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Scaling Ripple Ventures' Canadian Presence with VCCI and Opening a Vancouver Office

Vancouver, BC, October 17, 2023--(T-Net)--Toronto-based venture capital firm Ripple Ventures announced that it is opening a new Vancouver office on November 1st.

The Vancouver office will be led by their Partner, Dominic Lau.

The new space will be located at Pavilion Cowork in Mount Pleasant, and "signifies our commitment to fostering innovation, growth, and entrepreneurial spirit in the entire Canadian ecosystem" said the company in its anouncement on Medium.

The company said that they have built a strong presence on the East Coast (being founded in Toronto), but are also spending material time on the West Coast, especially in Vancouver investing in companies like:

• Zenhub (a project management platform for software teams) they backed at the seed round and they recently had their Series A led by Yaletown Partners.
  
  
• Artemis (a better way to build data pipelines + workflows using AI) they backed in their Fellow Fund and shortly after they were accepted into the Founder Fuel program.
  
  
• Asepha (a platform to help healthcare professionals make faster clinical decisions) they also backed in the Fellow Fund prior to them being accepted into the Techstars Toronto batch. Asepha was Vancouver-founded by Eunice Wu until her recent move to Toronto to join her co-founder Can.

"At Ripple Ventures, we are steadfast in our mission to build a coast-to-coast venture fund that supports founders no matter where they are in Canada" said the company in its announcement. "This strategic move allows us to be closer to key hubs like San Francisco while maintaining our Toronto office to cover the East Coast, including New York and Boston."

The company also announced that Ripple Ventures has partnered with Canada's Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI) Inclusive Growth Stream through a $7.5M investment in Fund III to support underserved founders in Canada. Read more about their announcement here.

If you are a founder or want to partner with us at the Fund, please reach out to dom@rippleventures.com for more info.

About Ripple Ventures

Ripple Ventures is an early-stage venture fund seeking investments in B2B SaaS Startups located in Canada & the U.S. We are always seeking new investments in various industries ripe for disruption with a focus on workflow automation and data & analytics platforms. As serial entrepreneurs, we are actively in ... see more