The No Cap Newsletter (024)
A biweekly newsletter by the RippleX Fellowship covering key program insights and updates, industry events, jobs/internships, and fellow spotlights.
🌊 About the RippleX Fellowship
The RippleX Fellowship is a remote 12-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.
🎉 Featured in Forbes
A heartfelt thank you to Forbes for featuring the RippleX Fellowship and our approach to DEI!
The RippleX Fellowship is a program that aims to empower students with the skills and knowledge necessary for success with startup building and venture capital. We bring together students from across North America who share a common passion for becoming exceptional founders and VCs. By being intentional with creating inclusive and diverse communities, we unlock a treasure trove of new ideas, fresh approaches, and unanticipated ways of thinking. 🙌
Read the Forbes article here!
🤩 May 2023 Recap
What a packed month! In May, our team hosted 4 events in Toronto, Vancouver, and San Francisco.
📍 Toronto | May 16, 2023 — Toronto Startup Showcase
What an incredible evening of excitement, innovation, and enthusiasm at the Ripple Ventures Toronto Startup Showcase! Thank you to our attendees for joining us and Daydream for providing awesome drinks for everyone to enjoy. As strong believers in the Canadian ecosystem, we were thrilled to bring together young builders and entrepreneurs from all corners of Toronto 🥳
📍 San Francisco | May 17, 2023 — SF Founder & Funder Social
RippleX Fellowship hosted another social in the SF Bay Area! Young founders, VCs, and people working in tech joined us for an evening of refreshments and shared what we’ve all been working on, and how we can support each other 🫶
📍 Vancouver | May 24, 2023 — Indigenous in Tech Event
We had the pleasure of bringing together a group of people from the indigenous in tech community in Vancouver! Thank you to everyone for coming out and engaging in meaningful discussions that resonated with the mission and vision for this event. We look forward to continuing to build for a future where shared success is driven by unity and understanding. 🤝
📍 Vancouver | May 25, 2023 — Vancouver Founder Get-Together
This social, we took advantage of the beautiful Vancouver summer weather and hosted our Vancouver Founder Get-Together at the beach 🏖️ Attendees came out with their beachwear and enjoyed the sunny day with us. Special thanks to our event co-sponsor, MetaLab!
📧 Future Events Mailing List
More events are coming from us to you! Want to be in the loop about future events hosted by Ripple Ventures or RippleX Fellowship? Sign up for our mailing list and be the first to know: https://airtable.com/shruNRpP3IZ3uVqyO
🚀 Instagram Launch (@ripplexfellowship)
We're now officially on Instagram 🥳
Besides what we cover on Twitter and LinkedIn, our Instagram will exclusively feature the following: behind the scenes content, cohort highlights, individual spotlights of our very own fellows, alumni coverage, and additional sneak peeks of our course as well as our events across Canada & the US 👀
Most importantly, we're excited to engage with our community on a more consistent basis, so stay in touch with us on IG too! Follow @ripplexfellowship 🙌