Platform Calgary x Mistral Venture Partners : Investor Office Hours
🌏 Meet Mistral Venture Partners (with Ryan Watkins)
📅 Tuesday, Sep 15 (1:45–4:00 PM) & Sep 21 (3–5:15 PM), 2026
📍 In-person at Platform Calgary
⏱️ 30-minute 1:1 meetings
⚡ 8 spots available across two office hour sessions
Platform Calgary is hosting Investor Office Hours with Ryan Watkins from Mistral Venture Partners.
🚀 Meet the investor behind local success stories such as Symend, Ultimarii, and Bidaya.
🌱 About Mistral Venture Partners
Mission Statement: What you've done so far is already impressive. Our role is simply to amplify it. To help you get to the next stage: Product-Market Fit. You know your business better than we ever will. We know what is likely to get you closer to PMF and what is likely to lead to vanity metrics and fake growth. That’s what we’re good at. Bring us what you’re good at. Maybe we can be good at things together.
Pre-seed and seed stage fund backing AI founders across Canada and the US.
Mistral aims to be a founder's first call and their first institutional cheque.
Invests in B2B companies, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence across sub-sectors including: Enterprise Software, Fintech, Legal, Security, Telecom, Construction
Typical cheque size: $750,000 - $1,500,000
Comfortable leading rounds
✅ Who Should Apply
Pre-Seed and Seed stage founders who are currently building towards Product-Market-Fit
B2B companies with Artificial Intelligence as a core part of the product (must have a product in market), with customer traction (software revenue, design partners, LOIs etc.)
Founders building AI/ML in Enterprise Software, Fintech, Legal, Security, Telecom, Construction, or adjacent sectors
Founders who want direct feedback on their pitch and help thinking through their raise.
📝 How It Works
Submit your pitch deck through the application form
The Mistral team will review all submissions
Only selected founders will be invited to Investor Office Hours
Selected founders will be notified by Thursday, Sep 10, 2026
Selected founders will receive a Seperate Calendly Link to select slots.
During the session, founders will have a conversation and receive direct feedback from Ryan
Meetings will be held in person at Platform Calgary
We will prioritize Platform Calgary members.
📌 Before Applying
Please review Mistral's investment thesis carefully and ensure your startup aligns with their criteria. Due to limited availability, priority will be given to companies that closely fit the fund's investment focus.
📩 Questions? Email NBIH@platformcalgary.com