The Hard Part with Evan McCann Maninder Dhaliwal from Lions Gate International
Maninder Dhaliwal is the President & CEO of Lions Gate International.
LGI is a venture capital and business advisory firm specializing in international venture projects in technology, mainly focused on Canada, the US and Southeast Asia.
She is the Founding Chair of TiE Incubation Lab. Based in Vancouver, TiE Incubation Lab is focused on supporting Canadian pre-seed startups. The lab supports TiE Vancouver’s mission of fostering Canadian entrepreneurs by providing high-potential Canadian startups with mentorship, access to a network of Canadian, US and global strategic advisors, support with preparing for the fundraising process, and introductions to the worldwide investor network of TiE Global Angels.
In this episode, we discuss...
- Maninder immigrating to Canada from India in 1999
- Genesis story of Lionsgate
- Why her first ten investments didn't work out and what she learned
- The gap that exists between Canadian and American founders and how to bridge that
- Nuances between tech ecosystems in Vancouver, SF and Singapore
- Why she looks for "adaptive stubbornness" in founders
- Commercializing research from universities in Canada
- "If you chase clients, investors chase you"
- What founders should look for in investors
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