ToIRL June 2024 - Collision Month!

Welcome to the twentieth edition of Toronto IRL - where we find the best IRL business + tech events in Toronto, and curate them, so you don’t have to go searching.

Events (Sorted by Date)

I’ve curated my top 12 event picks below.
🙋‍♂️ = I’m attending. ⭐ = I’m the host

June 11 🙋‍♂️

June 17 - First day of collision, here’s a big mixer for everyone in SaaS, whether founders, VCs, or ecosystem partners.

June 18 ⭐ - If you use the sales tool Clay.com - we want to meet you!
Food & drinks on us, plus some free swag provided by the company!

June 19 - Forum Ventures is hosting a breakfast below…

June 19 ⭐ - Calling all Women in Tech Sales! After our last event we had over 100 people come out! Psst.. Cassandra is cooking up some awesome decorations and Nehmat might show up with a photo booth. We got a little tired of Lavelle so I found us a new awesome venue!
Pssst.. open to sponsors. Starts at $500. DM me.

June 19 - Or if you’re a female founder looking for an intimate event - my friend Daivik is producing something exclusive!

June 19 - For those in ecommerce…

June 19 - For those in Creator Economy (glad you’re doing dinners, Eric!)

June 19 - For those who wanna enjoy the Summer season on a boat!

June 20 ⭐ - I’m bringing together 5 top Canadian VCs (Golden, Georgian, Panache, Graphite, & Inovia Capital) for a private dinner with early stage SaaS companies to chat. If you’re fundraising in the next 12 months this is a great opportunity.

June 20 - If you are an AI Product Manager, this is the dinner for you!

June 20 🙋‍♂️ - If you enjoy poker, this is a very cool one to check out! Love how my buddy Victor says “poker is a modern form of business networking”.

Want More Side Events?
Well I already scanned through all 100 for you but…
Check Michael Liu’s side event list or Stefany Nieto’s list. Stefany’s has slightly better formatting.

My New Venue Searches
Did a venue search over the last week to find some new spaces for private events. If you’re planning an event and need help finding a venue - DM me. I should probably make a mega list at some point.

Other Event News
Sophia planned the coolest Summit in Toronto - hundreds of people, stanley cups, claw machines, puppies and everything in one room! One of my fav videos of the week Check out her video! LinkedIn Post

If you’re looking to visit SF and grind on a project for a few months, my friend is running a cool hacker house - joinaccelr8.com

Ryan’s Corner - What Is He Up To?
I will have a career announcement shortly, but lets just say - I’ve realized a lot of people need help with B2B growth events.

Toronto Event Organizers I Track For This Newsletter
RI.Events, TechTO, FuckupNights Toronto, Aceocial, Founders Poker, TodoToronto, TorontoEventHub, Ryan Wong, Daivik Goel, Godwin Chan, Bitcoin Bay / Solana Toronto.

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