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Canada's VCs should also be on the map! @Phil Chen (Brex) for the inspiration (PamPam City is awesome!) Toronto: 36 VCs and counting. Who are we missing? BetaKit Siri Agrell Satish Kanwar BDC Georgian Inovia Capital Golden Ventures Panache Ventures Radical Ventures Brightspark Ventures OMERS Ventures MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund Relay Ventures Real Ventures Ripple Ventures Staircase Ventures Two Small Fish Ventures N49P Ventures Information Venture Partners Highline Beta Portage Round13 Capital Graphite Ventures GreenSky Ventures Whitecap Venture Partners Amplify Capital Good News Ventures StandUp Ventures GroundBreak Ventures Genesys Capital Plaza Ventures Sixty Degree Capital Impression Ventures Kensington Capital Partners Limited Lumira Ventures Alate Partners Storytime Capital First Ascent Ventures

Hosting a High Park Hike on Nov 3rd with Feyisayo Enuiyin, B.Eng, CSM, CSPO and Stephanie H.. Full circle High Park Loop, easy going afternoon hike with chill vibes, beautiful scenery, and food afterwards. Feel free to bring a friend! 🍁 https://lu.ma/4d8shzql

For anyone following the US elections on Nov 5th: Randall Baran-Chong (CPA, CA) (NorthstarDAO) and I are hosting a founder's election watch party at a penthouse in downtown Toronto from 7:30 onwards with a ton of fun and games throughout the evening to keep people on their toes. Think you know how the swing states are going to go? Got the ultimate pulse on the popular vote? Time to throw your hat in the ring and get in the game! Snacks, alcohol, and levity on a day with serious, far reaching consequences. BYOB. Sign up link in the comments below 👇

Hosting something for founders at the intersection of SaaS, growth, and subscriptions end of this month: The amazing Zain Abiddin (Founder, Hewwi, Venture Scout, Headline, ex-Senior Global Product Manager, Subscriptions, Canva) just got back in town, and we're planning a fireside to share his world class expertise in growth and subscriptions with founders on Oct 28th from 6-9pm in downtown Toronto! If you're in SaaS, growth, care about retention, revenue, are building for "prosumers", or do any work with subscriptions, this event is for you. Places limited. Approvals only. RSVP below if this is your jam 👇: https://lu.ma/ce62xm10

What happens when Hollywood North and startups collide? Magic , ✨ Planning a film x innovation movie night for founders with Charles Javelona and Jess Cho on Oct 26th in downtown Toronto. Private theatre, limited seating, popcorn, feature films. Founders, investors, film makers, and content creators only. Approvals required. RSVP if this is your jam 👇 https://lu.ma/lp7b05vt

I have a dream that Canada can become the "United Nations" hub for innovation globally. With all the strong cultural connections we have around the world, we are well positioned to do so! For Oct: sharing this opportunity to connect with the Singapore government through the Singapore Global Network (SGN) and SGInnovate next week, especially if you're in AI, Quantum, Biotech, or Cleantech. https://lnkd.in/ekDxB9kG Singapore Global Network is a team within the Singapore government that builds connections and creating opportunities for people and businesses. SGInnovate is a government-owned innovation platform in Singapore centred on the development of deep technology. I'll see you there! Cheryl Lee

Founders connecting with nature and each other is a winning formula! 🌿 With Feyisayo Enuiyin, B.Eng, CSM, CSPO (Owambe) leading the charge, Stephanie H. and Payal Khanwani (WellxTO) bringing their mindfulness expertise, and myself corralling the crowd, we explored the natural beauty of the city and the mysteries within ourselves. A special thanks to our sponsors Arc'teryx Equipment for the beautiful swag, Greenhouse for the invigorating beverages, Bite Body for keeping off the pests, and SportScheck for the deals and support. Shout-out to Frank Chen for the opportunity to host this on his behalf. We still have a few more sunny weekends in Autumn. Comment below if you think we should host more of these 👇

There are founder experiences that live on rent-free in our minds, long after the event itself has ended. Last night was one of those. People often ask me why I host events for founders, and I say "just come out and see for yourself". The energy was electric. ⚡ The crowd was sublime. iykyk Incredibly honored to be part of this amazing celebration by OneEleven and Elevate, the brainchild of Simba Wakatama, and the opportunity to work with the incredible Mell Truong to bring this project to life. To all our partners for the evening Ontario Centre of Innovation, Miller Thomson LLP, Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University, BLACKLYTE, Shair.Dental, Glyph Platforms, PhotoboothTO, catering from EATABLE INC., Encore Catering, SoSweet Canada, Holmpei, beverages from Collective Arts, Ace Beverage Group, Spirit of York Distillery Co., Ginni, and music by Aaron Malig, Emily Misura, I want to share my heartfelt appreciation ♥️! The experience was possible only because of you 🙏 Shout outs to Feyisayo Enuiyin, B.Eng, CSM, CSPO, Aceocial, Arda Erturk, Frank Chen, Eric Lay, Parry Chan, Hennadii Ahanesian, Patricia Singson, Dung Nguyen, Qitong (Mana) Deng, Yanlin Chen, Bianca Foo for their hands on support during the event. And finally, a huge thank you to all the attendees who came out to join us! These are the moments we live for 🪩

If you missed our LinkedIn Community Day #2, you missed out big. Swish Goswami shared his three pillars for content, with granular categories that all aspiring content creators would benefit from. Bibiana Košová shared the latest in LinkedIn's strategy around video, giving an inside look on what the platform has in their sights. Eric Lay shared the key components to a viral LinkedIn video, laying out the scientific methods to content success. But if you weren't there, you'll never know 🤫 A huge thanks to all our amazing speakers above, our sponsor Virio, our venue partner Toronto Business Development Centre (Praveeni Rasiah), and all the LinkedIn enthusiasts and content creators who joined us. Appreciations for Charles Javelona, Hannah Farquhar, Sanchit Waray for helping to set up, and Frank Chen for helping with the cleanup. And a very special shout-out to Andrew D'Souza repping Boardy who came out to support. We'll be back next month in our quest to make Toronto a LinkedIn content creator hub!! Comment below what you'd like to see from our next event in October 👇

📢 For those who don't know, LinkedIn just auto-opted in everyone's data to train their Generative AI models. If you're cool with this, no action is necessary. If you're not cool with this, take the following steps: 1. Go to Settings and Privacy 2. Select Data Privacy 3. Turn OFF the setting for Data for Generative AI Improvement Like and share so more people can make an informed decision. 👈 Shoutout to Maggi Xu, JD. for the tip!