At(NACO) Summit 2026, @randallh.bsky.social Randall Howard joined Emilie Boutros & Kyle Briggs chaired by Erin O'Keefe Graham to discuss deep tech investing. It is clear that Canadian tech investing is moving toward deeper and deeper tech over time. Thanks Josh Scott of @betakit.com for covering.

As someone who has advocated, & enabled, social Purpose in early stage tech investing, this is huge. I'm really pleased that Lumira Ventures will be running a fund to advance cancer treatments funded by Terry Fox Foundation & Canadian Cancer Society. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

An important topic we'll be surfacing at NACO Summit in Ottawa this Wed. "Safeguarding Angel Capital for the Long Term" explores a rapidly emerging trend where even basic investor rights are generating push back. As angels shoulder more risk and increasing investment size, a new balance is needed.

Congratulations to Caitlin MacGregor and the entire team at Plum on their recent acquisition by Phenom, the culmination of a long and dedicated journey to revolutionize talent acquistion. @caitmacgregor.bsky.social www.phenom.com/blog/phenom-...

This deeply insightful article from "American Pulse" by George Froelich on Substack shows who is playing the 4-D Chess. Spoiler alert, it's not the Stable Genius ;) americanpulse.substack.com/p/special-re...

Another so-called practitioner of 4D chess ;) Truly a global embarrassment.

The PM2.5 from burning fossil fuels prematurely kills over 5M annually worldwide. But now pervasive microplastics in indoor air make our houses anything but havens. Ironically those very microplastics are also produced from fossil fuels. We need to find a different path. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Congratulations Casper on winning the 2026 prize. We look forward to your exhibition "looking out/looking through", opening Sep 17th at Art Gallery of Guelph

When US company CEOs seem to be falling over themselves in subserviance to the wildest Trumpian requests, it is unclear that countries outside the US can count on those companies to act in their sovereign interests. The EU is moving on that basis while Canada lags thelogic.co/news/ibm-can...

Another quantum pioneer from Canada. Congratulations to Gilles Brossard for innovating unbreakable encryption via BB84 thelogic.co/news/canadia...

Celebrating a breakout milestone in our @adrenalinefund.bsky.social portfolio. These are the technologies, which if we support sufficiently, can super charge our future economy ... while also providing breakthrough medical treatments for some of our most vexing health issues

Today's report, by putting a massive number, of what our economy loses by under funding early stage startups, is yet another Call To Action for all of us in Canada.

Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Trump’s tariffs, the looming question is how exactly the government plans to refund the money it earned from said tariffs According to one estimate, the total owed could surpass $175 billion Steve Vladeck explains: contrarian.substack.com/p/scotus-kno...

Many people who had to miss Thursday's NACO National Roundtable on early stage investing, where I was a speaker, have asked for a recording. It is now available as a podcast, with the audio from that session. @adrenalinefund.bsky.social NACO GTAN #Innovation podcast.nacocanada.com/791204/episo...

"Potholesville - The Road That Can't Be Fixed" An engaging and fun UK short documentary film that underscores why bureaucracies, municipal or other, are often incapable of delivering the right outcome 6iagjgfab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001...

Join me & other leaders from across Canada for the NACO national roundtable on early stage investing. At a key inflection point for Canada, we will be exploring to how close the persistently huge "Seed Gap" and activate economic transformation by backing innovation startups nacocanada.com/news-2025

Congratulations to Sara Hipson on her vision launching CW Co-Work and navigating a great first year. Elora has needed co-working for years. This article shows the journey & why CW Co-Work is such a fabulous community of builders and entrepreneursbsky www.theinclusivecoworker.com/p/building-a...

It is a sad world indeed when scientific findings that are critical to human health can be overturned by cynical poliitics. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Amid so many foreign (US) publishers, pumped that Canadian indie publisher @dundurnpress.bsky.social scored #5 in the Jan 31 @theglobeandmail.com Canadian Non-Fiction Bestseller list "Cancelling Billionaires Before They Cancel Us" by Linda McQuaig/Neil Brooks www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Excellent summary by @mike-earthshine.bsky.social of Earthshine showing why, even in this time of #Climate disinformation and denial, the world still accelerate a renewable energy revolution. We need to rise above the noise and embrace Climate systems change www.techiesgogreen.com/blog/is-it-t...

Exciting to help build Canada's economic future one startup at a time.

Bravo @philipglass.bsky.social for taking the moral high toad x.com/i/status/201...

Another Canadian company with a broken ethical compass enabling the abuses of ICE #shame thelogic.co/news/exclusi...

We have built, and soon will provision, a 135,000L Seasonal Thermal Storage tank at our Carbon Zero home in Elora. We will study once activated, but modelling suggests transferring 10,000 kWh of energy from summer to winter months - all driven by heat pumps & Solar PV oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

Canadian tech most definitely should not be enabling US abusive human rights violations by #ICE Shame on @hootsuite.com and CEO Irina Novoselsky www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Species of the world unite! Against this deranged orange human. . . youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...

Amazing endorsement. Oxford Soju Club keeps scaling new heights. Have you read it?

The second @dundurnpress.bsky.social book in 2026 Canada Reads long list is "Celestina's House" by Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez and a special publication under the very selective Rare Machines Imprint. www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211... Proud to support Dundurn a bastion of Canadian publishing 2 / 2

The Canada Reads long list was released this morning, and it was amazing to see @dundurnpress.bsky.social with 2 of the 12 books in its catalogue: www.cbc.ca/books/canada... First is "Oxford Soju Club" by @jinwoo-park.com which already has been a hit in NYC www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211... 1 / 2

Rhe Epstein War :(

It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.

Please spread the word to any Canadian young curator. Applications will be open until January 15th

We all need to wake up to Ultra Processed Foods (UPFs) and their role in making us unhealthy. I actually know people who have moved to Europe for their better food regulation leading to healthier food www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

The death of science in the US will have long term implications. Geopolitically, ceding scientific leadership means ceding economic leadership. And in human health many more will die. This is a tragedy of global proportions. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

What a blast last night at SOI Foundation 25th annniversary gala. I've had the privilege to work with & support this great organization since their Canada C3 Canada 150 project in 2017. The work to educate, inspire and transform youth into leaders in the greatest classroom on earth is unrivalled.

Canada is keen on Buy Canadian for the first time. Now we need to get serious. Compared to Europe, where a mass movement to ditch American tech (Zoom, AWS, Google, Microsoft) for EU versions, we are just starting this journey. thelogic.co/news/buy-can...

A real leader for the US on the world stage at #COP30 . . . . . while an anri-president skulks at home devising more cruelty to the vulnerable www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/c...

A list of companies I no longer wish to patronize: Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, Meta, Microsoft www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Canadian business has to step up. Surprisingly, Canada signficantly lags G7 countries in planning for climate transition. While financial risks of the climate crisis are growing rapidly, making the need for plans to cut emissions and adapt to global warming. thelogic.co/briefing/can...

Appalling that this has been allowed for so long - potentially endangering our kids. I also note that Tesla FSD fails to observe protocols around school buses and emergency vehicles. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

So true . . . Refinements perhaps . . . But definitely now is the time to accelerate progress, not to squander what's been accomplished in a retreat electricautonomy.ca/policy-regul...

I, like most angel investors, know that 'giving back' can both produce winners AND transform Canada's economy by helping more early stage innovation to thrive. We must seize this moment, with Canada's worldview under threat, to help build Canada into the global economic powerhouse it needs to be.

There are a number of reasons why these challenging and turbulent times are the best time for patient early stage investors to invest in early stage tech startups to build long term leaders and long term value. Great to see Toma Brava shares this thesis.

Climate risks are real and influence solvency. No matter how much #Trump regime tries to deny this, global ratings are based on models and data acience, not some voodoo pronouncements www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Proud of @dundurnpress.bsky.social and author @jinwoo-park.com for the amazing review of 'Oxford Soju Club' in @nytimes.com. Check it out. Being in NY Times might well be a first for Dundurn Press. [paywalled] [4th book down] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...

I almost missed Pythagoras Day yesterday: 9 + 16 = 25 where the date calls out the iconic triangle of 3, 4, 5 www.popsci.com/science/what...

Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky

The most unexpected impact of the #ClimateCrisis, but it makes total sense. After over 100 years of dropping childbirth mortality, heat is a new threat that is reversing that trend. Yet society continues on oblivious to each new existential threat. [paywalled] www.economist.com/internationa...

Wonderful history of the intersection between The Beatles and many avant-garde composers I was tuned into www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

A lovely birthday dinner with a paired tasting menu and first time with a new chef who is bringing exceptional passion and creativity to his new role