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Today’s episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Jason Kryski, CEO at Strawhouse, a media capital agency that scales customer acquisition and invests in high-growth consumer companies.

Based in Kelowna, Strawhouse is an innovative business model that is focused on customer acquisition for digitally-native, vertically-integrated companies. For consumer brands born online, Strawhouse deploys capital, technology, and creative for people to grow those businesses. In 2017, Strawhouse was recognized by Canadian Business Magazine as the Fastest Growing Startup in Canada. And in 2018, Deloitte listed Strawhouse as the 10th Fastest Growing Media Company in North America.

Today’s episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Margaret Wu, Vice President at Georgian Partners, a growth equity firm based in Toronto. Georgian Partners invests exclusively in B2B SaaS companies across Canada and the US, making initial investments of 20 - 40 million dollars in companies that have reached at least six million in annual recurring revenue. 

Today’s episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Saba Mohebpour, CEO at Spocket. Spocket is a dropshipping marketplace that seamlessly allows ecommerce merchants to access the best wholesale priced products online from thousands of global suppliers.

Spocket, an acronym for "store in your pocket", is a Vancouver based company that has experienced exponential growth in the almost 2 years it's been in existence. The thriving business model came to Saba out of a problem he experienced as an ecommerce retailer himself.

Today’s episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Neha Khera, Partner at 500 Startups. Neha is based in the Toronto office and oversees Canadian investment opportunities with a focus on early-stage funding.

500 Startups is a venture capital firm that has invested in over 70 countries worldwide. With its headquarters located in San Francisco, they have over 2,500 portfolio companies, several global and regional funds under their belt making 500 Startups one of the most dynamic firms in the world.

Today’s episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Jay Rhind, Partner at Rhino Ventures (formally Vancouver Founder Fund). Established in 2015, Vancouver Founder Fund is known as a fund built by founders, for founders. Recently, they’ve rebranded themselves with the name Rhino Ventures. Their name may be new, but their focus is still dedicated to a service-oriented, founder-friendly approach with the aim to be the early-stage partner of choice in Western Canada.

Today's episode of Between 2 Term Sheets brings us a conversation between host Owen Matthews and Vinny Pujji, Senior Investment Associate at Insight Partners. Insight has over $20 billion of assets under management, has experienced over 40 IPO's, invested in more than 300 companies, and has completed more than 200 M&A transactions for their portfolio companies.