Main Stage Speakers
Alan Arcand
Chief Economist, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME)
Benjamin Bergen
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA)
Lissa Bjerkelund
Vice President & Head of Investments, Export Development Canada (EDC)
Stephen Denton
Partner, SeaFort Capital Inc. & Invest Canada ’26 Co-Chair
Shahir Guindi
Partner, Chair Emeritus, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Brett House
Professor of Professional Practice, Economics Division, Columbia Business School
Kory Jeffrey
Partner, Inovia Capital
Allen Lau
Operating Partner & Co-Founder, Two Small Fish Ventures
Christopher Legg
Senior Managing Director, Progress Partners
Eric de Montgolfier
CEO, Invest Europe
Lauren Moss
SVP Finance, Cohere
Melanie Nadeau
Chief Executive Officer, COVE
Hon. Seamus O'Regan
Journalist, Broadcaster, and Former Cabinet Minister
Ross Prusakowski
Deputy Chief Economist, Director of Export Development Canada’s Economic and Political Intelligence Center (EPIC)
Senia Rapisarda
Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Canada)
Mackenzie Regent
Managing Partner, Kalos LLP
Zain Rizvi
Partner, Davies
Jeff White
President and CEO, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) & Invest Canada ’26 Co-Chair
Kristina Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC)
A curated lineup of senior voices.
Speakers
Paula Cruickshank
Senior Vice President, Fund Investments,
BDC
Mark Dobbin
Founder and President, Killick Capital
David Kornacki
Director, Data & Product, CVCA
Guillaume Marion
Partner, Sagard
Vanessa Pilotte
Chief Executive Officer, Gestion Choquette-Legault (GCL)
Joseph Regan
Senior Managing Partner – Venture Capital, BDC Capital
John Rikhtegar
Vice President, Private Equity, Northleaf Capital
Lara Skwarek
Investment Principal, Invest Nova Scotia
Paul Walker
Head of Insights, Carta
David Wilson
President, Wilsons Security
Turn Three Days Into a Year of Progress
Invest Canada ’26 brings together more than 700 senior delegates from 170+ active venture capital and private equity firms. The room includes 60+ unique LP entities representing over $3T in aggregate assets under management.
Over the past decade, the conference has enabled an estimated 50,000 strategic meetings and has sold out four consecutive years. Repeat attendance reflects the value of concentrated access and meeting density for capital decision-makers.