OCTOBER 21, 2025 • MaRS CENTRE • TORONTO

2025 Speakers

Get ready to hear from this year’s lineup of tech founders, investors, and dealmakers who are driving real results in today’s M&A landscape. These are the voices shaping the future of tech and they’re live on stage at TechExit 2025.

Allen Lau

Co-Founder

Wattpad (Acquired by Naver Corp. for $754M CAD)

Amar Varma

Co-Founder & CEO

Mantle

Bram Sugarman

Former VP Product Acceleration

Shopify (Led Corp. Dev at Shopify)

Brent Holliday

Founder & CEO

Garibaldi Capital Advisors

David Rozin

Vice President and Head, Technology and Innovation Banking

Scotiabank/Roynat

Deborah Bongard

Senior Portfolio Manager & Senior Wealth Advisor

BMO Nesbitt Burns

Eric Kafka

Partner

VERTU Capital

Farhan Thawar

VP & Head of Engineering

Shopify (Co-Founder Helpful.com- Acquired by Shopify)

Frazer House

Partner, Securities & Capital Markets

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Hugues Lalancette

Partner

Inovia Capital

Jeffrey Bennett

Senior Director, Technology & Innovation Banking

National Bank

Jeremy Shaki

Co-Founder & CEO

Lighthouse Labs (Acquired by Uvaro)

Julia Kassam

Executive Advisor

Karl Sigerist

Managing Director

The Shaughnessy Group

Kazi Ahmed

Co-Founder & CEO

Carbon6 (Acquired by SPS Commerce for $305M CAD)

Kevin Kliman

Co-Founder & CEO

Humi (Acquired by Employment Hero for over $100M CAD)

Lauren Epstein

General Partner

Storytime Capital

Matt O’Leary

VP, Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships

1Password (Leads M&A & Partnerships)

Michelle McBane

Managing Director

StandUp Ventures

Mike Hollinger

Partner

Dentons

Mitch Robinson

Managing Director

Sampford Advisors

Narbe Alexandrian

Founder & CEO

Define Capital

Nathan Yeung

Founder

Find Your Audience

Nilam Ganenthiran

Founder & CEO

Beacon Software

Petar Zelic

Managing Director & Head of Tech Investment Banking

Stifel Canada

Rhiannon Davies

Founding & Managing Partner

Sandpiper Ventures

Samara Starkman

Co-Founder and Managing Principal

INQ Consulting

Sarah Miller Wright

Former President

Certn

Sarah Daniele

CEO & Co-Founder

Mydoma Studio (Acquired by Studio Designer)

Sean Silcoff

Business Writer & Technology Reporter

The Globe and Mail

Shamil Hargovan

Managing Director

STS Capital Partners

Shikha Bhuchar

Head of Strategy & Investments

RBCx

Simon Mills

Director, Growth & Transition Capital Group

BDC

Simon Leroux

Founder & CEO

Optionality

Stephanie Fan

Principal

Pender Software Holdings

Talia Abramowitz

Managing Partner

Deloitte Ventures

Thomas Terrats

Co-Founder & CEO

Vessel

Will Shaw

Co-leader Emerging Technology & Venture Capital

Fasken

Inspire. Inform. Influence.

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Our 2025 Agenda

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Meet the steering committee shaping the vision and experience for this year’s event.

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