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Ep 21: The Montreal Startup Ecosystem with Isaac Souweine of Real Ventures

October 19, 2017 By Gary Will

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Montreal is home to one of Canada’s largest and most dynamic startup ecosystems, and in just a few years, Isaac Souweine has gone from being a newcomer to the city (and to Canada) to being at the centre of the startup community as EIR with Real Ventures.

We talk to Isaac about how he came to Montreal, how he initially got plugged into the ecosystem, working in Montreal without being fluent in French, and working with Real Ventures to help build the Montreal ecosystem, including his work as the general manager of Real’s FounderFuel accelerator.

Links:

  • Real Ventures
  • FounderFuel
  • Isaac Souweine on LinkedIn
  • Isaac Souweine on Twitter (@sonofsarah)
  • Ottawa cut from short list for ‘supercluster’ funding
  • The IT Factor: What Ottawa must do to brand itself as a true national tech hub

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: accelerators, canada, montreal, quebec, startup communities, startup ecosystems, venture capital

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