Co-Hosts Tracy Morningstar and Braden Kemp start up a conversation with Ben Su, Co-Founder of Canadian fintech start-up, Capita, in this third episode of NCFDC’s Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast. Capita is working to simplify investing and raising funds, helping founders to automate how they raise and helping investors to launch syndicates and Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs).
In an engaging discussion with Ben, we tackle:
- Moving from the legal profession to the start-up world
- Equity-building and exponential tech
- Side hustles and social impact
- Living with your co-founders
- Developing a pitch
- Revolutionizing investment syndicates, smart contracts, capital formation, governance and the concept of “default compliance”
- The path less traveled and the importance of mentorship from exit entrepreneurs who have been to the frontier and back.
The Executive Producer of the Frontier Entrepreneurship Podcast is Robert Washburn. Special thanks to NCFDC’s Victoria Pichler and John Hayden. This project is made possible with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada.
Quick Links
- Capita official website.
- NCFDC’s thriveFORWARD initiative and portfolio.
- FedDev Ontario.
Mentioned in this Episode
- Chalk River - Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
- Andrew Arruda
- a16z.com, Initialized Capital, Sequoia Capital
- Y Combinator
- University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law
- University of Waterloo - Computer Science
- J. Cole (rapper) via YouTube
Acknowledgment
Capita secured $25,000 in matching, performance-based seed funding from NCFDC's thriveFORWARD initiative, with the support of FedDev Ontario and the Government of Canada's Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF).
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