Dear Canadian founders, your time is now!
There’s a tired talk track in the Canadian startup ecosystem that somehow our system here is broken. That you, as founders, aren’t ambitious enough, that we, as VCs aren’t fast enough, that our government is too involved… and that overall, our inability to generate the scale of successes that Silicon Valley does is entirely a result of poor decisions we continue to make.
The world is taking notice of you, and outsiders are coming to Canada to fund your ideas.
I like to think of the Canadian ecosystem as an analogy to a child growing up. We’ve reached our early twenties, and we’ve taken our own path to get there. We’re through the awkward teenager years, we are starting to feel a bit more confident about what we have to offer the world, but we’re still early on life’s journey with so much potential ahead.
Information Venture Partners adds former Georgian investor Jane Podbelskaya as it continues to expand team
Toronto-based venture capital and private equity firm Information Venture Partners (Information VP) has appointed Jane Podbelskaya as principal, as the venture firm has continued to grow its investing team in recent months.
Podbelskaya, who previously served as a growth investor at Georgian Partners for over five years, brings 20 years of experience in software, operations, venture capital, and management consulting to Information VP. She told BetaKit she joined the firm because she wanted to focus on early-stage software investing.
“I strongly believe that the chosen focus area of the fund financial services software and FinTech positions it well to generate superior returns.”
Information Venture Partners Appoints Jane Podbelskaya as Principal
Venture capital firm strengthens investment team with the addition of 20-year industry veteran
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 3, 2021 / Information Venture Partners, a Toronto-based venture capital firm that primarily invests in early-stage North American B2B financial technology and enterprise software companies, today announced the appointment of Jane Podbelskaya as Principal. Podbelskaya will be responsible for sourcing and executing new investments and providing operational support to Information Venture Partners existing portfolio companies.
Podbelskaya brings 20 years of experience in software, operations, investment and management consulting. Prior to joining Information Venture Partners, she most recently worked at Georgian Partners, a North American fund investing in growth-stage SaaS companies, where she held a number of roles over her six year tenure. Focusing both on new investments and portfolio