David Dufresne

🎙️ New Podcast Alert! 🎧 Don't miss this amazing chat with OG in Canadian VC @mattroberts! We delve into his journey in the Tech and VC ecosystem, including his incredible story of showing everyone the @Shopify angel round (which they all passed on!). We take a captivating trip through Canadian tech history, from witnessing the rise of giants like @GaNSystems and Shopify to Matt's unique perspective shaped by his late father's experiences. We also explore his time at @suv_vc, @BDC_Capital , and @WesleyCloverInt And stay tuned as we discuss why Matt launched his newest VC fund, @CMDcapital, with Partner @DavidDufresne, and his insights on the pre-seed market in Canada. Listen now for valuable insights! 🎧🔥 #TankTalks #CanadianTech #VentureCapital #TechHistory #PodcastAlert

Exclusive: As funding has dried up, @DavidDufresne and @mattroberts have launched a new #VC firm to lead and price early-stage rounds. #CDNtech betakit.com/ex-panache-sca…

PROUD to share that my old friend @DavidDufresne and I are starting something new @CMDCapital! We aim to bring back conviction to earlystage investments, working with greatfounders andstanding as a lead cheque at a time whenthat seems to have fallenout of fashion here in🇨🇦

@mattroberts Absolutely amazing.

It’s funny how journey’s come to an end it is also funny how they start. In ’08 at age 65 when most of his peers were retiring my dad John and his colleague Girvan founded GaN Systems My dad’s goal was to build the worlds best Speaker not a semiconductor company. 1/

VC / Founder dynamic is often unfair - VCs know what they are looking for and what questions to ask. Founders should know what to LOOK FOR IN VCs. This is a long / multi-year relationship, like picking a partner. Here the qualities of the best VCs. 👇🧵

@alexiskold The Mares Museum.

Your number 1 hidden gem in Barcelona ? Place, museum, food ? Nothing obvious please ;)

Vendredi dernier, 8 fonds partenaires ont participé à la 3e édition du tournoi de soccer @TechaideMTL au bénéfice de @CentraideMtl.⚽️Un grand merci à tous les participants. Quelle journée incroyable ! 🙌

I've been a "wait & see" investor and observer on web3, but @insurenimble makes me want to see more than wait :)

Congrats!!!

Amazing!

Interesting raw founder feedback for all you young VCs out there: / VC Partners tend to display real interest in understanding the big picture and appreciative you are presenting your life work Vs / Typical VC Associate just nit picking on specific details of the business

Fall is upon us 🍂, masks in public are still a thing 😷, a new batch of awesome AI startups is gearing up for acceleration 🚀. One of these was definitely not on the wishlist, another is our announcement of the day. Can you guess which one is which? techstars.com/newsroom/techs…

We made it! 160 on the dot. Changed the route to finish @Brasseries_DDC, where we are more enjoying the best tasting beer of the summer. 🍻Thank you to my fellow riders, could not have done it w/out you! And thx to all who donated!! See you next year :) #pmcreimagined

Beautiful morning to ride 100 miles to beat cancer. Let’s do this!! @PanMass #pmcreimagined

New rider in the mix! Welcome @happykatyyam. Props to @DavidDufresne and @flenguyen who are riding the whole way!

Tune in March 31st to hear from @troyvosseller of gener8tor, @DavidDufresne of @PanacheVC & Carmen Douville of @MaRSDD in a conversation about investing. The collaboration brought to you by the HORIZON series presented by @lenovoUS. bit.ly/3f3A8Bk #investing #investir

Valence is excited to announce a collaboration in AI-enabled drug design with @IRICoR_, @IRIC_umontreal, and @UMontreal. You can learn more about joint efforts here: valencediscovery.com/post/iricor-ud…

@sonofsarah @mattroberts @sonofsarah I have to stop calling you My Precious.

@mattroberts Ha! Love it. gonna start telling my syndicate partners: “on some deals I play the role of Frodo, on others I’m more Sam”

The win/win of syndicate investing w/ great partners: win 1 - you become the defacto lead/1st call and get the pleasure of working w the founder, learning, doing. win 2 - another investor around the table takes that role and does the heavy lifting, letting you focus elsewhere.

@alexandernorman @goldlist @TechTO @UWaterloo @tealbook @ShipperBeliefs Well this is the big news over in QC. Major impact for early stage vc landscape twitter.com/sonofsarah/sta…

This week @elidothealth (MTL) announced their 1st financing round led by @vectr_ventures (HK) and @2048vc (NYC/TO) w/ participation from many 🇨🇦 investors. This is a killer syndicate and it sparked some thoughts about early stage fundraising in up and coming markets.