Canada’s Value Creation Conference.
Value creation is a discipline. An acquisition is just one outcome.
Build for value from year one, and the options multiply. The same company built to be worth buying can raise, acquire, or keep going.
TechExit.io is for tech founders who want to build real enterprise value and keep the power to choose what comes next.
Whether your strategy is to absorb competitors, secure capital on your own terms, or execute a premium exit, the discipline is the same.
Clean financials. Unit Economics. Defensible product. Team depth.
The foundational work that makes a company real before anyone makes an offer. At TechExit.io, we sharpen all four whether you’re early, growing, or scaling.
Valuation drivers. Deal terms. Diligence realities.
Why two similar companies get very different valuations. AQ is a competency. Canadian founders have been building it at TechExit.io since 2017.
Relationships with operators, capital partners, and acquirers.
Optionality isn’t indecision. It’s leverage. TechExit.io is for founders who plan the moves that maximize value, not the deals accepted when options run out.
Frequently Asked Questions
TechExit.io is Canada’s Value Creation Conference for tech founders, operators, and capital partners. The event runs in three Canadian cities each year and covers how technology companies are built, valued, and transacted. Sessions feature founders who have created and realized value: Clio, Wattpad, Carbon6, Copperleaf, Galvanize. Founded 2017.
TechExit.io covers the same M&A, valuation, acquisition, and capital topics as before, with a wider lens on the work that creates options. The premise: how a company is built determines what exits, raises, and acquisitions become possible. Exit is one outcome of value creation. The acquisition-readiness work is the same work that strengthens any path.
Value creation is the operating discipline that produces enterprise value: clean financials, real unit economics, defensible product, deep team. TechExit.io covers how acquirers and capital partners assess that work, what drives multiples, and how founders keep options open. The same discipline that makes a company acquirable also strengthens its position to raise, hire, and negotiate.
TechExit.io is built for growth-stage tech founders ($1M to $50M+ ARR), operators from VP to C-suite, capital partners from PE and growth equity, and strategic acquirers in Canadian tech.
SaaS valuation multiples in 2026 land at roughly 3 to 7x ARR for private companies, 7 to 12x for public, and 12x or higher for top-quartile growth or AI-native names. AI integration commands a 25 to 30x EV/Revenue premium where it changes margins or moats. Canadian deals concentrate between $50M and $500M, average $213.7M.
TechExit.io runs in three Canadian cities. Calgary is October 1, 2026 at the BMO Centre. Toronto is October 15, 2026 at the MaRS Discovery District. Vancouver is May 2027 at the Convention Centre West. Each city is a one-day conference with keynotes, panels, case studies, and operator sessions.
TechExit.io is the only Canadian conference focused on how tech companies are built, valued, and transacted. Startup conferences like Elevate or Web Summit Vancouver cover product and growth. Generalist M&A events serve dealmakers. TechExit.io serves the gap.
TechExit.io speakers are founders who have built and realized value, plus active capital partners and acquirers. Past and confirmed speakers include Jack Newton (Clio, vLex acquisition ~$1B), Allen Lau (Wattpad, $754M to Naver), Judi Hess (Copperleaf, $1B to IFS), Kazi Ahmed (Carbon6, $305M to SPS Commerce), Laurie Schultz (Galvanize, $1B to Diligent), and JD St. Martin (Lightspeed, Boreal Ventures).
Attendees leave TechExit.io with a clearer view of what acquirers and capital partners actually pay for, where their company sits on the readiness curve, the deal structures available beyond a full sale (recap, secondary, growth equity), and direct access to founders who have done it. Most attendees take home one decision and three contacts.
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Each week: one Canadian tech founder on how they built value. Named companies. Real decisions. Value creation, operational rigor, and the stuff you can’t Google about exits.
After a year of negotiations and $150,000 in legal and diligence costs, the deal collapsed. Eighteen months later, he secured a $75M private equity investment on far better terms.
A $6.52B acquisition makes headlines, but the twenty years prior tell a far more interesting story. At the inaugural TechExit.io Calgary, founders, investors and advisors shared the lessons behind some of the Prairies' landmark exits, from Calgary-born CoolIT Systems to Solium's $1.1B sale to Morgan Stanley.
Founders want options, but keeping every door open can quickly become a distraction. Optionality isn’t about pursuing every path. It’s about being in a position to choose the right one.