The Hard Part with Evan McCann Ian Whytock from Tidal Venture Partners
Ian Whytock is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Tidal Venture Partners. Tidal Venture Partners is a pre-seed to seed+ fund focused on the emerging ecosystem of Atlantic Canada. With conviction, they back small teams with high potential, who have detailed plans for achieving larger, later-stage milestones.
In this episode, we discuss...
- Major exists in the ecosystem like Verafin (acquired for $2.75B by Nasdaq) and Radian6 (acquired for $326M by Salesforce) and how that is creating new startups in the region
- The nodes that make Atlantic Canada a strong tech ecosystem
- What it has been like raising a first-time fund focused on Atlantic Canada
- Thoughts on LP composition before raising and now while raising Fund I
- The different types of emerging managers popping up
- Unique challenges founders have in Atlantic Canada and ways Tidal helps them
- Their most recent publicly announced investments, Mimosa Diagnostics and Symbodi
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