Building a Venture with a Lean Team in the Age of AI: Investor Panel & Networking
What can a lean team build in the age of AI, and how are investors assessing those businesses?
Join Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) for an investor panel on AI-enabled company building, capital efficiency and the signals investors look for beyond the hype. We’ll discuss how founders use AI to build and operate more efficiently, how investment expectations are evolving, and how investors use AI in their own work.
The conversation welcomes founders across the ecosystem, including software and SaaS founders and businesses using AI to improve how they work.
Leave with a clearer understanding of where AI can help a lean team work more efficiently and what investors look for when assessing these businesses.
Investor panel
Bryan Slauko, Metiquity Ventures
Teslim Ogundiran, BDC
Rebecca Johnson, BKR Capital
Ha Nguyen, McRock Capital
Moderator: Dipo Alli, BBVA
Date and time
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
12:30–2:30 p.m. Calgary time
The panel starts at 1 p.m., with networking before and after to connect with investors, founders and ecosystem peers.
Venue and arrival
The Edison
150 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3H9
3rd floor, west wing. Enter the building and head left.
The elevators require security access. A Woveo team member will meet guests on the ground floor and guide them upstairs.
Venue provided by Woveo. Hosted by Black Business Ventures Association.
Built Here. Backed Here.
This event is part of Calgary Innovation Week, the city-wide moment that brings Calgary's innovation ecosystem into full view. Across the week, founders, industry, investors, talent and community organizations come together to share what they're building, make connections, and show the strength of what's being built here and backed here.
See the full week of events: https://luma.com/calgaryinnovationweek2026
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