Builders Hang @ Western :)
We're hosting a pizza hang for builders & tinkerers at Western!
Katie, Vince, and Naomi are excited to be back on campus to host a casual afternoon of mingling and fun :)
We all work at early-stage venture funds across Canada, which sounds serious, but just means we love meeting ambitious and curious Mustangs building cool things.
If you are working on something, thinking about building something, or just want to chat about startups, life, or venture, come hang - we'd love to meet you!
About Ripple Ventures
Ripple Ventures writes first checks into exceptional founders tackling hard, mission-critical problems.
We are generalist investors partnering with builders at inception and pre-seed, typically investing up to $1M. We have backed 50+ companies across four funds, including founders who were still students at the time of investment. We are comfortable leading and underwriting rounds at the earliest stages, often pre-product and pre-revenue, when conviction is the founder and ability to execute.
Our goal is simple: earn our seat at the table by being the hardest-working, most hands-on partner in the room from day one.
About Golden Ventures
Golden Ventures is one of Canada’s leading pre-seed & seed shops.~$360M AUM and invest across North America. We just raised a $100M Fund 5 deploying checks between $500k-$3M. Core value adds being (1) Talent (we have a full-time partner, 60+ senior hires placed last year), (2) Capital (72% seed→A graduation, reviews with 100 downstream funds), and (3) Community (i.e. run exclusive dinners with C-suite @ OpenAI, Tesla, Facebook, etc.)
About Northside Ventures
Northside Ventures is a pre-seed and seed fund backing ambitious Canadian founders from day zero, often before product or revenue. We invest in software, AI, and frontier tech, pairing early capital with hands-on support to help founders build enduring companies. We are currently deploying the last of an $11M Fund I and are raising a $30M Fund II with average cheque sizes of $500k.
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For any questions, please message Katie (katie@rippleventures.com). We're excited to host you all soon :)