Metiquity is an Alberta-focused, pre-seed micro venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies. Metiquity focuses on overlooked founders and emerging markets, aiming to enable disruption through digital transformation of industries.

Metiquity

Metiquity Ventures is a Calgary-based pre-seed venture fund here to solve a challenge for private investors and technology founders across the Prairies. 

We exist to fill the pre-seed investment gap which traditional venture capital isn't serving in our region’s emerging technology ecosystem. We unlock untapped potential for our innovative entrepreneurs on the cusp of growth, as well as the pioneering investors who advance those businesses, with meaningful capital.

Founded in 2020, Metiquity is made of experienced investment managers and strategic early-stage growth capital investors and business founders with:

*Over 45 years of experience in finance, investment management, private company investment analysis, research, strategic business planning, and corporate governance.
*A successful track record of leading $43 million worth of investments into local early-stage technology companies & successful exits. 

We believe in transparency, alignment of interests, conviction, and purpose. We are investors first and use a disciplined investment process to evaluate investment potential. We use our operational expertise to encourage development of strong business fundamentals that allow founders to focus on stability and long-term value creation over short-term growth at all costs. 

Metiquity partners with companies in emerging innovation hubs in Alberta and Western Canada. We seek out founders who are creating long-term, systemic business value and are on the cusp of commercialization and significant growth, regardless of industry. 

We focus on early-stage investments where we can amplify the impact of our expertise and help partner companies accelerate growth by implementing the efficient use of systems, processes & a well-defined purpose.

We make meaningful lead investments of $250,000 to $750,000 in up-and-coming companies using technology to digitally transform and fundamentally disrupt the way traditional industries operate.

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Trying to catch the eye of an investor? Make sure they’re the right person for the job first…

From his 25+ years of experience, Metiquity Ventures’ co-founding partner, Jacques LaPointe MBA, PEng, recommends looking for investors on a mission to solve major issues in a respective industry. However, ensuring that all the right information is in place for a prospective investor to evaluate also goes a long way in finding the perfect pairing.

Find out what else a startup founder should bring to the table when trying to attract the right investor via our blog: https://lnkd.in/gRpxWAuD 

#calgary #yycbusiness #yyc #yycliving #yycnow #techsector #albertatech #angelinvesting #investments #investor #cofounder #funding Bryan Slauko, CFA

Do investors pay more attention to the paper trail or the people?
‘We're investing in relationships, not in transactions’ - Bryan Slauko, CFA, co-founding partner, Metiquity Ventures.

Are you a new founder or entrepreneur who might be looking for investment one day? Here are a few tips for entrepreneurs from Metiquity Ventures co-founding Partner Bryan Slauko on what private investors often look for.

With a focus on what makes people tick, Bryan speaks to what he expects from the next generation of local, early-stage companies and founders in Alberta and across the Canadian Prairies.

“If it was only about money/revenue numbers, then when the going gets tough, a founder is going to leave and find something else to do that will make them more money, but founders who see a problem and market gap that they are passionate about solving and filling… (we feel confident) they aren’t going to leave or abandon ship before they reach their goal.”

Read more via our blog: https://lnkd.in/gj8wNHcn #earlystage #startups #vcs #abtech #yyctech #albertatech #angelinvesting #yycnow #techsector Jacques LaPointe MBA, PEng

With more than two decades of experience as an investment professional, advisor, entrepreneur and director, Metiquity Ventures’ Bryan Slauko, CFA has always had a flair for guiding the next generation of local, early-stage companies and founders in Alberta and across the Canadian Prairies.

“Founders want what comes after the investment, probably more than they want the money - they want the help, they want the expertise, they want the insights, and that's really what gets us excited,” Bryan explained. “Working with founders gets us out of bed every day because we do have the potential to fill in a lot of those blind spots people have and help them realise a potential they maybe didn't know they had.”

However, as fellow co-founder Jacques LaPointe MBA, PEng notes, there are plenty of external factors which can throw a company’s route to success out of whack - find out what he suggests to keep the startup journey on track via our blog: https://lnkd.in/gEQsdB5n 

 #earlystage #startups #vcs #abtech #yyctech #albertatech #angelinvesting #yycnow #techsector

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating our new role as the lead investor in a $1 million pre-seed investment round for sylvester.ai!

Check out our website for news on Sylvester.AI and more https://lnkd.in/g8EGTqHd

Susan Groeneveld Stephen Anstey Marty Fisher Colleen Pound, MBA, ICD.D Liz Bales Amy Yoder Cyril Karvonen Rick Makos Dr. Christy Lane Trishala Lalji Bryan Slauko, CFA Jacques LaPointe MBA, PEng Sandi Gilbert Dean Prodan #yyctech #startups #microfund #leadinvestor #digitaltransfromation #Iloveabtech #venturecapital #earlystage #founders

#CDLAlumni Cashew has raised a $1 million pre-seed round, led by Metiquity Ventures. 

Cashew’s AI-powered market research platform generates market insights from high-quality survey data, giving businesses confidence to make strategic decisions when developing their product and brand.

The funding from this round will allow Cashew to advance their technology and extend their market presence. 

Read more: https://lnkd.in/gpJ5Ai6v

Congrats Susan Groeneveld and the entire sylvester.ai team!  🚀🐱 Very excited about your next steps in growth further giving cats a voice through the use of technology, and a new standard of pain monitoring in collaboration with their cat’s vet team. 

#felinemedicine #cats #veterinaryai #felinetech

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