If you have to repeatedly say that you’re the greatest country in the world… maybe you’re not

The Panache Ventures team is coming out in full force for Startupfest in Montreal next week. I can't wait to be back at the best startup festival in the world! If you're a founder, funder or fuzzy mascot, come say hi 👋 Scott Loong Prashant Matta Patrick Lor @rebeccacroll Alistair Croll

Montreal founder meetup for the Panache Ventures portfolio. (They sure do like their 🍷 here)

Excited to finally take the wraps off of our new fund! We've got $100M to invest in the most ambitious early-stage founders from across Canada. Let's go! 🇨🇦🚀🔥 vantechjournal.com/p/panache-vent…

Panache Ventures, one of Canada’s most active early-stage investors, has just closed a $100M fund. Chris Neumann, Scott Loong, Patrick Lor, and Prashant Matta from the Panache Ventures leadership team are all CDL Mentors. betakit.com/panache-closes…

halifax tech people -- who are you? tag yourself and your friends

In the past week, I've spoken with partners at 18 Silicon Valley VCs about what they're seeing in the market three weeks into September. Here's what I've learned... 🧵

Stronger leadership on day 1 than all prior twitter CEOs combined across all their tenures

I'm hearing through the grapevine that something important is about to happen. Please recognize the fact that my elite social connections to people who are early to know things make me cool, and please help me validate my self-image of coolness.

Transcript from the Munk Debates: "Be it Resolved: Don't Trust Mainstream Media," with brief note open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/t…

A worrisome trend has emerged that represents the worst in VC behavior and a desperation amongst a few funds to undo some 2021 investments. Driven by buyer's remorse, they're trying to shut down startups that took their money so they can redeploy it. chrisneumann.com/blog/the-dark-…

You can automate later. Focus on innovating.

Ok so GenerativeAi for recipes. I prompt it with something like “I enjoy peanut butter, pizza, lamb and Gatorade”. You heard it here first

Most Canadian VC thing ever? I just signed the SAFE to invest in another amazing Canadian startup on a plane that’s waiting in line for the de-icer in the middle of a snowstorm. Can’t stop Canada! ❄️🥶🚀🇨🇦🔥

“FounderFuel was launched during a time when the Canadian tech ecosystem was almost non-existent, it was a precursor to many of the ecosystem pillars that we take for granted today.” – Scott Loong , Panache Read more about the relaunch here: bit.ly/3xn3fYo

This year, the Panache Ventures team will be in Seattle, Portland, SF, LA, Miami, Austin, New York, Atlanta, Washington DC, Boulder, Boston and Columbia, MO (iykyk) to champion the Canadian ecosystem and help bring more investors and investment dollars to the Great White North. 21/

I’m excited to welcome Eli Health to the Cake Ventures portfolio with the close of their $3.6M seed round alongside Muse Capital RH Capital and their pre-seed investors. Eli Health has developed a saliva test for continuous at-home hormone testing. forbes.com/sites/marijabu…

Founder resilience yes, but nothing is harder to kill than our office plants. Despite brutal neglect they simply will. Not. Die.

“Can this be huge?” That’s one of the key questions Panache Ventures partners ask as step one in evaluating a pitch deck. “We're looking for evidence of the potential for this company to be world-changing,” explains Chris Neumann vantechjournal.com/p/founders-lib…