Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures

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Join your host, Matt Cohen, Founder & Managing Partner at Ripple Ventures for weekly conversations with leaders in the startup ecosystem discussing the truth about investing, building and running startups.

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Episode Date
Embracing Change and Navigating Mid-Career Crises with Jordan Nahmias of Unstuck Consulting
May 16, 2024
Demystifying VC Fundraising: A Roadmap for Emerging Managers with Winter Mead of Coolwater Capital
May 09, 2024
News Rundown with Jon Love of KingSett Capital
Apr 29, 2024
From Bay Street to Bakery Street with Nicolas Mulroney of Bond Bakery Brands
Apr 25, 2024
Surviving the Trenches: The Hard Truths of Fundraising with John Li of Vimcal
Apr 18, 2024
News Rundown: Federal Budget Review
Apr 17, 2024
News Rundown: Ottawa Invests $2.4B in AI, J.P. Morgan Grand Vision of AI's Future, and the Future of Higher Ed
Apr 11, 2024
News Rundown: Cohere raising $500M with PSP, Schools Sue Social Media for $4.5B, Going Private, and SBF gets sentenced
Apr 04, 2024
Going Global: How Export Development Canada is Launching Canadian Tech Startups Worldwide with Pascal Britt-Cote
Mar 28, 2024
The Power of Flexible Capital in Tech's Expansion Era with Randy Garg of Vistara Growth
Mar 21, 2024
Canada's AI Surge Leading the Next Tech Frontier with Alex Kolicich of 8VC
Mar 14, 2024
Scaling B2B Sales: How Scalestack Uses AI to Transform Sales Ops with Elio Narciso
Mar 07, 2024
News Rundown with John Ruffolo: 2023's Venture Dip, Rise of Zombie Firms, PE Trends in US/Canada, Foundry’s Shutdown, Founders’ Return, & AI’s Surge
Feb 29, 2024
Venture Frontiers: Navigating the New Dynamics of Defense Tech Investing with Jake Chapman of Marque Ventures
Feb 22, 2024
Crossing Borders, Bridging Gaps: A Vision for Pre-Seed Success in Canadian Tech with Alex McIsaac of Northside Ventures
Feb 15, 2024
NBA All-Star Baron Davis on Bringing Business to Athletes and Investing as a Sport
Feb 08, 2024
Sergey Gribov of Flint Capital on thriving within the conflict, expanding into the US, and the current markets
Jan 25, 2024
News Rundown with John Ruffolo: Capital Crunch, Carta Lapse, and IMF talks AI
Jan 18, 2024
PLG Growth Strategies for Startups with Adam Jarczyn of PC Health
Jan 11, 2024
2023 Year in Review
Dec 21, 2023
The 5 Steps to Product Market Fit with Pablo Srugo of Mistral VC
Dec 14, 2023
Fundraising tips for GPs with Ashton Rosin of Lowercarbon Capital
Dec 07, 2023
Fighting Disinformation Online with Ben Dubow of Omelas
Nov 30, 2023
Tank Talks News Roundup: OpenAI implodes
Nov 21, 2023
Building a Sustainable Pet Food Business with Isaac Langleben of Open Farm
Nov 16, 2023
Building a Tech-Savvy Family Office from a Real Estate Empire with Ronald Shon of REDDS Capital
Nov 09, 2023
Expanding Canada's Global Presence with Andre Charoo of Maple VC
Nov 02, 2023
Building the Uber of Lawn Care with Brian Clayton of GreenPal
Oct 26, 2023
Standing with Israel - A discussion with Itamar Novick of Recursive Ventures
Oct 20, 2023
Shaking up the Canadian Banking Industry with Daniel Eberhard of KOHO Financial
Oct 12, 2023
Building a Canadian VC Fund Coast to Coast with Prashant Matta of Panache Ventures
Oct 05, 2023
Titan of Real Estate Investing Jon Love of KingSett Capital on Why PE is a Constant Wheel of Terror
Sep 28, 2023
Coaching Young Founders to Become Stronger Leaders with Joe Dunn of Cloudbreak
Sep 21, 2023
Why TAM is a Misleading Metric with Alexander Niehenke of Scale VC
Sep 14, 2023
The Rise of LP Secondaries with Jeff Leathers of Tap
Sep 07, 2023
Tank Talks News Roundup: OMERS leadership loss, Tiger Global's leaked memo, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Kleenex Clears Out of Canada
Aug 31, 2023
Tank Talks Partner Showcase: Torys LLP
Aug 24, 2023
Supporting Emerging Managers & Underrepresented Founders with Courtney McCrea of Recast Capital
Aug 17, 2023
Unraveling the Power of Revenue Operations with Tutt Mrasek from Fiat RevOps
Aug 10, 2023
From Geek Squad to Venture Capital with Diana Kimball Berlin of Matrix
Aug 03, 2023
Unlocking User Value with Robin Rotman of ARE TOO Design
Jul 27, 2023
How to Run a Successful AGM with Matt Curtolo of Allocate
Jul 20, 2023
Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors on Portfolio Construction
Jul 13, 2023
Matt Roberts of CMD Capital on The Deep History Of Canadian Tech and VC
Jul 06, 2023
The Quest for DPI: Transparency, Challenges, and Benchmarking Returns in Canadian Venture Capital
Jun 26, 2023
Sheel Mohnot of BTV on The Power of Collaboration in Venture Capital
Jun 22, 2023
Tank Talks News Roundup 6/15/23
Jun 15, 2023
Tank Talks News Round Up 6/8/23
Jun 08, 2023
Community Building and Growth Hacks, Emily Lonetto of Webflow
Jun 01, 2023
Navigating the Corridors of Power and Finance with Mark McQueen
May 25, 2023
Globe & Mail's Sean Silcoff On The Evolution Of Canadian Business and Tech Media
May 18, 2023
The Importance of Being Open to New Ideas with Sam Yagan of Corazon Capital
May 11, 2023
How LPs are Using Data to Guide Investment Decisions with Jamie Rhode of Verdis Investment Management
Apr 27, 2023
Was RenoRun Abandoned By Investors or Just Another Mannequin Startup? Matt Cohen joins the BetaKit Podcast to discuss
Apr 20, 2023
Disrupting the beauty and wellness industry with Matt Danna of Boulevard
Apr 13, 2023
How to scale in a non-sexy industry with Josh Domingues of Flashfood
Apr 06, 2023
How does a Canadian VC invest alongside the biggest names in Tech with Yatong Li from Sixty Degree Capital
Mar 30, 2023
Adit Gupta of Lula Convenience on How to Fall in Love with the Problem
Mar 23, 2023
The SVB Crisis and Connor Atchison of Wisedocs on Why Veterans Make Great Founders
Mar 16, 2023
How To Not Get Screwed When Raising Capital in Turbulent Times with Peter Hass of Maverix PE
Mar 09, 2023
Hamed Abbasi of Plooto on Why Immigrants Make The Best Founders
Mar 02, 2023
Stephanie Palmeri of NextView Ventures: Supporting The Dreamers and Builders Changing the World
Feb 23, 2023
Building an Authentic Startup Brand with Sarah Dobson of Design of Brand
Feb 16, 2023
Corey Holmes of Popup on Why Entrepreneurship is Such a Powerful Drug!
Feb 09, 2023
Sam Haffar of Real Ventures on the Evolving Role of Early-Stage Investors
Jan 26, 2023
Build the Best GTM Tech Stack with Taylor Lint of Swantide
Jan 19, 2023
Finding the Next CPG Winner with Shahir Amin from Sonoma Brands
Jan 12, 2023
Building a Community-Driven VC with Rex Salisbury of Cambrian Ventures
Jan 05, 2023
How to Turn a Passion for Real Estate and Travel into an Investment Platform for Millennials with Getaway CEO Ali Nichols
Dec 29, 2022
Backing Emerging Managers with Aakar Vachhani from Fairview Capital Partners
Dec 22, 2022
How Family Offices are Navigating the Venture Markets with Dave Sachse from SFF & Family VC
Dec 15, 2022
How Failing at your First Startup is the Best Education for Young Entrepreneurs with Reed Switzer from Hopscotch
Dec 08, 2022
Preparing for that Dreaded Security Review with Pukar Hamal of SecurityPal
Dec 01, 2022
How Risk Management Can Protect a Startup from Becoming the next FTX with Evan Dreyer of Tola
Nov 23, 2022
Community Building and Growth Hacks, Emily Lonetto of Webflow
Nov 17, 2022
How to Build Resilient Companies, Supporting Mental Health to Prevent Founder Flight, and Running a Concentrated Portfolio with Matt Cohen of Ripple Ventures
Nov 14, 2022
How Institutional LPs are Investing Today with CIO of Venture Ontario - Brenda Hogan
Nov 10, 2022
How to Develop the Best Buyer Personas in Sales with Leena Joshi of CloseFactor
Nov 03, 2022
Everything Startups, Investing, IPOs, Founder Support and Mountaineering with Tony van Marken of First Ascent Ventures
Oct 27, 2022
Building Startup ecosystems, the solo GP life, and lessons from the dotcom bubble with Kirby Winfield of Ascend.Vc
Oct 20, 2022
Building Great Culture in a Remote-First World with CEO of Venue Jason Goldlist
Oct 13, 2022
Darrell Silver of Unbundle Studio on Exiting Two Startups for $100M+, Launching a Venture Studio and Being an LP in Venture Funds
Oct 06, 2022
How VC LPs are thinking about the Markets with Jeffrey Rinvelt of Renaissance Venture Capital
Sep 29, 2022
The Power of A/B Testing as a Startup with Chetan Sharma of Eppo
Sep 22, 2022
How to Incorporate Performance Coaching into your Startup Culture with Sandy Scholes
Sep 15, 2022
Building the Best Sales Compensation Structure for Startups with Nabeil Alazzam of Forma.ai
Sep 08, 2022
How Erik Huberman pushed Hawke Media into Venture Capital
Sep 01, 2022
Fighting Zoom Fatigue with Tom Medema of UseBubbles.com
Aug 25, 2022
European VC Markets and How Companies are being built differently with Akash Bajwa of Earlybird VC
Aug 18, 2022
How to Leverage Customer Collaboration to Close B2B Sales with Ross Rich of Accord
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 100! Leaping from 30k Feet as a Special Forces Leader into Venture Capital with Founder of ONE9, Glenn Cowan
Aug 04, 2022
Retaining Talent in an Uncertain Market with Cameron Yarbrough CEO of Torch
Jul 28, 2022
Using Crypto to Pay Creators with Mash CEO Jared Nusinoff
Jul 21, 2022
Navigating the Current Talent Markets with Operating Partner at Felicis Ventures Michelle Delcambre
Jul 14, 2022
The Future of Flexible Workspaces with Eyal Lasker, CEO of Flexspace
Jul 07, 2022
Lumo's Devon Wright on how Startups Can Solve The Climate Crisis
Jun 30, 2022
How Startups Can Best Forecast Sales with Spencer Dent of Clozd
Jun 23, 2022
The Future of the Gig Economy with Matt Spoke, CEO of Moves Financial
Jun 16, 2022
How Every Startup is Becoming a Fintech Company with Joe Keeley, CEO of JustiFi
Jun 09, 2022
How Growth Stage Startups Can Navigate The Current Markets with Margo Wu of Georgian Partners
Jun 02, 2022
New Stack's Nate Pierotti on why betting on Outsiders is a winning strategy
May 26, 2022
Revisiting Our Conversation with Boris Wertz on being an early believer in De-Fi
May 20, 2022
Solving the Complicated Compensation Issue for Startups with OpenComp CEO Thanh Nguyen
May 12, 2022
Democratizing Access to Startup Investing with STONKS.com Founder Ali Moiz
May 05, 2022
Why Fundraising Is More Than Just A Pitch Deck with Jonathan Lowenhar and Leslie Fine from Enjoy The Work
Apr 28, 2022
How a Career in Consulting and VC Prepared Jennifer Smith for a Life as CEO of Scribe
Apr 21, 2022
How AI is detecting Billions in Fraud with CEO of Inscribe Ronan Burke
Apr 14, 2022
Exceptional Capital's Marell Evans on How Being a Top NCAA Athlete Helped Start a Career into VC
Apr 07, 2022
Vendasta CEO Brendan King on Building a Vibrant Tech Ecosystem for Small Businesses
Mar 31, 2022
Whym's CEO Kelly Nyland on the power of conversational commerce
Mar 24, 2022
Apteo's Shanif Dhanani on How AI Can Help Advertisers Navigate Apples new iOS privacy Changes
Mar 17, 2022
Fathom CEO Richard White on Finding Success in a Crowded Market
Mar 10, 2022
Tony Barkett from RBCx and Nudge's Rebecca Skvorc on Using Debt Strategies to Scale Your Startup
Mar 03, 2022
Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief on the Rise of the Solo Capitalist
Feb 24, 2022
Founder & CEO of Meez, Josh Sharkey, on Building the Operating System for Chefs
Feb 17, 2022
Democratizing access to Startups and Venture Capital with Dominic Lau, Founder of RippleX
Feb 10, 2022
Drive Capital's Chris Olsen on Why Investing in the Mid-West is Better Than the Old West
Feb 03, 2022
Overjet CEO Wardah Inam on Building the Future of Dentistry
Jan 27, 2022
Eclipse Ventures Founder Lior Susan on Investing in Old-Line Industries post-COVID
Jan 20, 2022
CEO of Minerva Joaquin Roca on Creating The Perfect Product Hunt Launch
Jan 13, 2022
Sounding Board's CEO Christine Tao on Why Everyone Needs A Coach
Jan 06, 2022
Deep Dive with our Host, Matt Cohen, on a Dealmaker's DNA Podcast
Dec 23, 2021
Building the Successor to Google Docs with CEO of Almanac, Adam Nathan
Dec 16, 2021
Craft Ventures Bryan Rosenblatt on Angel investing and the current VC landscape
Dec 09, 2021
Elizabeth Yin of Hustle Fund on what is hustle
Dec 02, 2021
Crosslink Capital's Phil Boyer on what does 'Series A' even mean anymore and what metrics matter for VCs?
Nov 25, 2021
Flippa's CEO, Blake Hutchison on The Rise of Digital Asset Marketplaces
Nov 18, 2021
Storyboard's JP Gooderham on how to keep employees engaged in a Remote-first world
Nov 11, 2021
Voiceflow CEO Braden Ream on The Future of Voice & Conversational AI
Nov 04, 2021
Dan Pantelo, CEO of Marpipe, on The Evolution of AdTech & The Need for Speed
Oct 28, 2021
Dan Park, CEO of Clutch on The Future of Auto-Tech
Oct 21, 2021
Gale Wilkinson of Vitalize VC on the Future of Work and how to invest in it
Oct 14, 2021
Anthony Mouchantaf (RBCx) and Peter van der Velden (Lumira VC) on Why Canadian LPs are starting to wake up to the Biotech Industry
Oct 07, 2021
Adam Markowitz of Drata on Why Startups Can't Hide From SOC 2 Anymore
Sep 30, 2021
CEO of Upscribe, Dileepan Siva, on The Future of the Subscription Economy
Sep 23, 2021
Mo Koyfman from Shine Capital on Embedded FinTech as the new SaaS 3.0
Sep 16, 2021
Building an everlasting Evergreen fund with George Rossolatos, CEO of Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF)
Sep 09, 2021
How Investors should think about investing in the Next Big Thing with Nikhil Basu Trivedi
Sep 02, 2021
Building the Twitch for Day Traders with Tobias Heaslip of Trading.TV
Aug 26, 2021
Raising Venture Debt vs Equity with Shez Samji of Silicon Valley Bank
Aug 19, 2021
The Future of Pet Tech with Pawp founder and CEO Marc Atiyeh
Aug 12, 2021
Managing global payments in a remote world with Jeeves co-founder/CEO Dileep Thazhmon
Aug 05, 2021
The Future of Construction Tech and how startups like Briq are reshaping the industry with co-founder and CRO Ron Goldschmidt
Jul 29, 2021
The True Cost of Decarbonizing our Homes with Manuel Schoenfeld, Founder & CEO of PowerX
Jul 22, 2021
Phillip Klein on De-mystifying Corporate Treasury Solutions and how startups can service Fortune 500 companies
Jul 15, 2021
Paul Martino on why Product-Market Fit should always be evolving for startups and growth stage companies
Jul 08, 2021
Canada Day Flashback - John Ruffolo, Founder of Maverix PE
Jul 01, 2021
Greg Segall of Alyce on the Future of Corporate Entertainment and Gifting Post-Covid
Jun 24, 2021
Bruce Croxon of Round 13 Capital on The Rush of US VCs into early-stage Canadian Tech and the challenges it brings for local investors
Jun 17, 2021
Nicolas Vandenberghe of Chili Piper on the future SaaS and being the CRM underdog
Jun 10, 2021
Omri Mor from Routable.com on democratizing the B2B payments space and helping SMBs keep up with the larger enterprises when it comes to payments and billings
Jun 03, 2021
Anton von Rueden of BoostedCommerce.com on The Future of E-Commerce & The FBA Roll-Up Strategy
May 27, 2021
Boris Wertz on De-Fi and The Future of Finance
May 20, 2021
Mike Silagadze of TopHat on the Truth About Building a Startup
May 13, 2021
Amit Bhatia of Datapeople.io on the future of recruiting and the impact of human biases
May 06, 2021
SnackMagic’s Shaunak Amin on how to pivot and go from $0-20MM in ARR in 8 months
Apr 29, 2021
Jonathan Tower on the Series A Gap in VC and growing start-up ecosystems
Apr 22, 2021
Eric Woo on the future of Venture Capital and fundraising
Apr 15, 2021
Braughm Ricke on The Rise of Emerging Managers & The Industry Supporting Them
Apr 08, 2021
Samir Kaji on Emerging Managers in VC
Apr 01, 2021
Rob Petrozzo, co-founder of Rally Rd, on "Democratizing investing in rare collectables"
Mar 25, 2021
Kyle Westaway on reimagining the law firm to serve startups - Tank Talks 34
Mar 18, 2021
Aaron Upright, cofounder of ZenHub discusses going from Bootstrapped to Venture Backed, Tank Talks Episode 033
Mar 11, 2021
Tank Talks Episode 32: Chris Douvos on Building Lasting Startup Ecosystems
Mar 04, 2021
Tank Talks 031 - The Rise of APIs in Fintech Explosion Addie Lerner and Charley Ma
Feb 25, 2021
Tank Talks Episode 30 Chris Harvey talks “Emerging Managers Legals 101”
Feb 18, 2021
Tank Talks: Andrew Merrick and Jeff Leathers from Carta - How to Setup and Use SPVs
Feb 11, 2021
Tank Talk: Nate & Chris (GPs @ UNION Labs) Deep-Tech Investing at the Early-Stage
Jan 19, 2021
Tank Talk: Uri Pomerantz (VC @ Jackson Square Ventures) Anti-Hype Venture Investing
Jan 05, 2021
Tank Talk: Saurabh Sharma (GP @ Jump Capital) - The Democratization of Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Dec 17, 2020
Tank Talk: Dr. Haley Perlus (Peak Performance Coach) - How CEOs Can Handle Adversity Like a High Performance Athlete
Nov 18, 2020
Tank Talk: Samir Kaji (Senior Managing Director @ First Republic Bank) - Breaking Through the Crowd as an Emerging Manager
Nov 11, 2020
Tank Talk: Fabrice Grinda (Founding Partner @ FJ Labs) - Investing in Marketplaces Before It's A Marketplace
Nov 04, 2020
Tank Talk: Elaine Zelby (Principal & Director of Growth @ SignalFire) - Product Led Growth Strategies for Startups
Oct 20, 2020
Tank Talk: Ade Ajao (Partner @ Base10 Partners) - How to Invest in Automation & AI for the Real Economy
Sep 22, 2020
Tank Talk: Ryan Freeman (Head of Enterprise Partnerships @ DoorDash) - Managing Partnerships as a Startup
Sep 16, 2020
Tank Talk: Wes Tang-Wymer (Partner @ Rucker Park) - Late-Stage Mega Deals to Early-stage Venture
Sep 09, 2020
Tank Talk: Sandeep Bhadra (Partner @ Vertex Ventures) - Investing in Cloud, Data and Cyber for the Next Decade
Sep 02, 2020
Tank Talk: Reid Christian (General Partner @ CRV) - Investing in SaaS for the Next 50 Years
Aug 26, 2020
Tank Talk: Lo Toney (Founding Managing Partner @ Plexo Capital) - How Emerging Managers Can Balance Long-term Success Versus Short-term Gains in Venture
Aug 19, 2020
Tank Talk: Susan Su (Portfolio Growth @ Sound Ventures) - Startup Tips for Growth, Branding and Strategic Partnerships
Aug 12, 2020
Tank Talk: Anil Achyuta (Investment Director @ TDK Ventures) - Investing in Frontier Tech at a CVC
Aug 05, 2020
Tank Talk: Villi Iltchev (Partner @ Two Sigma Ventures) - Investing in Emerging Areas at the Early-Stage
Jul 29, 2020
Tank Talk: Elizabeth Yin (Partner @ Hustle Fund) - How to Assess for Hustle at the Early-Stage
Jul 15, 2020
Tank Talk: Darrell Heaps (Founder @ Q4 Inc.) - How Being An Elite Athlete Makes You a Better CEO
Jul 11, 2020
Tank Talk: Tony Conrad (Partner @ True Ventures) - People-First Approach to Investing
Jul 08, 2020
Tank Talk: Mimi Lam & Drummond Munro (Co-Founders @ Superette) - Building a Private Cannabis Company
Jul 01, 2020
Tank Talk: Devon Wright (GM @ Yelp!) - Bootstrapping a Startup & How to Succeed After VCs Say No!
Jun 19, 2020
Tank Talk: Tony van Marken (First Ascent Ventures) - How Climbing Mount Everest is Like Building a Startup
Jun 13, 2020
Tank Talk: John Ruffolo (Founder OMERS Ventures) - Discussing Venture & Growth Capital and Outlook on Canadian Tech
Jun 03, 2020
Tank Talk: Michael Hyatt (Hyatt Family Office) - Discussing Being a Family Office
May 28, 2020
Tank Talk: Lawrence Mandel (Director of Production Engineering @ Shopify) - Discussing Remote Engineering Teams
May 26, 2020
Tank Talk: Houman Haghighi (Partner @ Menlo Ventures) - Discussing Early Stage Venture
May 26, 2020
Tank Talk: Rob Khazzam (Former GM of Uber Canada) - Discussing Growth Tactics
May 25, 2020
Tank Talk: Chris Rasmussen (President, Founder of Doxim) - Discussing CEO Tactics
May 22, 2020
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