I'm pleased to share the cover and preorder link for my new book. Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy is the inside story of how one of the world's biggest companies came to Toronto, promised an urban revolution, then walked away. It's out Sept. 13. amazon.ca/Sideways-City-…

there’s all this talk about Elon Musk buying twitter, but you know what he truly bought? our attention

“I thought I joined a very simple tech company, like who would’ve thought I would be being chased by Hells Angels.” – Andre Charoo, General Partner, Maple VC. 🎧 Listen now! bit.ly/3ckkdfG

Canada's Neo Financial closes on $145M Series C, surpasses 1 million customers tcrn.ch/3vIYLLO by Mary Ann Azevedo

Neo Financial, Calgary’s newest tech unicorn, was created by the founders of Skip the Dishes. Its latest Series C funding raise was based on a valuation of more than $1B, investors say. #yyc #tech calgary.ctvnews.ca/neo-financial-…

Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures is backing challenger bank Neo Financial for the third time, boosting its valuation to make it Canada's latest tech unicorn. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #fintech

As an emerging manager, I imagine there will be a number of 'firsts' to come in my journey of building the Maple VC franchise. I think this one is worth mentioning - Neo Financial is Maple's first unicorn! Thanks for having me as part of your journey! theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

"Accessing crypto and DeFi needs to be as simple as calling a few API’s, or integrating a UI widget..." Cybrid Technology Inc blog.cybrid.xyz/driving-the-ne…