The Syndicate

I’m incredibly excited to announce that I’m taking my talents to join @MeckaAI as the Head of Strategy. We are on the precipice of the greatest technological revolution in the history of mankind and we’re building the foundation for robotics to thrive. We’re hiring. DM if interested.

Canada's got motion. But winter is coming... Mance Rayder took 15 years to unite the North, we did it in 7 weeks. What a journey it's been. The east coast tour was a big success. Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo - you are beautiful in your own way. Each city with its unique traits, characteristics and culture. I want to honour OGs that have been pumping the ecosystem in each city: Montreal @AaronAnandji @chrislevan24 Daniel Drouet @nectarios Toronto @emtalas @ansonlin @danilo_io @jai_mansukhanii @anthonyazrak @habibihashir @internetvin @fnthawar Alex Norman Wendy Huang Waterloo @jrodgers @TheMingjie @akatoshouse Jocelyne Murphy I believe we should leverage the strengths of each other to create a stronger national ecosystem. The Syndicate wouldn't have been able to pull this off without all the wonderful people that have chipped in to help along the way!

We set Toronto on fire. @emtalas and I brought together over 100 of the most promising startup founders, elite investors and experienced operators. The energy was out of this world. The city came to life. Pitches from up and coming startups. War stories shared from the OGs. Resounding feedback: best event we’ve been to in a long time! We are kickstarting the cold start problem for increasing density and changing culture. It just takes a random guy from Vancouver to kick it off I guess 🤣 People here are hungry. And I just wanna feed em. Waterloo, you’re up to bat! This Friday. @TheMingjie and I was bringing the @akatoshouse down 🔥🔥 Shoutout to our sponsors: @boardyai @BDC_Capital @frameworkvc @LWConnect @LeytonCanada @srpmcc @mikhail_karmali @ansonlin

In 10 years, people will come back to this photo and realize history was made yesterday. @AaronAnandji @chrislevan24 and I threw it down yesterday in Montreal. Those two having been virtually carrying the Montreal startup scene and it was an honour for them to have me co-host with them. Met so many of Canada's future and present startup leaders. Being a founder is such a badge of honour that when I talk to other founders, it feels like home. It feels like l've known this people for years and yet this is the first time we're meeting. Yesterday, Montreal felt like my home. I had my first authentic poutine. It definitely hits different. Les Enfants Terribles - Duck Confit Poutine 🤌🤌 Apparently Montreal is the best place to be in the summer, so l'll for sure be back! Big shoutouts to our partners at EY and Blue HF Legal Zachary Frenkiel for making this happen. Toronto, l'm on the midnight train. Let’s get lit 🔥

We're throwing the hottest startup events in Canada next week. Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo. In 6 weeks, we've rallied our country's finest along the west coast. From the the rainy, but brainy Vancouver to the techno capital of SF, Now @meet_syndicate is bringing the flame of change to the east. Travelling across the country to transfer the west coast startup energy to our eastern cousins! And we're doing it in style with our friends! ⚜️🍁🇨🇦⚜ | Montreal - Nov. 17 Co-hosted with the dynamic duo - @chrislevan24 and @AaronAnandji - 100 founders and investors gathering for happy hour (SOLD OUT) - Biggest 5a7 to date - Featured on Luma Montreal Powered by: @EYnews Blue HF Legal Zachary Frenkiel 🍁🇨🇦🗼🏙 | Toronto - Nov. 18 Co-hosted with the brilliant - @emtalas, LYV & @cansbridgefwshp - 120 founders and investors for startup community galore (SOLD OUT) - Sneak peek at some of TOs up & coming startups - War stories shared by the veterans of the game - Featured on Luma Toronto - Shoutout to @benpaters0n for being the MVP Powered by: @BDC_Capital Seed Fund - @srpmcc @frameworkvc - Mikhail Karmali @LWConnect - Kyle Lavender Jordan Potechin @boardyai - @ansonlin @andrewdsouza @LeytonCanada - Keaton Cameron Sam Siskos Jacob Struminikovski Fred Nithiananthan 💂‍♂️🎖️🇧🇪🇫🇷 | Waterloo - Nov. 21 Co-hosted with the cunning - @TheMingjie & @akatoshouse, Jesse Rodgers & Builders Club - 50 builders, innovators and investors for chill weekend hangout (Few spots lefts) - Nerd out on the latest and greatest in AI, robotics, software, etc. - Perhaps startups will be formed 👀 - Featured on Luma Waterloo Powered by: @frameworkvc - Mikhail Karmali Boyang Li It's crazy how you can just do things. And we're doing things at @meet_syndicate. Be a part of the most cracked Canadian founders, investors and operator network across North America. This video was incepted by the creative genius @zaro! Thanks for being a day 1 brother. 🙌

Days like these remind me why I do what I do. I met the Canadian legend @allenlau! Allen is the co-founder of @wattpad and it sold for $600M USD to NAVER Corp. And is now the co-founder of @twosmallfishvc. Everyone loves to focus on success, but forget to talk about the risk and journey. Allen and Eva Lau built one of the largest companies in Canada. But it didn’t feel like they were going to make it in the early 2000s and held on for dear life for 4 years until they caught momentum. They bet it all including their house, while raising kids. They had to compete with giants. Many times @AmazonKindle tried to kill them, and 4x times they survived. The tenacity, grit and ingenuity was unmatched. They successfully bet on emerging trends that were a bit too early but survived long enough to position themselves to capture the wave. They were doing UGC before UGC was even a thing. The thing I love about Allen is despite his successes, he is still so hungry, ambitious, and incredibly humble. Anything he does, he wants it to be world-class and he wants to do it in Canada. I hope I can maintain his energy and passion. Allen, it was an honour. Thank you for your time. You are a reminder to the rest of us, that it is possible! Big shoutout to Paul Stewart for connecting us! We are uniting the most cracked Canadian founders, investors and operators at @meet_syndicate. If you’re in Waterloo, Toronto and Montreal, come meet us on our East Coast Tour.

Introducing @meet_syndicate Cohort 1 (TS1) These are the future business leaders of Canada. In 6 weeks, we hand-selected these 13 startups to demo their product to 15 top investors in Canada. All of them with either revenue, pilot customers or material traction. Most VCs haven't heard of them because they're heads-down building. These founders are not focused on big flashy things. They’re focused on getting customers, getting real traction and delivering results. My advice to founders is instead of spending most of your time trying to find investors and pitch them, focus on your business. If you have tangible value, the investors will find you. And now The Syndicate is shining a spotlight on these startups. Thus, we're incredibly proud to announce the inaugural cohort, TS1. 1. Docula - Rohan Parmar Saurab Dhir 2. Lodge Systems - Stuart Lodge 3. Rentity - Tony Tran 4. FlashRoutes - Janteng Ye Justin Meng 5. Momenta - Steven Ng Emir Avci Rei Tsunemi 6. EyecareX - Justin Asgarpour 7. Zippex - Saransh Ahuja Haz Tarawneh 8. Doctor Towels - @Cheruubinn 9. agenQ - Varun Mishra Nicholas Chan 10. Fennec - Shiv Lohia 11. Creadev Technologies Inc. - Ahmad Jadallah 12. siift.ai - @SamimSafaei If you're a VC, angel or family office, happy to make a warm intro to them. Oh ya, and we're doing an east coast tour. 1. Montreal - Nov. 17 with my good friends @AaronAnandji and @chrislevan24 2. Toronto - Nov. 18 with the amazing @emtalas and @benpaters0n 3. Waterloo - Nov. 21 with the man with a plan @TheMingjie and @akatoshouse . There's a few spots left and this is my first official public announced so sign up now if you're a cracked founder and investor. ^^ And a big thank you to @inovia and @yoran_beisher for partnering with us on the demo day. We couldn't have done it without them!

We’re bringing together 100 of Toronto’s best founders and investors on November 18th. 🇨🇦🍁 With @cansbridgefwshp and @BDC_Capital, we’re bringing @meet_syndicate to Toronto for the first time. If you’re building or looking for your next investment, I want to hear from you. Spots are going fast so lmk if you want the link. 🔥

BIG FOUNDER & FUNDER 5a7 VIBEZ NOV 17 IN MONTREAL WITH @chrislevan24 @TyneeWorld AND MYSELF AND ALSO @ey link in comments

@TyneeWorld x @yoran_beisher kicking off last night’s demo day for The Syndicate. great space, great energy 👊