IMPACT INVESTING EPISODES

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Jessica Burley

#160

Jessica Burley

Investor at Planet A | Venture Environmentalist

Jessica Burley is an investor at Planet A Ventures, and active in the climate ecosystem, leading the Berlin arm for Climate Mosaic. Jessica studied Politics and International Relations at Cambridge with a focus on climate.

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Peter-Paul Van Hoeken

#159

Peter-Paul Van Hoeken

FrontFundr, Founder & CEO | DealSquare, Managing Director

Peter-Paul has over 20 years of experience in finance, investment management, and business consultancy.

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Massimiliano Sulpizi

#158

Massimiliano Sulpizi

EquityMatch.co Founder & CEO | Angel Investor

Massimiliano Sulpizi is an avid venture capitalist, merchant banker, entrepreneur and executive. He has founded 5 companies, advised clients in finance, energy, infrastructure, fashion, real estate, high-tech.

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Miryam Lazarte

#157

Miryam Lazarte

Community Builder | Global Startups | Venture Capital

Miryam Lazarte is the founder of Global Startups Accelerator (former LatAm Startups), a pivotal Toronto accelerator that catapults startups from emerging markets to a global audience.

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Lawrence Yen

#156

Lawrence Yen

Founding Partner at MIH Climate Impact Capital

Climate-Tech and Sustainability Innovation VC Investment. Business and Revenue Driver in Greater China.

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Aditya Aggarwal

#155

Aditya Aggarwal

Partner, Venture Capital (Industrial Innovation Venture Fund)

Years of proven record in building, architecting and delivering large scale intelligent software solutions and products in electric mobility, smart grid, energy geographic information systems, and internet/networks services domains.

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Peter Vesterbacka & Kustaa Valtonen

#154

Peter Vesterbacka & Kustaa Valtonen

Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel

Working hard on building the FinEst BayArea! I am heading the Finest Bay Area Development Company program management office. The project is getting ready to construct the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel (www.finestbayarea.online).

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Andrew Stotz

#153

Andrew Stotz

CEO, A. Stotz Investment Research

Andrew is the CEO of A. Stotz Investment Research, which helps clients create, grow, measure, and protect value, and the co-founder of CoffeeWORKS – Thailand’s leading B2B specialty coffee roaster.

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Martin Tobias

#152

Martin Tobias

Managing Partner @ Incisive Ventures | Venture Capitalist

I have always been excited in the formation stage of things. The early stuff. Who is the customer? What is the product? and How do we sell it? That is the part I like.

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Rishad Usmani

#151

Rishad Usmani

Founder @ HealthTech Investors | Physician | Artist

With over 8 years of experience as a physician and a healthtech entrepreneur, Rishad is passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and access through innovation and collaboration.

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Moien Giashi PhD

#150

Moien Giashi PhD

Investing in Deep Tech Startups

Moien is a biomedical industry professional, and materials engineer turned Angel and Venture Capital investment professional. He is currently a Senior Investment Associate at GreenSky Capital, leading deep tech investments.

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Gregory Shepard

#149

Gregory Shepard

Co-Founder BOSS Capital Partners | BOSS Startup Science

Greg is a 20 year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 14 liquidity events under his belt, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 PE awards for transactions between $250M-$1B.

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Nicolas Rouhana

#148

Nicolas Rouhana

Chairman & CEO at IM Fndng, Growing Entrepreneurship in Lebanon

Nicolas Rouhana is currently Chairman and CEO of IM Fndng, grouping IM Capital & IM Ventures, aggregating $60M under management, and respectfully funded under USAID MENA Investment Initiative.

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Rob Ryan

#147

Rob Ryan

Professional Storyteller & Relationship Capitalist

I am primarily a Storyteller, Relationship Capitalist, Founder @Growthhax Mentor and aggregator of smart really good people worldwide and a uniquely loud/proud advocate of our entrepreneurial economic potential in LA where I’ve lived for 26 years now.

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Daniel Xu

#146

Daniel Xu

Tech Incubator & VC | Columbia MBA

Managing Partner of two funds in Toronto and China, respectively. Namely New Billionaires Capital and New Vision Investment.

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Saad Hassan

#145

Saad Hassan

President & Chief Executive Officer @ Nvestiv

Saad is the President of the Hassan Family Office, and the founder of Nvestiv. As an investment veteran that has facilitated over $10 Billion in deals for his partners, Saad identified a fundamental absence of technology in the way capital is allocated.

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Carey Ransom

#144

Carey Ransom

Managing Director at BankTech Ventures; Founder at Operate

Having extensive experience from startup to explosive growth to exit multiple times, and having sold a private company to a public company (while being CEO), I am a serial entrepreneur and investor.

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Peter Vesterbacka & Kustaa Valtonen

#143

Peter Vesterbacka & Kustaa Valtonen

Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel

Working hard on building the FinEst BayArea! I am heading the Finest Bay Area Development Company program management office. The project is getting ready to construct the Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel (www.finestbayarea.online).

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Sanjeev Kohli

#142

Sanjeev Kohli

Founding Partner – Glowfish Ventures

Sanjeev is a Founding Member at Glowfish, a tech-focused VC cum business builder based in Dubai. Glowfish’s ventures include CarSwitch.com –Used Cars Sales / Purchase Platform, oladoc.com – Digital Health Marketplace

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Anthony Choe


#141

Anthony Choe

Founder at Provenance

Anthony Choe is the founder of Provenance, a growth-stage private investment firm focused on digitally-intensive omni channel brands. Provenance uses a highly analytical approach for due diligence and strategy development

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Nicole Denholder


#140

Nicole Denholder

Investing in female founders | Teaching women about money

Founder of Next Chapter Ventures (NCV), where we are redefining partnerships for Female Entrepreneurs, Investors and Partners.

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Cameron Atlas

#139

Cameron Atlas

Speaker | Storyteller | Executive Coach | Singer-Songwriter

Cameron delivers experiential keynotes, blending live music on stage with insights on high performance, leadership, creativity & innovation.

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Jordi Ferrer Rendé


#138

Jordi Ferrer Rendé

Venture Capital | Business Development | Strategy

Entrepreneurial-minded executive with over 10 years of increased responsibilities in key management positions in Business Development and Strategy in Europe, USA, Middle East and Africa.

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Tiziana F. Bombassei


#137

Tiziana F. Bombassei

VC | Entrepreneurship | Impact | Emerging markets

I’m the Global Partnerships Manager for Seedstars, a Swiss investment holding with a presence in 80+ emerging and frontier markets.

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Ryan Else

#136

Ryan Else

Managing Partner – Roadster Capital

Ryan has built businesses as a sales executive, investor and entrepreneur. He has also managed turnarounds, venture capital investments exceeding $3B in value and M&A activity exceeding $500m in value.

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Beatriz Franco


#135

Beatriz Franco

Managing Partner, Vita Ventures – Early Stage Food Tech Investor

Beatriz Franco is a Managing Partner at Vita Ventures, an early-stage fund supporting innovations across the food industry while reducing demands on our planet.

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Ben Gibbons


#134

Ben Gibbons

Founder and Managing Partner at Waterpoint Lane

Focused career on investment banking and consulting support to growth stage and middle market companies with extensive experience across mergers and acquisitions, debt, equity.

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Chirag Gupta

#133

Chirag Gupta

Venture Capital | Startup Mentoring | DeepTech

Chirag is the Managing Partner at 8X Ventures, a Deep-Tech focused venture capital firm. He invests and enables startups that will lead disruptive innovation and create sustainable value.

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Alan Costello


#132

Alan Costello

Early & Scaling Venture Investment, Climate & SustainabilityTech

Alan is an Innovation, Strategy & Venture Investment professional. Always driving at innovation solutions and business models to important challenges – Climatetech, Food/Agtech – all convergent tech.

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Lewis Burnham


#131

Lewis Burnham

Investor at IDEA Fund Partners

Lewis has a deep passion for leading and mentoring. Beginning in the earliest day of his career as an educator and coach, continuing through his career in the medical device industry.

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Jake Prigoff

#130

Jake Prigoff

Doctor, Cancer Survivor, Investor

Jake Prigoff is a Partner at Gaingels, one of largest and most active private investors dedicated to supporting diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem.

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Steve Tokarz


#129

Steve Tokarz

General and Managing Partner at Cantilever Investors Fund

Steve Tokarz is an experienced C-level entrepreneur, fundraiser and business developer and has been active in early-stage company and product development for the past 30 years.

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David Evans


#128

David Evans

Seed Investor | CTO | AI-Enabled SaaS

I am a serial entrepreneur and technologist who started coding at 14, launched my first business at 19, and made by first angel investment before age 30.

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William A. Mejia

#127

William A. Mejia

General Partner & co-founder at Arrebol Capital

I am a Senior Investment Specialist with extensive Global Emerging Markets experience, built upon solid analysis and consistent investment returns.

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Ahmed Hazem


#126

Ahmed Hazem

CEO of Falak Startups

Experienced Investment Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the venture capital and private equity industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Risk Management, Business Planning and Financial Analysis.

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Bryan Duarte


#125

Bryan Duarte

Social Venturist | Co-Founding GP, BlackTech Capital

I am a Social Venturist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and a licensed Professional Engineer. I am the Co-Founder and the Managing Partner at BlackTech Capital (BTC) and the Founder & CEO of Enliten.

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Sa'ad Shah

#124

Sa'ad Shah

Managing Partner, Noetic Fund

9 years at RBC Capital Markets in real estate banking, corporate credit, and derivative sales & trading.

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Meir Rabkin

#123

Meir Rabkin

Founder and Managing Partner at Blue Vision Capital

Investor, entrepreneur, founder, accumulating 18 years of experience in the institutional asset management space and the international investment industry.

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Janneke Niessen


#122

Janneke Niessen

Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year, VC @CapitalT, Columnist

Janneke is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, board member and mentor for startups and co-founder of CapitalT, a VC fund that invests in technology companies using proprietary technology to evaluate entrepreneurial teams.

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Tino Reyes

#121

Tino Reyes

Angel Investor and Startup Consultant

Our guest today is one of the Philippines’ up-and-coming angel investors and startup consultants, Tino Reyes. Tino shares the lessons he learned across the US, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Canada with Jeffery Potvin (JP).

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Luca Singh Bhalla


#120

Luca Singh Bhalla

NYC-based Family Office

Today’s podcast welcomes one of the men behind Ascot Properties Family Office, Luca Singh Bhalla. He shares inspiring sayings about networking and communication and how this has led to the success of their Family Office.

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Eva Yazhari


#119

Eva Yazhari

General Partner at Beyond Capital Ventures

Investor with 16 years experience working in the impact investment, venture capital and asset management industries.

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Av Utukuri

#118

Av Utukuri

Chairman & CEO, Creator of Next Gen Hardware / Software Technologies

Jeffery is excited to unpack all the valuable insights Av Utukuri has learned throughout his career.

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Jacques-Alexandre Gerber


#117

Jacques-Alexandre Gerber

Managing Partner Agave Partners Capital, Entrepreneur

Jacques talks about his experience working with various startups in different industries and how it helped him become the Venture Capitalist that he is.

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Sarah Dusek


#116

Sarah Dusek

Investor & Founder of Enygma Ventures, Co-founder Under Canvas

What better way to bring in a fresh perspective than bringing in a woman all the way from another part of the world, from the majestic rainbow nation, South Africa.

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Nick Cavuoto

#115

Nick Cavuoto

Serial Entrepreneur – Keynote Speaker – Inspirational Leader

Nick shares his humble beginnings at Circuit City, how Gary Vaynerchuk inspired his mentorship program, MentorMind, and how founders can build a brand around trust, energy, and emotional value.

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Rachel ten Brink


#114

Rachel ten Brink

General Partner and Founder at Red Bike Capital

Jeffery Potvin takes us on another phenomenal episode with an exclusive interview with the GP of Red Bike Capital, Rachel Ten Brink.

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Joe Jackman


#113

Joe Jackman

Founder | CEO | Author | Keynote Speaker

For this episode, Jeffery (JP) talks to the man behind the Reinventionist Mindset, the Founder and CEO of Jackman Reinvents, Joe Jackman.

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Jessica Karr

#112

Jessica Karr

Investor – Founding General Partner at Coyote Ventures

Embracer of complexity, systems thinking, and all shades of gray. Loves diving deep into taboo topics, and bringing together people who would be unlikely to meet.

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Julien Smith


#111

Julien Smith

Founder and CEO at Practice, Author and Investor

Julien Smith shares how he was inspired by his father who was an executive coach to run his own coaching software company today.

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Cam Crowder


#110

Cam Crowder

Investor – Coach

Cam Crowder will walk us through how he translated lessons from hockey into his success as an Business Coach and Angel Investor.

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Abhinav Pathak & Neel Daftary

#109

Abhinav Pathak & Neel Daftary

Research at Woodstock Fund

Cam Crowder will walk us through how he translated lessons from hockey into his success as an Business Coach and Angel Investor.

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Sascha Badelt


#108

Sascha Badelt

Entrepreneur & Business Angel

For this week’s episode of Ask An Angel, Sascha Badelt, serial entrepreneur and angel, joins Jeffery Potvin to talk about his academic background in Hamburg, all the way up to all the great things he has accomplished.

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Olga Duka


#107

Olga Duka

GP at Improve Ventures

Jeffery speaks with Olga Duka, GP at Improve Ventures, on how she makes a relevant impact on the investing world.

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Jan Christopher

#106

Jan Christopher

Founding Managing Partner @ Holt Accelerator

In this episode, Jeffery Potvin dives into the world of one of Fintech’s finest, Jan Christopher, Founding Managing Partner of Holt Accelerator.

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Sheehan Burns


#105

Sheehan Burns

Portfolio Manager – Tactex Asset Management

Jeffery Potvin takes on an interesting leader and Angel Investor in the person of the Portfolio Manager of Tactex Asset Management, Sheehan Burns.

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Jonah Midanik


#104

Jonah Midanik

VC, MD @Forum (fka Acceleprise) | Founder, Chair @Limelight

For this week’s episode, (JP) Jeffery Potvin speaks with the impressive Jonah Midanik, Managing Director and GP for Forum Ventures.

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Vishal H. Kewalramani

#103

Vishal H. Kewalramani

Investor, Family Office, LP, Entrepreneur

Vishal H., Investor, Family Office, LP, Entrepreneur, shared his humble beginnings from winning a lottery ticket to founding a single-family office in New York, London, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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Isaac Souweine


#102

Isaac Souweine

Partner at Real Ventures

Isaac Souweine, Partner at Real Ventures shared how he started in New York, explored Southeast Asia while working with Yahoo, and later on set up a venture capital firm in Ontario.

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Tobias Bauer


#101

Tobias Bauer

Emerging Tech VC | Venture Partner | Ecosystem Builder

Entrepreneur, venture partner, ecosystem builder, and mentor Tobias Bauer shared some cool pieces of advice that can help founders in the early stages.

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Jennifer Renda

#100

Jennifer Renda

President & CEO at Diverso Solutions Inc. & Angel Investor

Jennifer is a serial entrepreneur with extensive knowledge of the Technology and Consumer Electronics industries.

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David Chang


#99

David Chang

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

David Chang, born in Taiwan and raised in the US, shared his success story on how he flourished in his career as an “accidental” entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

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Mark Dhillon


#98

Mark Dhillon

Co-Founder | Strategy & Ops Leader | Ex VC & Angel Investor

Co-Founder, Strategy & Ops Leader, and Ex-VC & Angel Investor Mark Dhillion shared his story of how a skateboarder from Ottawa started.

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Erik Bullen

#97

Erik Bullen

Advisor, Investor, COO, Exec Coach, Board Member | Founder and CEO | Strategy and Operations Exec

Erik Bullen shared how he built his career in the startup and corporate innovation space.

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Dennis (Dony) Zaidi


#96

Dennis (Dony) Zaidi

Venture Capital | ESG | Managing Director @ Checkmate Capital

Dennis (Dony) Zaidi sits down with (JP) Jeffery Potvin to discuss his journey as an entrepreneur and investor.

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Jeffrey Werner


#95

Jeffrey Werner

CEO at The Field Group I Hudson Valley, NY Regional Angel Investor

CEO Jeffrey Werner of New York’s Hudson Valley shared his unique journey from a rock and roll bass player to over 30 years of audiovisual technology.

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Mike Jarmuz

#94

Mike Jarmuz

Angel Investor

Angel Investor, Mike Jarmuz, recalled his humble start handling a record label in high school while living in Tucson, Arizona.

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Ajay Malhotra


#93

Ajay Malhotra

Angel Investor | Managing Partner at Canada Startup Company

Ajay Malhotra, talked about his diverse educational background in Computer Science.

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Greg Smith


#92

Greg Smith

Angel Investor – Blue Vista Ventures

Greg Smith serves as President of Blue Vista Ventures, LLC

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Arijit Bhattacharyya

#91

Arijit Bhattacharyya

Serial Entrepreneur Since 1998 , Technologist, Angel Investor

Arjit Battacharyya, Serial Entrepreneur Since 1998, Technologist and Angel Investor.

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Julie Ellis


#90

Julie Ellis

Coach to Executives & Entrepreneurs, Co-Founder Mabel’s Labels

Julie Ellis, President and CEO of Julie Ellis & Co., joined (JP) Jeffery Potvin.

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Sherif Nessim


#89

Sherif Nessim

Founder & Managing Director at Jedar Capital

Sherif Nessim, Founder & Managing Director at Jedar Capital, joined (JP) Jeffery Potvin.

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Matt Fates

#88

Matt Fates

Early Stage Investor

Matt Fates, an early-stage investor, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about venture capital and angel investing. He shares the importance of a deal flow.

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John E. Derrick


#87

John E. Derrick

CEO of Skywriter.com, Investor, Advisor

John Derrick, CEO of SkyWriter, sits down with (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about entrepreneurship, investing, and shares fundamental advices for founders and CEOs.

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Gil Eyal


#86

Gil Eyal

Angel Investor, Influencer Marketing & Crypto Pioneer

Gil Eyal, the Managing Partner of Starfund, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about the influencer market and the whole celebrity-based investing.

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Daniel Marcos

#85

Daniel Marcos

Angel Investor, Influencer Marketing & Crypto Pioneer

Daniel Marcos, CEO and co-founder of Growth Institute, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about the challenges of entrepreneurship.

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Nikhil Rodye


#84

Nikhil Rodye

VP R&D Capital Inc MBA CPA CMA

Nikhil Rodye, VP for R&D Capital, joins Jeffery Potvin to talk about entrepreneurship, angel investing, and the debt market.

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Devesh Chawla


#83

Devesh Chawla

Innovator | Mentor | Investor

Devesh Chawla is an ingenious strategist, a mentor, an investor, TEDx Speaker, an efficient leader and to sum it all, an all-rounder!

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David de Jesus

#82

David de Jesus

Managing Director at Action Ventures

David de Jesus, Managing Director of Action Ventures, is a venture investor, business builder, and experienced software engineer.

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Matthew Wilson


#81

Matthew Wilson

MBA, Allied Venture Partners | Entrepreneur turned Angel Investor

Matthew Wilson, Founder and Managing Director of Allied Venture Partners.

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Vlad Tropko


#80

Vlad Tropko

Partner at Digital Horizon VC

Vlad Tropko is the managing director of Digital Horizon VC, focused on immigrant founders who established startups across Europe and Israel.

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Amandeep Srivastava

#79

Amandeep Srivastava

Serial Entrepreneur Angel Investor, Speaker and Mentor

Amandeep Srivastava is an artificial intelligence engineer working in this field with a vision of healing nature through technology.

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Kathryn Wortsman


#78

Kathryn Wortsman

Impact Investor, Thought Leader, Entrepreneur

Kathryn Wortsman, Managing Partner for Amplify Capital, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about her experience as an entrepreneur, impact investor, and thought leader.

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Cristobal Perdomo


#77

Cristobal Perdomo

Co-Founder and General Partner at Jaguar Ventures LP

Cristobal Perdomo, Co-founder and GP of Jaguar Ventures LP, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about entrepreneurship and venture capital.

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Chad Fox

#76

Chad Fox

Angel Investor – FinTech – Venture Capital

Chad Fox is a solo venture capitalist investing in and advising the best in class early-stage FinTech companies.

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Paul LeBlanc


#75

Paul LeBlanc

Entrepreneur

Paul LeBlanc, Founder and CEO for 7th Wave Capital, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to share some of his learnings on structuring a business for growth, selling companies, and M&As.

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Matan Hazanov


#74

Matan Hazanov

Vice President at Verstra Ventures

Matan Hazanov, VP for Verstra Ventures, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists.

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Kustaa Valtonen

#73

Kustaa Valtonen

Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Kustaa Valtonen, Founding Partner for Finest Bay Area Development Ltd, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to chat about his corporate experience and his journey into becoming an angel investor.

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Jacky Chen


#72

Jacky Chen

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

Jacky Chen is the co-founder and GP for Archangel Network of Funds and Managing Director of Wharton Alumni Angels.

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Tushar Kansal


#71

Tushar Kansal

Founder CEO at Kansaltancy Ventures | Venture Capital

Founder/ CEO of Kansaltancy Ventures – Tushar is an accomplished professional with experience spanning multiple sectors

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Ash Fontana

#70

Ash Fontana

Early stage technology investor and author

Ash Fontana is a recognized investor, published author, and managing director for Zetta Venture Partners.

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Israel Pons


#69

Israel Pons

President of WBAF Angel Investment Fund

CEO and Co-Founding Partner of Angels Nest LATAM, Angels Nest is an Angel Investment Network operating in Mexico and LATAM.

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Michel Lozeau


#68

Michel Lozeau

Business Angel, Venture Capitalist , and Executive Coach

Michel Lozeau joins JP (Jeffery Potvin) to talk about his experience as an investor, and as an executive coach.

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Jade Alberts

#67

Jade Alberts

Founder at Peer Guidance – Purpose Before Profit

Jade Alberts, founder of Peer Guidance, joins (JP) Jeffery Potvin to talk about his investor journey.

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Kal Deutsch


#66

Kal Deutsch

Chief Executive Officer at DealEngine

Kal is CEO and Founder of DealEngine.AI, a company that is using data and diversity to make startups better for both founders and investors.

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Rohit Raj


#65

Rohit Raj

Co-Founder The Glitch & Chtrbox.com | Early Stage Investor

Rohit Raj is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He also makes a decent cocktail.

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Igor Belagorudsky

#64

Igor Belagorudsky

CTO; Angel Investor; Founder, Mentor, Advisor and Consultant

Igor Belagorudsky built his career around helping startups avoid mistakes that delay their success or put them out of business.

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Vandana Tolani


#63

Vandana Tolani

CEO & Founder at Convanto

Vandana Tolani, CEO & founder of Convanto, chats about her entrepreneurial background and her experience as an investor.

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Benton Leong


#62

Benton Leong

Archangel Funds; Investor, Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)

Benton is an angel investor in the Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN), located in Waterloo Region.

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Imogen Aaronson

#61

Imogen Aaronson

Business Consultant | Angel Investor

Imogen Aaronson, the founder of IMO-GINE, reflects on her consultancy experience, her goals, and her own roadmap in the startup world.

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Jim Horowitz


#60

Jim Horowitz

Manager at Beresford Ventures, Investor and mentor

Jim Horowitz, manager of Beresford Ventures, reflected on some of his early investments and the lessons he took along the way.

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Chris Cunningham


#59

Chris Cunningham

C2 Ventures Founding Partner, Early-Stage Investors

Chris Cunningham, founder of C2 Ventures, reflected on his experience as a founder of multiple companies.

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Aditya Arora

#58

Aditya Arora

Angel Investor | Padma Shri Nominee | Mentor at AIM, Delhi Govt

Aditya has been recognized as a Successful Young Entrepreneur and Achiever on various National and International platforms.

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Brandon Drew


#57

Brandon Drew

SaaS Investor/Board Member – Advisor/Deep Technology Enthusiast

Brandon Drew, General Partner for SaaS Growth Ventures, shared his insights on technology, entrepreneurship, investing and beekeeping.

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Jonathan Hung


#56

Jonathan Hung

Managing Partner at Unicorn Venture Partners

Jonathan Hung, the Managing Partner for Unicorn Ventures and Emmy winner, shares his method of investment and preferred verticals.

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Joseph Chan

#55

Joseph Chan

Relentless Entrepreneur | Real Estate LP | Angel Investor

Joseph Chan is a technologist, financial services professional, angel investor, and entrepreneur.

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Brian Hunter


#54

Brian Hunter

President at NorthSpring Capital Partners

Following a 30 years career in providing debt and equity financing to hundreds of businesses in Southern Ontario with Roynat Capital.

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Don Pare


#53

Don Pare

Sensei

Mr. Paré’s passion is to launch entrepreneurs towards funding and success.

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Nick Findler

#52

Nick Findler

Edge Investments

Nick has advised and helped raise over $58M for growth companies.

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Vik Sasi


#51

Vik Sasi

Dreamers VC

He began his career as an Analyst for the Clinton Foundation’s Health Access Initiative.

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Vijay Thomas


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Vijay Thomas

Founder and CEO at Tangentia

Technology Entrepreneur, Supply Chain Expert, Engineer and Dreamer

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David Mandel

#49

David Mandel

Managing Partner at Emerging Ventures

Built, operated and exited 4 successful different businesses in the Insurance and Finance industries over a 28-year period

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Carlos Torres de la Cuba


#48

Carlos Torres de la Cuba

Managing Director at AMG Block

Carlos Torres is a Managing Director at AMG Block, an early stage Venture Capital fund focused on fintech and blockchain opportunities in Mexico

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Jerome Curry


#47

Jerome Curry

Venture Capital ǀ Accelerator Program

Jerome specializes in developing innovative strategies that assist organizations in raising capital and optimizing start-up company growth

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Lylan Masterman

#46

Lylan Masterman

Venture Capitalist | Board Member | Technologist

Lylan is an experienced operator, investor, and board member

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Chris Carder


#45

Chris Carder

Executive Director – Schulich School of Business

Chris serves as Executive Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship with the Schulich School of Business

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Amit Garg


#44

Amit Garg

Managing Partner (Cofounder) at Tau Ventures

Amit Garg is currently Cofounder and Managing Partner at Tau Ventures

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Eric Gauthier

#43

Eric Gauthier

Innovation & Capital to make the world a better place

Eric has co-founded the Tangle Lab Accelerator designed to empower impact-driven tech companies in the US and Canada

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Guillaume Kloof


#42

Guillaume Kloof

Managing Partner at Valley Date Venture Partners

Guillaume helps startups with their product/problem fit and with their product/market fit

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Kevin Monserrat


#41

Kevin Monserrat

DeepTech Seed Capital and Acceleration

Kevin Monserrat is the former Head of Ecosystem of Microsoft Scale Up Europe

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Karl Sigerist

#40

Karl Sigerist

ICD.D Managing Director, Board Member

Advisor to entrepreneurs and executives desiring to sell their business, grow through acquisition, or raise capital

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Matt Cohen


#39

Matt Cohen

Founder & Managing Partner – Ripple Ventures

Ripple Ventures was founded by Matt Cohen, an operator turned investor

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Juan Camilo Gonzalez


#38

Juan Camilo Gonzalez

Business Director at Trinity Capital International

Juan leads the Trinity Capital International (TCI) operation in Canada

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Carolena Enyati

#37

Carolena Enyati

Entrepreneur-Angel Investor-Life Long Learner

Cari Enayati is co-founder and CEO of Made Noble Corporation

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Tanya Rolfe


#36

Tanya Rolfe

Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Her Capital

Tanya founded the Ladies Investment Club in Singapore in 2017

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Keith Gillard


#35

Keith Gillard

Cleantech and Impact Venture Capitalist

Keith Gillard is the CEO of Upper Stage Ventures Ltd.

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Nathaniel Harding

#34

Nathaniel Harding

Managing Partner, Cortado Ventures

Nathaniel has collaborated across diverse community networks to solve local challenges

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Laolu Williams


#33

Laolu Williams

Venture Capitalist (Philanthropist), Business Funder, Trader

Laolu Williams is currently the founder and managing partner at Akwugu

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Neil Sahota


#32

Neil Sahota

IBM™ Master Inventor, Author, Business Advisor

Neil Sahota is a business solution advisor to several large companies and sought-after keynote speaker

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Colin Mullett

#31

Colin Mullett

Co-founder of Loonie Ventures

Colin is the co-founder of Loonie Ventures, a partner firm of Mad Ventures

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James Sowers


#30

James Sowers

Businessman and Philanthropist

James is a sought after keynote speaker , startup coach and mentor

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Brian Mac Mahon


#29

Brian Mac Mahon

Head Honcho at Expert DOJO – Venture Capital

Brian specialize in helping entrepreneurs become more successful in their business

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Kae Huynh

#28

Kae Huynh

EnterpriseGuy™ – Angel Investor

Active Enterprise Software Investor & Economic Chess Player

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Jeff Wallace


#27

Jeff Wallace

Keynote Speaker/Startup Advisor

Jeff is a long-time Bay Area resident who works with global startup ecosystems

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Scott Garber


#26

Scott Garber

Managing Partner @ Early Light Ventures

Scott is currently the Managing Partner at Early Light Ventures

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Rob Douglas

#25

Rob Douglas

President Golden Triangle Angelnet

Rob Douglas is the founder of the Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)

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Ehsan Mirdamadi


#24

Ehsan Mirdamadi

Angel Investor & Tech Entrepreneur

Experienced managing director with demonstrated record of accomplishments in cloud computing, IOT and IT infrastructure industries

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Sydney Wong


#23

Sydney Wong

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Speaker

Here to bring the Silicon Valley model to Canada and evangelize more successful startups

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Azam Mohabbatian

#22

Azam Mohabbatian

Business Strategy Consultant at Nekso

Azam Mohabatian is a results-driven entrepreneurship and technology professional

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Vosik Shamsiev


#21

Vosik Shamsiev

Asset Management

Vosik started a private practice in Asset Management

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Jason Daley


#20

Jason Daley

Venture Builder, Serial Entrepreneur, Portfolio Investor

Jason is a venture catalyst and portfolio entrepreneur with a unique talent for the Art of the Startup

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Jeff Mesina

#19

Jeff Mesina

Director, Originations – Cortland Credit

Jeff is presently a Director (Originations), at Cortland Credit Group Inc.

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Jodi Echakowitz


#18

Jodi Echakowitz

Corporate Culture

Jodi Echakowitz is founder and CEO of Boulevard Public Relations

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Bernard Batt


#17

Bernard Batt

Southwestern Ontario Angel Group

Bernard is currently the Finance Director and safeguards the financial wellbeing of KEY

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Norman Light

#16

Norman Light

Independent Private Debt & Private Equity Professional

Norman Light is President of Enlightened Private Capital Inc., an Exempt Market Dealer registered in Ontario, Quebec Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland

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Peter Horan


#15

Peter Horan

Digital Media Investor and Advisor

Peter C. Horan is an entrepreneur and digital media investor with a history of building successful media, commerce and ad technology businesses

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Keith Loo


#14

Keith Loo

Advisor and Mentor to Start-ups

Keith loo is passionate about developing innovation, transformation, and go-to-market strategies that drive real, tangible impact

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Permjot Valia

#13

Permjot Valia

Board Member at Wooshii

Permjot serves on the Board of several companies, including Wooshii.com, and as a Director at Bluelight Analytics and Flight and Partners

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Bernie Li


#12

Bernie Li

Start-up Entrepreneur, Investor and Adviser

Bernie co-founded PURE Energies Inc., a leading provider of residential solar solutions to home owners in Ontario and the USA

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Dennis Reich


#11

Dennis Reich

Physician/Entrepreneur

Dr. Reich is a father, physician, entrepreneur, and technology consultant

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Peter Dal Bianco

#10

Peter Dal Bianco

Bianco’s Management Consulting Group

Peter spent most of the past 45 years owning and operating retail, consumer electronics, video rental outlets and commercial property enterprises in Northern Ontario

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Bruce Green


#9

Bruce Green

Early Stage Investor Angel

Bruce Green is an inspired investor/advisor focusing on high potential early stage start-ups

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Diane Wolfenden


#8

Diane Wolfenden

Golden Triangle Angel Network

Diane Wolfenden is an active angel investor and a charter member of the Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN)

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Jeff Champagne

#7

Jeff Champagne

GP The Supporters Fund

Jeff is a partner in the OPN Network and Supporters Fund and he is on the board of Spark Angels

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Angelo Del Duca


#6

Angelo Del Duca

York Angels

Angelo is an active Angel Investor and is a member of the York Angel Investors, Maple Leaf Angels and the Spark Angels

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Galen Udell


#5

Galen Udell

Executive Director York Angel Investors

Galen Udell is the Executive Director of YAI

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Tim Mayeur

#4

Tim Mayeur

VP, Biz Dev Oxygen Plus

Tim Mayeur was a leader in the launch of Walmart.ca Ecommerce and the online marketplace for Newegg.ca

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Jess Joss


#3

Jess Joss

President, Equation Angels

Jess Joss is the CEO of Equation, a joint venture that brings together three angel investment networks

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Jon Oberholzer


#2

Jon Oberholzer

Golden Triangle Angel Network

Jon Oberholzer has been active in the Waterloo Region tech community for over 25 years

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Jennifer Renda

#1

Jennifer Renda

President & CEO, Diverso Solutions Inc.

Jennifer is a serial entrepreneur with extensive knowledge of the Technology and Consumer Electronics industries

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