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Friday morning, just crossing my to do list for the week :
- Put away the back yard summer patio - ✅
- Finish my NYT Sunday crossword puzzle - ✅
- Get Elon to honor his $54.20 bid for Twitter - ✅
- Get the groceries for the weekend - Still to do
Still, Pretty good I'd say...
Tom Birch retweeted
Canadian founders have a created a disproportionate number of multi-billion dollar companies in tech :)
Where Were Unicorn Founders Born?
New result on immigrants & US economy
For 1,078 founders of 500 US unicorns, I identified founders' countries of birth. Conclusion: Over four out of ten unicorn founders are first gen immigrants.
@StanfordGSB #startups #immigration #unicorn
Tom Birch retweeted
.@LaCDPQ and partner WestCap announce a US $400M investment in @CelsiusNetwork, which values the company at over US $3B. https://xitter.cf/t.co/Y0Je4NezxW
Tom Birch retweeted
Tomorrow is the Founding Members' Dinner of the C100 in New York! If you are a Canadian technology leader in New York, we want to know you and support you! Sign up to get involved in @theC100 New York here: thec100.org/join-now
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Merci au ministre @MinFitzgibbon, @economie_quebec et @InvestQuebec pour votre confiance et votre soutien! Merci à nos partenaires @phicentre, @EspacePourLaVie et @LGUplus qui nous permettent de faire rayonner nos créations tant ici qu'à l'international lapresse.ca/affaires/entrepr…
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A pretty amazing raise for an amazing team working on a massive opportunity: Peter Thiel, Tobi Lütke among backers of $25-million funding for Calgary bank challenger Neo @Neo_Financial buff.ly/3nsIvI3
Congrats to Sonder and Real Ventures. Félicitations !
Huge congrats to @SonderStays. Four years ago, Sonder was a 3-person start-up in @realventures's @founderfuel. Today, their annual run rate is $100 million. They achieved this through vision, tenacity, and relentless focus on getting better every day.
medium.com/sonder/sonder-is-…
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“iNovia Quarterly: New GPs, New Hires, CEO & Annual Summits, and, ahh…Vacation” by @iNovia Capital Team blog.inovia.vc/inovia-quarte…
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Dévoilement du rapport du Comité d’orientation de la grappe en intelligence artificielle : 5 orientations stratégiques regroupant 12 recommandations! Merci à tous les intervenants impliqués! #IA #Innovation #polqc #MILA
Félicitations aux chercheurs d'IA au Québec! xitter.cf/cdube940/status/100979…
Merci à @tombirch , @chrisarsenault , Pierre Boivin pour leur participation au comité d’orientation pour le développement de la stratégie en #IA dévoilée ce matin aux nouveaux locaux de #Mila ia.quebec/le-comite-dorienta…
Awesome company. Intelligent homes, AI, IOT and cleantech. xitter.cf/LaCDPQ/status/10021801…
Through this investment, we are supporting an innovative company that uses artificial intelligence to improve energy efficiency. With its smart thermostats, @ecobee plays a defining role in reducing energy expenses while optimizing comfort @tombirch cdpq.com/fr/actualites/commu…
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Félicitations à Valérie Pisano pour cette nomination à la direction de MILA. Le développement de l’intelligence artificielle sera entre bonnes mains
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Huge congratulations to our portfolio company @hopper – they are the #1 free iOS app in Canada! ✈️🐰
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Only 2% of women score VC funding, but two Canadians hope to change that bnnbloomberg.ca/video/~13903… @CatherineBizTV
