Canada’s Value Creation Conference Series

TechExit.io is Canada’s Enterprise 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 M&A. The audience splits roughly 70% founder/operator and 30% buy-side. It is not the right fit for pre-revenue, pre-product, or seed-stage founders.

Acquisition readiness comes down to five things acquirers diligence: clean financials and unit economics, defensible product, customer concentration under control, leadership depth beyond the founder, and IP plus AI-readiness documentation. The work takes 12 to 24 months for most companies. TechExit.io’s Exit Readiness Score covers these dimensions in 25 questions.

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: founders 12 months to 5+ years before a capital event, plus the acquirers and capital partners they need to know.

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.