, drones, and robotech.
Date: May 21, 2016
Location: Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043
Cost: $25
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Tech in Motion + Verizon Present: Data and Design Tech Talk
The Data and Design Tech Talk will explore the relationship between data and design and how companies use both. As always, networking will follow the panel discussion and Q&A.
Date: May 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: Autodesk Gallery, 1 Market Street #200, San Francisco, CA 94105
Cost: Free
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New York

New York and Berlin: Bridging the Atlantic for Startups
Berlin Partner is launching a new partnership between NYC and Berlin to start an exciting start-up exchange program. You and your startup can pitch to get free co-working space, flights, and hotel for up to 10 days to explore Berlin’ startup environment.
Date: May 2, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: WeWork — 175 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, United States
Cost: Free
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Breakfast with Startup Champions #FounderWarStories
Grab some coffee and meet the CEO of PeoplePerHour and SuperTasker, Xenios Thrasyvoulou. He’ll talk about how he created a successful and profitable startup, followed by a Q&A for you to get some personalized advice!
Date: Friday, May 6, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location: The Farm NYC — 447 Broadway 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013, United States
Cost: Free
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May 10th: Start-ups Networking @ WeWork Penn Station
Join the WeWork Penn Station for mingling with NYC’s best startups. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet new people!
Date: May 10, 2016 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Location: WeWork Park Penn Station, 315 W 36th Street, New York, NY
Cost: Free
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Startup Funding 101: Attracting Investors
There’s good advice and bad advice out there about how to fund your startup. Find out for yourself what the good advice is on attracting investors at this event.
Date: May 12, 2016 6:30 pm — 9:30 pm
Location: Pera Soho, 54 Thompson Street, New York, NY 10012
Cost: Free
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NYC’s Biggest Tech Startup, Business & Entrepreneur Professional Networking Soriee
This event is a must go to event in NYC! It will be a wonderful evening of mingling and making new, lasting connections.
Date: May 17, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Location: Gansevoort Park Avenue, 420 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10018
Cost: Free
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500 Startups Presents: Intro to Growth Hacking at NYU Incubators
This session will be about growth hacking and how to apply it to your own company as well as real world success stories from the tech industry.
Date: May 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Location: 137 Varick St — 137 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013, United States
Cost: Free
Registration

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