New Investment, Workshop @ DMZ, Rooftop Social: NCN Edition 28
No Cap Newsletter (NCN) → A biweekly newsletter by the RippleX Fellowship covering key program insights and updates, industry news/events, fellow spotlights, and internships/jobs.
🌊 About the RippleX Fellowship
The RippleX Fellowship is a remote 16-week program powered by Ripple Ventures that connects students across North America, providing them with valuable coaching, resources, and networking opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge in startup building and venture capital.
Learn more about our program at our RippleX Fellowship website!
Are you a student or first-time founder building in the B2B SaaS space? Check out our RippleX Fellow Fund!
Enroll in our free, public, online course here.
Interested in being featured in the No Cap Newsletter? Looking to share exciting news? Please reach out to Isabelle at isabelle@rippleventures.com or Katie at katie@rippleventures.com.
🥳 New Fellow Fund Investment!
We're excited to publicly announce our third investment under the RippleX Fellow Fund in Asepha, founded by Eunice Wu and Can Uncu 🎉
Asepha is an AI-enabled clinical decision support tool helping healthcare professionals provide more efficient care. We led Asepha's pre-seed round alongside Techstars and NEXT Canada.
Read more about our investment here 🚀
Through our Fellow Fund, we invest $25–75K checks into student-led and first-time founders building across our verticals of interest at Ripple Ventures. Founders that we back do not have to be formally a part of the RippleX Fellowship.
Learn more about our Fellow Fund here ✨
💸 Ripple Ventures: Raising Capital 101 Workshop @ DMZ
We hosted a workshop at DMZ’s summer entrepreneurship program for students!
Naz, Katie, and Isabelle from our team were at DMZ’s space in Downtown Toronto on August 3, 2023 to teach aspiring entrepreneurs about the basics of venture capital and share tips on helping founders raise funding 🙌
Content in our workshop was condensed from modules in the RippleX Fellowship program and course 🌟 We covered topics as such as:
Startup Funding Options
Stages of Venture Capital
Types of VC Funds
How VCs Evaluate Startups
Resources + Staying Connected (RippleX LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram)
🫶 RippleX Fellowship: Toronto VC Interns Rooftop Potluck
On August 2, 2023, we hosted a rooftop potluck social for VC interns in Toronto! 🥳 Firms represented include: Ripple Ventures, BDC, White Star Capital, Sixty Degree Capital, SDTC, and NEXT Canada.
Thanks everyone for coming! We look forward to hosting more young people in VC at our future socials ✨
🤗 Stay in Touch
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Instagram ➡️ We launched our Instagram page this summer! Give us a follow and stay in touch with us there: @ripplexfellowship 🤩
Email ➡️ Have questions about this edition of the No Cap Newsletter? Please reach out to Isabelle at isabelle@rippleventures.com or Katie at katie@rippleventures.com 🙌