When I graduated from Stanford more than 20 years ago, nobody aspired to "be a VC".

Connecting on LinkedIn can be the easiest way to open a direct line of communication with a potential investor. But you have to do it right.

Pitching an investor at a party is very different from pitching in an office, a coffee shop or over Zoom. Here are 6 tips for pitching a VC at a party.

Is summer really a bad time to fundraise? And if so, why?

Q2 has come to a close and we’re into that sweet, sweet Canadian summer. Here are 5 Things I Think I Think: Q2 2024.

Canadian founders are amongst the most ambitious in the world. Seriously.

Founders and VCs both want valuation comparisons when fundraising. But the truth is, there is no such thing as accurate pre-seed valuation data.

There’s plenty of debate around whether or not founders should talk to associates at VC firms. But there’s another, more subtle fundraising dynamic at play that most founders are completely unaware of: the dynamic between partners.

Here are 5 misleading metrics that have no place in your fundraising deck.

Here are 5 tips for starting your fundraising process on the right foot and signalling to investors that you’re in control of the timeline.

How data analytics startup Glean raised a $1M pre-seed round…in 2012.

Fundraising is hard enough before we add power dynamics and egos to the mix. So let’s try to be better as investors.

How often do you meet someone new and within 10 seconds get the feeling that they’re a transactional person?

Could Canada’s productivity crisis serve as the breaking point for a tech industry that historically stayed out of politics?

As an early-stage investor, velocity is the #1 thing I’m trying to measure when I meet with founders.

Plenty of posts have been written about how investors diligence startup founders, but how can founders diligence VCs?

The frost of winter is finally thawing and spring is upon us. Will the tech market begin to open up like early spring flowers?

There are strong economic arguments for governments to help foster the creation of new venture funds to support their startup ecosystems. But how should they approach this?

The relationship between a founder and an investor can last 10 years or more. Just like any long-term relationship, you need to put in effort to stay aligned.

Along with death and taxes, one of the certainties of life is that every politician, journalist and armchair entrepreneur thinks that their city can be the next Silicon Valley.