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Panache Weekly Roundup! 🌎 Last week took us from Calgary to Montreal — and online. 📍 Calgary: Attended Stampede 💻 Remote: Joined FRV’s panel on early-stage investing 📍 Montreal: Took the stage at @startupfest + hosted our Rooftop Social We're online, offline, everywhere.

Toronto-based Pharmacy AI agent Asepha raises $4 million USD to double staff and open New York office. Asepha answers phones and files prescriptions—so your pharmacist doesn’t have to. We're proud to be backing them! betakit.com/pharmacy-ai-ag…

What a week in Montreal at @startupfest 🚀 We hosted our Rooftop Social with 130+ founders, investors & ecosystem partners, and took the stage during the week. Grateful for the connections, conversations, and energy across the Canadian startup community.

On Thursday, we sponsored OpenMTL, bringing together founders, technologists & investors exploring what’s next in AI. Held at The Space, it featured a talk by David S. Bennahum on Personal Intelligence. Montreal is open, and we’re proud to support the community behind it.

Looking back on @TOtechweek! 🌇 We opened the market with TMX Group, hosted our CEO Summit, and wrapped with a 250+ person social. Huge thanks to Fasken, TELUS Global Ventures, BMO, and Jagger. Canadian tech is just getting started. 🚀

On Tuesday, we partnered with Astra, a student-led showcase of side projects, art, code, and curiosity. From midnight hackers to poem writers, Astra brought together a bold, creative community, and it reminded us why we back builders. ✨

Kicking off Toronto Tech Week. We’re here, and we’re ready!💥

🌎 Panache Weekly Roundup! This is where we've been: 📍AWS Startups Showcase Vancouver 📍Investor meetup at Platform Calgary 📍Virtual presentation to Yukon Venture Angels 📍Ax-C launch + Table Talk Dinner Montreal 📍UofT’s Summer Social Toronto 📍AccelerateOTT Ottawa

Last night in Montreal, we hosted our second Table Talk Dinner at Panache, an intimate gathering of founders focused this time on the theme of Branding & Storytelling. Thanks to Jake Karls and Martin Gauthier for their powerful insights and to everyone who joined!

Eli Health announces its Series A! Real-time hormone data changes everything, from fertility to chronic care. Eli is leading the future of real-time biology. 🔗 eli.health/blogs/resource… @elidothealth

My conversation with @PrashantMatta⁠, the Managing Partner of ⁠@PanacheVC⁠! Panache Ventures is Canada's most active seed-stage venture capital fund. Panache is led by a team of experienced operators, with a strong angel investor track record, years of institutional VC…

A packed house at AI Salon Montréal! AI founders, builders, and investors joined us at Espace CDPQ for panels, pitches, and real conversations. Proud to co-host with AI Salon and kick off with a VC panel ft. Domenic Del Vecchio, Danny Grant, Katy Yam & Jordan Nyinabangi.

🌎 Panache Weekly Roundup Here’s where we’ve been: 📍Web Summit in Vancouver and RBCx VC Panel 📍CVCA Invest Canada in Calgary 📍Hosted the AI Salon in Montreal 📍CarbonRun climate event in Toronto, and Antler office hours With founders, on the ground — and across the map.

Cross-border payments are broken. High fees. Slow rails. Too much friction. Now it’s real-time. Tokenized. Embedded. We’re proud to back startups like Cybrid and Kora who are leading this shift. hubs.li/Q03pJHdr0

🌎 Panache Weekly Roundup From Vancouver to NYC, here’s where we’ve been: 📍Kicked off @VanStartupWeek w/ RBCx, StandUp & Sandpiper + spoke at Web Summit 📍Joined a panel at @inventurescan in Calgary 📍Sponsored a 5à7 + attended @C2Montreal 📍Attended The Mint Demo Day in NYC

Canada’s top STEM grads aren’t just leaving — they’re building unicorns elsewhere. For every unicorn we keep, we’ve likely sent one south. The talent is here. Let’s give it more reasons to stay. 🔗 hubs.li/Q03pd7Qj0

We were a proud sponsor of lunch on Day 3 of the Cansbridge Fellowship Conference! Fellows tackled the challenge of scaling carbon removal in Canada — pitching solutions from tech, policy, finance, and more. Inspiring ideas from the next generation of changemakers.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. A reminder that building a company shouldn’t come at the cost of your well-being. At Panache, we believe in showing up for founders — with real conversations and peer support. What’s helped you stay grounded? 👇 We’d love to hear.