Brunch with BVP, Pear VC, Ripple Ventures

​Join us at Akatos for a cozy Brunch with Bessemer Venture Partners, Pear VC, and Ripple Ventures. Let's kick off Symposium Day together with some pancakes, bacon, and eggs 🥞🥓🍳.

​About Pear VC

​Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed fund that partners with founders from day zero to build category-defining companies. They’ve been early backers of companies like DoorDash, Affinity, Gusto, and Cognition.

​About Ripple Ventures

​​Ripple Ventures writes first checks into interesting people building and solving mission-critical problems. As one of the earliest and most impactful investors, we lead rounds into top pre-seed startups in Canada & the US.

​About Bessemer Venture Partners

​Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture firm that backs founders from seed through growth. As early partners to companies like Shopify, Twilio, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Anthropic, they bring deep sector expertise, roadmap-driven insight, and a global network to help ambitious teams turn bold ideas into durable businesses.

​About Akatos

​​​​​​​​Akatos is Waterloo's first founder residency, committed to helping you make something exceptional.

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