Hanna Zaidi

Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad

We invest in idea-stage and pre-seed fintechs globally, anchoring on founder-market fit. Our portfolio includes Pomelo, Simetrik, Sydecar, Stitch, Abhi and TripleA.

Open Finance Network of Canada (OFNC) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to bring together all stakeholders from financial services to advocate for consumer data rights and educate Canadians and SMEs on the benefits of Open Finance.

BetaKit is the award-winning publication of record for Canadian startup and tech innovation news, providing trusted and accessible business journalism. Visit betakit.com or sign up to our newsletter.

Hustle Fund is a venture capital firm investing in hilariously-early pre-seed founders. Learn more about Hustle Fund and pitch us here: hustlefund.vc If you are here to learn about ANGEL SQUAD, youve come to the right place. We help teach professionals how to invest in startups alongside Hustle Fund. Learn how we do this here: https://hustlefund.vc/squad

We invest in idea-stage and pre-seed fintechs globally, anchoring on founder-market fit. Our portfolio includes Pomelo, Simetrik, Sydecar, Stitch, Abhi and TripleA.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

The Holt Xchange is Canadas most active seed fintech investor.  Supported through five generations of experience and a robust global network, Holt Xchange is powering innovative tech products, world-class companies, and entrepreneurs, helping shape the future of their businesses and technology in the financial services sector. Tracking over 10,000 early stage fintechs globally. We utilize our advanced data platform; algorithms enhanced with human capital, to seek best matches with our investment thesis and Advisor network (ie: individuals who represent financial institutions, institutional investors and domain experts). We enable through our network, new revenue opportunities as well as growth funding for our portfolio companies.  The Holt family has a history of investing, growing, supporting, and building financial companies for the past five generations. With the rising need for AI throughout all aspects of our daily lives, we have decided to launch Holt Fintech Accelerator that focuses on boosting AI capabilities of Fintech businesses and expanding their international network.