Egi Troka

If all Canadian universities with $100M+ endowments put 0.95% into VC (like @UWaterloo) we’d unlock $220M+ CAD for startups. That’s tiny and very conservative compared to ~30% avg. U.S. schools allocate to PE/VC. Imagine the impact if Canadian universities matched that ambition.

@andruyeung not in Toronto but worth the 1.5 hr drive to THE @PearlMorissette, it’s an experience

Visiting Toronto in a few weeks. What are the best restaurants one MUST dine at?

socially tradwife, fiscally girlboss

Here’s my thing. If we care about Canada’s future, why are we treating the women who want to build it as an afterthought? Canada’s best PR is our “free” healthcare and maternity leave. We brag about it anytime someone criticizes us. Yet our birth rates are declining and one of the reasons we don’t talk about enough is women’s health & fertility care. Last month, I was diagnosed with endometriosis after 15 years of flare-ups, passing out from the pain, going to ERs, juggling doctors, and being relentless and exhausted asking for answers. Meanwhile like many other women, I’ve gone to work taking painkillers around the clock, heat pad on in my office, taking remote days just to get through. We don’t need sympathy, policies, or petitions. We need money poured into women’s health, innovation that shortens time to diagnosis and increases access to care, and a culture that embraces working mothers and supports families. Can we prioritize this as much as other causes? Did you know… • Women with conditions that cause infertility are understudied. It takes 5–10 years on average to be diagnosed with endometriosis. • To deal with the infertility, we need IVF. One round costs ~$20K. Canada has no federal program. • Canada’s federal women’s health research program: $20M over 5 years expires March 2027. We know so little about women’s health. Why don’t we dedicate more resources to it? Here’s a few things we could do: 1.Increase funding for women’s health research (renew NWHRI at $200M for Budget 2027) 2.Pass Bill S-243 — @daniele_henkel’s National Framework for Women’s Health Act. 3.Implement a National Endometriosis Strategy (France has one) 4.Create a federal IVF program Today women are more educated, working demanding jobs, and give so much to this country only to be treated like an afterthought. Why can’t we have a healthy family, a successful career and live our best lives? @WHCCanada @build_canada

it’s easy to be pessimistic, it’s harder to train yourself to be optimistic but when you do, you see more leaving the vc world tomorrow to build + help an iconic Canadian company tell the next chapter of its story 💙

@kaleighf Same, I need to know! I keep testing new tools and haven’t stuck with one yet. What’s the best you’ve found?

Getting into AI for search has me with *so many* new monthly subscriptions, and I don't love that It reminds me of ecom where you have all these best-in-class integrations, and those add up quickly Who's solving for this?

@baltic_dan a lot of lawyers are either academics at heart and love learning or they don’t know what else to do and think it’s a seemingly secure path to a 6 figure income

Most lawyers never think of themselves as businessmen. Instead, they think of themselves as employees. This is why most never make real money and end up “semi-employed” at 43. Remember: a JD and bar admission is essentially a fancy taxi medallion. It’s a license to do business

How to see opportunities others miss: 1) Study a totally different field, then return to the original problem. Apply insights from other domains. 2) Invert the problem. Try to achieve the opposite. 3) Find ways to engage with hyper-creative people. Their thinking will rub off.

@tkexpress11 it’s already happening and now law firms are hiring innovation lawyers to lead AI efforts

over the next 2 years we will see a rush for the door as mid level professional services employees race to join AI services startups for either sales or product manager roles mid level: - lawyers - accountants - consultants - bankers - recruiters - IT services etc they'll use their existing book of business as their ticket into the disrupter vs staying at the disrupted

When I was in law school, legal tech marketing was pens, pizza lunches and pub nights. Now marketing is celebrity partnerships, cinematic ad campaigns, and NHL partnerships. Back then, two giants dominated and legal tech wasn’t a sexy topic. But today, if companies build on the same foundation models, capabilities tend to converge and differentiation gets expensive. So instead of asking whether you need to hire Olivia Pope from Scandal or Jack McCoy from Law & Order to be relatable, here’s a few questions to start: 1. What is your brand’s soul in one sentence? 2. Which quadrant are you in, and is it intentional? 3. Does your brand make your customers’ talent talk about you? 4. Whose brand loyalty are you building for, today's decision-makers or tomorrow's? I’ve mapped out the key players, more on this here: open.substack.com/pub/egitroka/p…

@scottastevenson Congrats, love seeing another Canadian legal tech 🚀

We’ve raised $40m in addition to the $50m we raised last October. We’re seeing record-breaking growth in 2026, with lawyers booking 410 demos of Spellbook last week. We now service 4,000+ in-house legal teams and law firms in 80 countries. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

AI for good. Love seeing people building and not waiting around for the system to catch up.

pov you’re a lawyer vibe coding with @claudeai  Day 1/30 translating regulations into product tasks for founders and signals for investors. Roast me: egitroka.com/fintech-alpha.…

we made it!

Read this piece on how everyone has a side project but no one wants a job. IMO the best part about today is optionality paired with brutal honesty about your skills, weaknesses and blindspots. Optioning into everything is just as much a coping mechanism as committing to nothing. thisisyungmea.com/everyone-has-a…

Can’t wait for Anthropic to drop a VC plugin

So excited for this! 💗