Rebecca Kacaba
Rebecca is the CEO and Co-Founder of DealMaker, winner of Lexpert's Top 40 Under 40, named one of North America's most innovative lawyers by the Financial Times, a finalist for 2022's EY Entrepreneur of the Year and one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. After a decade of practicing securities law, she took an ambitious leap from her partnership at the world’s largest law firm and founded DealMaker to build a system that would combat the costly inefficiencies that plague the traditional capital raise process. She is the force behind building DealMaker into Canada's 3rd Fastest Growing Company as ranked by the Globe & Mail's Report on Business. With her vision and drive, Rebecca has become a leader and trailblazer in the intersection of the capital markets and tech, who is committed to driving change and doing business the right way. In only 4 years, DealMaker has powered over $1.7 Billion USD in capital raised, more than double any leading US counterpart in less than half the operating history.
Rebecca currently serves as a Board Member for the Crowdfunding Professionals Association (CfPA) to help shape the future of this new and emerging segment of the capital markets.