SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE JUNE 2017, Vancouver
WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE Join Canada's largest gathering of growth experts in June, 2017 in Vancouver. Traction is a one-day conference that will teach startups, entrepreneurs and growth hackers distribution strategies and tactics for acquiring explosive growth. As a sponsor, you will connect with over 500 tech founders, c-suite execs, growth hackers, data nerds, product folks, media and more. You ll get to interact with our awesome speakers as they share their path to traction and discuss the trends, techniques and tools to propel startups to the next level. AUDIENCE growth hackers, data scientists, SPEAKERS The biggest and most influential 500+ marketers, startup entrepreneurs, developers, product managers, 25+ names from the fastest growing companies of the last decade UX designers and media CEO DINNER Invite-only CEOs will be paired AFTER PARTY Support Canada s largest Product with successful CEOs from Silicon Hunt meetup to date. Celebrate 100+ Valley for mentoring, networking 1000+ the startup ecosystem with and more during a pre-conference community members and more. dinner on June 17.
"Traction conference had all attendees glued to their seats for every session. CDMN was happy to support the attendance of startups from across Canada so that they could benefit from the incredible speaker lineup and valuable networking opportunities. In particular, I was impressed to see such a strong female representation on the agenda. - Lisa Cashmore, Director, Network Operations, Canadian Digital Media Network
WHY? BECAUSE OUR SPEAKERS ARE AWESOME. Lynda W. Selina T. Chairman lynda.com President SurveyMonkey Bill M. Parker C. CMO Slack CEO Zenefits Linda K. COO Evernote Ken L. CEO Credit Karma Julia H. Jeff L. Ryan H. President Eventbrite CEO Twilio CEO Hootsuite Daniel S. Sameer D. CEO Phil F. CEO CEO AppDirect SendGrid Marketo + growth and product experts from
SPEAKERS FROM THE BILLION DOLLAR CLUB Airbnb Pinterest Dropbox Zenefits Credit Karma Slack Lyft HubSpot SurveyMonkey Lynda.com Evernote Eventbrite Qualtrics AppDirect MongoDB Shazam SendGrid Hootsuite Zoosk Twilio Estimated valuation in billion (USD) 0 7.5 15 22.5 30 Source: Dow Jones VentureSource and The Wall Street Journal
SPEAKERS FROM PUBLIC COMPANIES PayPal Linkedin Twitter Groupon Zillow Marketo Market cap in billion (USD) 0 12.5 25 37.5 50 Source: Google finance
SPEAKERS FROM EMERGING BILLION DOLLAR STARTUPS Quora Mixpanel Wealthfront PlentyOfFish Porch Postmates Udemy BuildDirect Wattpad Angellist Vidyard Meerkat Estimated valuation in billion (USD) 0 0.225 0.45 0.675 0.9 Source: Dow Jones VentureSource and The Wall Street Journal
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SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS GAIN TRACTION ON YOUR BRAND Position your company as a thought leader in front of one of the brightest, most tech-savvy crowds the Vancouver tech community has pulled together to-date. Sponsors will receive significant corporate branding in web, communications, program and signage. NETWORK AND CONNECT Where else are you going to have the opportunity to mingle with over 500 growth hackers, data scientists, marketers, startup entrepreneurs, developers, product managers, UX designers and media as well as 30 impactful speakers? Create partnerships, increase sales, and meet influential community members who will promote your company. CELEBRATE GROWTH AND COMMUNITY Vancouver s tech community is exploding. Support the entrepreneurial ecosystem, foster innovation, and connect with some of the most brilliant people in the tech community.
Vancouver has a great tech community, but making connections in San Francisco is playing on the next level. The calibre of entrepreneurs, marketers and developers at Traction was second to none. In less than 24 hours, I was able to make invaluable connections and form potential partnerships with some of the largest tech companies around today, - David Abbey, Manager of Partnerships, Payfirma
THREE AWESOME CONFERENCES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER VANCOUVER, BC The first Traction Conference took place in 2015 from June 17th-18th in Vancouver, and again from June 22nd-24th in 2016. Attendees were witness to an incredible amount of expertise delivered on growth, marketing, and analytics from over 30 CEOs, founders, and Growth Hackers from companies such as Hootsuite, Lyft, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Marketo, among many others. Launch Academy, Boast Capital and Victory Square drew a crowd of over 500 growth hackers. The day and a half of the conference was dense with actionable, stimulating, and relatable accounts, insights, and guiding philosophies that were motivation rocket fuel for the ambitious entrepreneur. SAN FRANCISCO, CA Due to popular demand, Traction Conference expanded to SF within a few months. While Traction Vancouver focussed more on customer acquisition and retention, Traction SF will focus more on conversion optimization, monetization, sales, partnerships, and scaling growth. *Ask us about unique opportunity to sponsor all three conferences
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TITLE PLATINUM GOLD SILVER Sponsorship Level $50,000 $30,000 $12,000 $6,000 Online Exposure XL Logo L Logo M Logo S Logo Comp tickets 10 6 4 2 Discounted tickets (20% off) 20 15 10 5 Event signage XL Logo L Logo M Logo S Logo Logo on t-shirt XL Logo L Logo M Logo - Pop up banner Priority entry entry entry entry After party signage XL Logo L Logo M Logo S Logo CEO Dinner 3 2 1 - *Final attendee list yes yes yes - Recognition in recap video yes yes yes yes Logo on lanyards, nametags, slideshow yes just name tags - - Panel introduction yes - - - Exhibition Space yes yes yes - *We cannot provide email addresses due to Canadian Ant-Spam Law
ABOUT US LAUNCH ACADEMY Launch Academy is a nonprofit organization that aims to bring the best startup education for early-stage entrepreneurs. Over the last 3 years, Launch Academy has helped over 350 companies raise over $45 million dollars and created more than 500 jobs for the local economy BOAST CAPITAL Boast Capital is a team of engineers and finance professionals with over 20 years experience in helping companies in Canada and the U.S. claim and maximize R&D tax credits. We are one of the largest R&D advisory firms in Western Canada with extensive knowledge about recovering cost through the Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) and Interactive Digital Media Tax Credits (IDMTC) programs. Ray Walia CEO, Launch Academy ray@launchacademy.ca @raywalia 604-761-7776 Lloyed Lobo Partner, Boast Capital llobo@boastcapital.com @lloyedlobo 650-452-5009