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VID Media Inc.
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Private
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2019
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VID Conferences, operating under the legal entity VID Media Inc., is a privately held Canadian company that operates a specialized virtual and in-person conference platform focused exclusively on the mining and natural resources sector. The company was founded by Joanne Jobin, a capital markets and investor relations executive with 25+ years of experience including senior IRO roles at IAMGOLD, Yamana Gold, Barrick Gold, Noront Resources, Excellon Resources, Jaguar Mining, and Schwazze. The platform is built on three core product offerings: VID Town Halls (live interactive investor presentations with 30-minute company presentations followed by 15-20 minutes of moderated Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming with full production setup to a global investor audience), and VID Chat (professionally produced pre-recorded 15-20 minute executive presentations). All three products share a common distribution infrastructure reaching 5,500+ registered VID followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and email newsletters, with press release amplification via Newsfile.

VID generates revenue through professional service fees charged to publicly traded mining and resource companies (issuers) for event hosting, production, distribution, and analytics. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a quoted, multi-year contract basis. Distribution is achieved through direct sales led by the founder and a small professional team, supplemented by a self-serve website with "Request a Demo" CTAs. Beyond the virtual products, VID also produces THE Mining Investment Event of the North, Canada's only Tier 1 mining investment conference held annually in Quebec City with 800+ participants, and operates an affiliated capital markets advisory firm (IR.INC) and a charitable initiative (SHE-Co Fund). The company serves two primary customer segments: mining and resource issuers seeking cost-effective investor engagement channels, and institutional/retail investors seeking direct access to management.

Short descriptiontext

VID Conferences operates a virtual and in-person investor relations platform specialized for the mining and natural resources sector, offering live town halls, event streaming, and pre-recorded executive presentations to public resource issuers and their investor audiences.

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Operating
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251–500
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersGrimsby, Canada
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Grimsby
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Canada
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
investor relations events, virtual investor conferences, mining investment events, corporate town halls, issuer investor engagement
Industry2 codes
1Corporate Virtual Events (All-Hands, Town Halls, Product Launches)
CodeMPAGAOAIPrimaryYes
2Virtual Trade Shows & Expos (Digital Booths, Lead Capture)
CodeMPAGAOABPrimaryNo
NAICS code3 codes
  • Motion Picture and Video Production51211
  • Motion Picture and Video Industries5121
  • Broadcasting and Content Providers516
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production7812
Product category
Investor Relations Event Services
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model3 records
1VID Town Hall Forums
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Professional live event hosting services for mining and resource companies to present to investors. Includes 1-hour presentation with live Q&A, moderation, social media distribution, press release distribution via Newsfile, and analytics. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for event hosting and production.

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2VID Stream
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Live event streaming services including production setup, camera, lighting, audio equipment, moderated introductions, and live global audience engagement. Revenue generated from streaming and production service fees.

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3VID Chat
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Pre-recorded executive presentation hosting with professional production and moderation, distributed to registered investor followers. Revenue from content production and distribution services.

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Marketing channels7 records

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels2 records

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others
Pricing details3 tiers
1VID Town Halls - Full-service investor presentation
ModelOtherBilling cadenceMulti-year contract
Notes

1-hour presentation including live Q&A, tech checks, moderation, live audience engagement, social distribution, Newsfile press release distribution, participant contact list, post-forum analytics, distributed to 5,500+ registered VID followers

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2VID Stream - Live streaming platform
ModelOtherBilling cadenceMulti-year contract
Notes

Presentation with live Q&A, camera/lights/mic setup, tech checks, moderated intro, live audience engagement, social links, distribution to VID platforms and YouTube, pre-stream promos, participant contact list, post-stream analytics, 5,500 registered VID followers

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3VID Chat - Pre-recorded presentation hosting
ModelOtherBilling cadenceMulti-year contract
Notes

Professionally produced and moderated pre-taped 15-20 min Q&A presentation, pre-VID Chat promos, generated links for socials and websites, distributed to all VID platforms, YouTube Channel, and 5,500+ registered global VID followers

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GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Brand1 of 5 records shown
1VID Town Halls
Description

30-minute investor presentation with 15-20 minute live Q&A session for companies to share their investment story.

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Core offering1 text field

VID provides professionally produced virtual and in-person investor relations events for mining and resource companies. Its core offerings are VID Town Halls (live interactive investor presentations with Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming to a global investor audience), VID Chat (pre-recorded executive presentations), and THE Mining Investment Event of the North, an annual in-person mining investment conference.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 value
  • 5,500+ registered VID followers receiving client presentations
Product overview1 text field

VID is a virtual and in-person conference platform focused on investor relations, bringing together investors and public companies through a portfolio of branded event products. The platform operates on a three-product architecture: VID Town Halls (live interactive presentations with Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming to global audiences), and VID Chat (pre-recorded executive presentations). The products share a common distribution infrastructure reaching 5,500+ registered VID followers across multiple platforms and include add-on services such as press release distribution, analytics, and promotional support. VID also hosts THE Mining Investment Event of the North, an annual in-person mining conference in Quebec City.

Product and service4 records
1VID Town Halls
CategoryInvestor Relations Events
Description

Live investor presentation platform providing companies with a 30-minute company presentation followed by 15-20 minutes of live Q&A with investors. Includes moderated introduction, live audience engagement, social media distribution, press release distribution via Newsfile, participant contact lists, and post-event analytics. Distributed to 5,500+ registered VID followers across VID platforms and the YouTube channel.

2VID Stream
CategoryInvestor Relations Events
Description

Live event streaming platform that broadcasts company events to a global investor audience. Includes full production setup (camera, lights, microphone), tech checks, moderated introduction, live Q&A, live audience engagement, social media links, pre-event promos, participant contact lists, and post-event analytics. Distributed to VID platforms and YouTube Channel reaching 5,500+ registered followers.

3VID Chat
CategoryInvestor Relations Events
Description

Pre-recorded 15-20 minute executive Q&A presentation hosting service featuring professionally produced and moderated content. Includes pre-event promos, social media link generation, and distribution to all VID platforms, YouTube Channel, and 5,500+ registered global VID followers as a cost-effective investor engagement tool.

4THE Mining Investment Event of the North
CategoryIn-Person Investor Conferences
Description

Canada's only Tier 1 Mining Investment Conference held annually in Quebec City, hosting 800+ participants including issuers, investors, financial institutions, sponsors, and government representatives.

Scale indicator2 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership2 partners
1IR.INC (Capital Markets Advisory)
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

IR.INC is an affiliated Capital Markets Advisory firm also founded by CEO Joanne Jobin. The firm provides capital markets and IR advice to select natural resource and financial industry clients, working in conjunction with VID Media's investor experience products.

vidconferences.com
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Canada's only Tier 1 Mining Investment Conference, hosted annually in Quebec City. The event hosts 800+ participants including issuers, investors, financial institutions, sponsors and governments. This is a major industry event affiliated with VID Media Inc., led by Joanne Jobin.

Recent move1 record

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight5 records

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Type, Description

Peers10 records
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Enterprise virtual-events and webinar platform with a dedicated investor-relations/webcasting use case. A larger, more generalist competitor whose feature set overlaps with VID Stream and Town Halls.

TypeRegional player
Description

Operator of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) and other resource-investor events. Directly comparable as a North-America-based mining-investment conference organizer with similar issuer-investor audiences.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Event-experience platform offering hybrid/in-person and virtual event tools with analytics, sponsor management, and registration. Comparable to VID Stream and Town Halls for clients considering platform-grade event infrastructure.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Public-company IR platform offering virtual events, webcasting, IR websites, and analytics. A larger, capital-markets-focused incumbent that competes with VID's Town Hall and Stream products at enterprise issuers.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

IR and PR technology suite (formerly West Corporation) including webcasting, earnings calls, and press-release distribution. Competes broadly with VID's bundled video + press-release offering for public-company investor communications.

TypeRegional player
Description

Annual Toronto-based mining investment convention hosting thousands of issuers, investors, and governments. A larger, Canadian-rooted incumbent mining-conference operator that sets the competitive bar for THE Mining Investment Event of the North.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Operator of the long-running Mines and Money / Resourcing Tomorrow mining-investment conference series. Directly comparable as a mining-focused investor-events business running both live and virtual components for resource issuers.

8IR.INC
TypeDirect peer
Description

Capital-markets and IR advisory firm also founded by VID's CEO, providing IR advice to natural-resource and financial clients alongside VID's investor-event products. Same buyer, same founder, complementary services.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

General-purpose video and webinar platform often used by smaller issuers as a low-cost substitute for turnkey investor town halls. Represents the lower-priced, generalist competitive floor for VID's products.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Press-release distribution and regulatory filing services widely used by TSX/CSE-listed mining issuers. Newsfile is embedded into VID's Town Hall bundle as a distribution partner, serving the same issuer-investor audience.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat4 records

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Type, Details

Key risks7 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers6 records

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Name, Industry, Type, Use case, Source, UUID

Segment2 records

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile2 records

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
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No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Feature3 records

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Core technology
Revenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Number of profiles
Profiles1 record

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Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

No data
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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors

Each record includes

Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Each record includes

Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

VID

Investor Relations Event Servicesvidconferences.com

VID Conferences operates a virtual and in-person investor relations platform specialized for the mining and natural resources sector, offering live town halls, event streaming, and pre-recorded executive presentations to public resource issuers and their investor audiences.

What VID does

VID Conferences, operating under the legal entity VID Media Inc., is a privately held Canadian company that operates a specialized virtual and in-person conference platform focused exclusively on the mining and natural resources sector. The company was founded by Joanne Jobin, a capital markets and investor relations executive with 25+ years of experience including senior IRO roles at IAMGOLD, Yamana Gold, Barrick Gold, Noront Resources, Excellon Resources, Jaguar Mining, and Schwazze. The platform is built on three core product offerings: VID Town Halls (live interactive investor presentations with 30-minute company presentations followed by 15-20 minutes of moderated Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming with full production setup to a global investor audience), and VID Chat (professionally produced pre-recorded 15-20 minute executive presentations). All three products share a common distribution infrastructure reaching 5,500+ registered VID followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and email newsletters, with press release amplification via Newsfile.

VID generates revenue through professional service fees charged to publicly traded mining and resource companies (issuers) for event hosting, production, distribution, and analytics. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a quoted, multi-year contract basis. Distribution is achieved through direct sales led by the founder and a small professional team, supplemented by a self-serve website with "Request a Demo" CTAs. Beyond the virtual products, VID also produces THE Mining Investment Event of the North, Canada's only Tier 1 mining investment conference held annually in Quebec City with 800+ participants, and operates an affiliated capital markets advisory firm (IR.INC) and a charitable initiative (SHE-Co Fund). The company serves two primary customer segments: mining and resource issuers seeking cost-effective investor engagement channels, and institutional/retail investors seeking direct access to management.

VID firmographics

Firmographics
Name
VID
Legal name
VID Media Inc.
Website
https://vidconferences.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2019
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
251–500 employees
Short description
VID Conferences operates a virtual and in-person investor relations platform specialized for the mining and natural resources sector, offering live town halls, event streaming, and pre-recorded executive presentations to public resource issuers and their investor audiences.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

VID industry classification

Industry
Product category
Investor Relations Event Services
NAICS
Motion Picture and Video Production (51211), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)
SIC
Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)
akta.pro primary industry
Corporate Virtual Events (All-Hands, Town Halls, Product Launches) (MPAGAOAI)
akta.pro secondary industry
Virtual Trade Shows & Expos (Digital Booths, Lead Capture) (MPAGAOAB)

Keywords

  • Investor relations events
  • Virtual investor conferences
  • Mining investment events
  • Corporate town halls
  • Issuer investor engagement

Where VID is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Grimsby
HQ country
Canada
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

VID business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

  1. VID Town Hall Forums: Professional live event hosting services for mining and resource companies to present to investors. Includes 1-hour presentation with live Q&A, moderation, social media distribution, press release distribution via Newsfile, and analytics. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for event hosting and production.
  2. VID Stream: Live event streaming services including production setup, camera, lighting, audio equipment, moderated introductions, and live global audience engagement. Revenue generated from streaming and production service fees.
  3. VID Chat: Pre-recorded executive presentation hosting with professional production and moderation, distributed to registered investor followers. Revenue from content production and distribution services.

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
OtherMulti-year contractVID Town Halls - Full-service investor presentation
OtherMulti-year contractVID Stream - Live streaming platform
OtherMulti-year contractVID Chat - Pre-recorded presentation hosting

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

VID product offering

Product offering

Core offering

VID provides professionally produced virtual and in-person investor relations events for mining and resource companies. Its core offerings are VID Town Halls (live interactive investor presentations with Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming to a global investor audience), VID Chat (pre-recorded executive presentations), and THE Mining Investment Event of the North, an annual in-person mining investment conference.

Product overview

VID is a virtual and in-person conference platform focused on investor relations, bringing together investors and public companies through a portfolio of branded event products. The platform operates on a three-product architecture: VID Town Halls (live interactive presentations with Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming to global audiences), and VID Chat (pre-recorded executive presentations). The products share a common distribution infrastructure reaching 5,500+ registered VID followers across multiple platforms and include add-on services such as press release distribution, analytics, and promotional support. VID also hosts THE Mining Investment Event of the North, an annual in-person mining conference in Quebec City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

  • VID Town Halls: 30-minute investor presentation with 15-20 minute live Q&A session for companies to share their investment story.
  • VID Stream
  • VID Chat
  • SHE-Co Fund
  • IR.INC

Products and services

  • VID Town Halls Live investor presentation platform providing companies with a 30-minute company presentation followed by 15-20 minutes of live Q&A with investors. Includes moderated introduction, live audience engagement, social media distribution, press release distribution via Newsfile, participant contact lists, and post-event analytics. Distributed to 5,500+ registered VID followers across VID platforms and the YouTube channel.
  • VID Stream Live event streaming platform that broadcasts company events to a global investor audience. Includes full production setup (camera, lights, microphone), tech checks, moderated introduction, live Q&A, live audience engagement, social media links, pre-event promos, participant contact lists, and post-event analytics. Distributed to VID platforms and YouTube Channel reaching 5,500+ registered followers.
  • VID Chat Pre-recorded 15-20 minute executive Q&A presentation hosting service featuring professionally produced and moderated content. Includes pre-event promos, social media link generation, and distribution to all VID platforms, YouTube Channel, and 5,500+ registered global VID followers as a cost-effective investor engagement tool.
  • THE Mining Investment Event of the North Canada's only Tier 1 Mining Investment Conference held annually in Quebec City, hosting 800+ participants including issuers, investors, financial institutions, sponsors, and government representatives.

Quantifiable outcome

  • 5,500+ registered VID followers receiving client presentations

Companies that use VID

Customer profile

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

VID technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

VID partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

  • IR.INC (Capital Markets Advisory)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIR.INC is an affiliated Capital Markets Advisory firm also founded by CEO Joanne Jobin. The firm provides capital markets and IR advice to select natural resource and financial industry clients, working in conjunction with VID Media's investor experience products.
  • THE Mining Investment Event of the NorthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanada's only Tier 1 Mining Investment Conference, hosted annually in Quebec City. The event hosts 800+ participants including issuers, investors, financial institutions, sponsors and governments. This is a major industry event affiliated with VID Media Inc., led by Joanne Jobin.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

VID competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

  • ON24: Enterprise virtual-events and webinar platform with a dedicated investor-relations/webcasting use case. A larger, more generalist competitor whose feature set overlaps with VID Stream and Town Halls.
  • Bizzabo: Event-experience platform offering hybrid/in-person and virtual event tools with analytics, sponsor management, and registration. Comparable to VID Stream and Town Halls for clients considering platform-grade event infrastructure.
  • Q4 Inc. Public-company IR platform offering virtual events, webcasting, IR websites, and analytics. A larger, capital-markets-focused incumbent that competes with VID's Town Hall and Stream products at enterprise issuers.
  • Notified: IR and PR technology suite (formerly West Corporation) including webcasting, earnings calls, and press-release distribution. Competes broadly with VID's bundled video + press-release offering for public-company investor communications.
  • Zoom Video Communications (Zoom Events / Zoom Webinars): General-purpose video and webinar platform often used by smaller issuers as a low-cost substitute for turnkey investor town halls. Represents the lower-priced, generalist competitive floor for VID's products.

Regional players

  • Cambridge House International: Operator of the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference (VRIC) and other resource-investor events. Directly comparable as a North-America-based mining-investment conference organizer with similar issuer-investor audiences.
  • Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC): Annual Toronto-based mining investment convention hosting thousands of issuers, investors, and governments. A larger, Canadian-rooted incumbent mining-conference operator that sets the competitive bar for THE Mining Investment Event of the North.

Direct peers

  • 121 Group (Resourcing Tomorrow / Mines and Money): Operator of the long-running Mines and Money / Resourcing Tomorrow mining-investment conference series. Directly comparable as a mining-focused investor-events business running both live and virtual components for resource issuers.
  • IR.INC: Capital-markets and IR advisory firm also founded by VID's CEO, providing IR advice to natural-resource and financial clients alongside VID's investor-event products. Same buyer, same founder, complementary services.
  • Newsfile Corp: Press-release distribution and regulatory filing services widely used by TSX/CSE-listed mining issuers. Newsfile is embedded into VID's Town Hall bundle as a distribution partner, serving the same issuer-investor audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

VID social profiles

Digital presence

VID financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

VID leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

VID funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

VID M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about VID

What does VID do?

VID provides professionally produced virtual and in-person investor relations events for mining and resource companies. Its core offerings are VID Town Halls (live interactive investor presentations with Q&A), VID Stream (live event streaming to a global investor audience), VID Chat (pre-recorded executive presentations), and THE Mining Investment Event of the North, an annual in-person mining investment conference.

Is VID a public or private company?

VID is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was VID founded?

VID was founded in 2019. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is VID based?

VID is headquartered in Grimsby, Canada, in the North America region.

How does VID make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. VID Town Hall Forums are the primary driver. The others are VID Stream and VID Chat.

Who are VID's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are ON24, Bizzabo, Q4 Inc., Notified and Zoom Video Communications (Zoom Events / Zoom Webinars). Regional players are Cambridge House International and Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Direct peers are 121 Group (Resourcing Tomorrow / Mines and Money), IR.INC and Newsfile Corp.

Does VID have an API?

No public API is recorded for VID.

What industry is VID in?

VID's product category is Investor Relations Event Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAGAOAI, Corporate Virtual Events (All-Hands, Town Halls, Product Launches), with a secondary code of MPAGAOAB, Virtual Trade Shows & Expos (Digital Booths, Lead Capture). Its NAICS code is 51211 and its SIC code is 7812.

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The Times of IndiaLionel Messi faces fraud lawsuit as Florida promoter alleges huge losses after Argentina star skipped Venezuela exhibition match | International Sports News - The Times of IndiaA Florida-based event company called VID has filed a fraud lawsuit against Lionel Messi and the Argentine Football Association, claiming they suffered over $1 million in losses after Messi did not play in a scheduled exhibition match against Venezuela at Hard Rock Stadium in October last year. VID alleges it signed a $7 million deal requiring Messi to play at least 30 minutes unless injured, but Messi scored two goals for Inter Miami the very next day, suggesting he was fit to play. The company also claims promised makeup matches in China never materialized, adding to its financial damages.New York PostLionel Messi getting sued over skipping Argentina friendly matchesVID, a Miami-based sports and music event promotion company, filed a lawsuit in Florida against Lionel Messi and the Argentine Football Association for fraud and breach of contract after Messi failed to play in two scheduled friendly matches in October. VID paid $7 million for exclusive rights to matches against Venezuela and Puerto Rico, with Messi contractually required to play at least 30 minutes in each match unless injured, but he sat out to be available for Inter Miami's MLS regular season finale. The lawsuit also claims over $1 million in losses from moving the Puerto Rico match from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale.