Banff Venture Forum

Take a look below at the list of 2025 attending speakers and investors. Stay tuned as we begin to announce our 2026 lineup – sign up for our newsletter!

Myrna Bittner

Founder & CEO

Shannon Hucker

Trade Commissioner

Sévrine Labelle

Managing Director

George Damian

Director, National Bank Investor Hub

Kyle Scott

Managing Partner

Danika Kelly

Founder & CEO

Brad Fournier

Director of Business Development

Daniel Seo

Investment Manager

Kristina Williams

President & CEO

Collin Phillip

CEO

Tracey Scarlett

Executive Director

Terri Davis

Founder, CEO & Executive Search Lead

Erin Sheets

Partner

Steven Bodi

Partner

Stewart Guenther

Partner

Ashif Mawji

Managing Director

Andrea Barrios

Investor

Abbey Kaminker

Investment Analyst

Matt Toner

Managing Partner

Bruce Hibbard

Partner

Hubba Khatoon

Regional Innovation Director (Prairies) – Canada

Katherine Hovdestad

Analyst

John Cassidy

Managing Director

Joshua Nilson

Angel Investor

John Polson

Director of Business Development

Martin Vetter

SVP

Boyang Li

Principal

Alan Campbell

Director Industry Development

Angus Fudge

Associate

Antony Acciarri

Partner

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner

Nicolas Brathwaite

Founder & Managing Partner

Stephen Burns

Partner

Paul Dugsin

Founding Partner

Moien Giashi

Principal

John Nguyen

Regional Vice President – Canada

Kyle Wilson

Chief Investment Officer

Steve Hnatiuk

Managing Partner

2024 Speakers

Crystal Phillips

Vice President, Thin Air Labs Fund I

Raif Barbaros

Partner

David Nault

Co-Founder & General Partner

Abbey Kaminker

Investment Analyst

Davina MacPhail

VP of Impact Investing

Remi Schmaltz

Founder & CEO

Matt Toner

Managing Partner

Benjamin Kemp

CEO

Anita Ludwar

Principal

Kassandra Quayle

CFO

Mark Brooks

Managing Director

Byron Thom

Partner, Industrial Innovation Fund

Megan Croft

Ecosystem and Partnership Operations Manager

Anamika Mukherjee

Partner, Industrial Clean Energy Technology Venture Fund

Kelly Krahulic

Investment Manager

Kenndal McArdle

Principal

Robin Orford

Lead – VC Partnerships

Tyler Sigman

Co-Founder, Co-President, and Game Design Director

Christiana Manzocco

Director of Investments

Devon Thompson

Managing Director, Banking

Ashif Mawji

Managing Director

Louis Delorme

Associate

Shelley King

CEO

Hubba Khatoon

Regional Innovation Director (Prairies)

James Lochrie

Partner

Manpreet Deol

Venture Investor

Henrik Jonsson

Senior Industry Consultant

John Rikhetgar

Director, Capital

Sebastién Gittens

Partner

Rebecca Giffen

Vice President Investments

Omi Velasco

Principal

Stephen Burns

Partner

Martin Vetter

CEO

Marc Stoiber

CEO

Tom Rand

Co-Founding Partner

Jacques Perreault

Partner

Kyle Scott

Managing Partner

Jérôme Nycz

Former EVP and Head of BDC Capital

Michael Liebe

Outreach Games Europe

Stewart Guenther

Managing Partner, Interim Executive

James McClary

Partner

Steve Hnatiuk

Managing Partner