Beehive Capital
Beehive Capital
Beehive Capital
A podcast for investors and entrepreneurs to gain insights on how to be successful even in these difficult times
E11: Kim Yeung discusses her role as Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech Venture Fund at BDC Capital, What the Women in Tech Venture Fund is on a high level & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Kim Yeung and Douglas Owusu discuss the BDC Capital Women in Technology Venture Fund.
Dec 21, 2020
16 min
E10: Amelie Foz-Couture discusses her role as Vice President Innovation at Diagram Ventures, de-risking early stage ideas & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Amelie Foz-Couture and Douglas Owusu discuss: From 0 to 1: discovering and de-risking early stage venture ideas.
Nov 19, 2020
25 min
E09: Kim Furlong discusses her role as CEO at CVCA, the types of organizations that make up the CVCA membership base & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Kim Furlong and Douglas Owusu discuss observations of Covid-19, Black Lives Matter movement, & Women In Tech initiative on GP activity and LP expectations. As well as performance of matching investment programs.
Nov 5, 2020
30 min
E08: Stephanie Choo discusses her role as Partner, Head of Investments at Portag3 Ventures, observations into FinTech sentiment pre-Covid vs post-Covid & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Stephanie Choo and Douglas Owusu discuss maneuvering FinTech given the economic landscape.
Oct 8, 2020
34 min
E07: Ela Borenstein discusses her role as Program Director, Market Development Team at BDC Capital, characteristics of high performing individuals & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Ela Borenstein and Douglas Owusu discuss Leadership, through and post a covid impacted landscape.
Sep 24, 2020
31 min
E06: Alex Norman discusses his roles as Partner: N49P, Co-Founder: TechTO, and Canadian Partner: AngelList, fundamentals for thinking through customer base & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Alex Norman and Douglas Owusu discuss how to 1) maintain and grow customer base and 2) raise capital given the economic environment from the pre-seed perspective.
Sep 10, 2020
35 min
E05: Rich Osborn discusses his role as President of Telus Ventures, the corporate venture capital structure spectrum & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Rich and Douglas discuss a behind the scenes look and perspective of corporate venture capital.
Aug 27, 2020
34 min
E04: Isaac Olowolafe discusses Dream Maker Ventures, the importance of environment, the Black Innovation Fellowship & more!
n this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Isaac and Douglas discuss what the Black Innovation Fellowship is, and its impact on 1) environment 2) barriers to access & exposure 3) inclusion & diversity, as well as the ripple effects, such as increase in: ⁃ Black businesses ⁃ Mentors within the black community ⁃ Internship opportunities ⁃ Job creation ⁃ Capital inflow within the black community Isaac also discusses his vision for the BIF, Canadian Technology sector, and members of underrepresented community members going forward.
Aug 13, 2020
25 min
E02: Eugene Bomba discusses his unique role as Partner, Technology Sector at PWC, experiences leading up to that point, how leadership teams can maneuver the current economic landscape  & more!
In this episode of the Beehive Capital Podcast, Eugene and Douglas discuss the unique role as Partner, Technology Sector at PWC Canada, as well as Eugene’s experiences leading up to that point. Including Medical Telecom, Healthscreen Solutions, and Thoughtwire. ● Medical Telecom - Sources of Healthscreen Solutions acquisition interest ● Healthscreen Solutions - Challenges experienced as a first time CFO. Priorities in scaling headcount and revenue ● Thoughtwire - Layering education into the sales cycle. Gatekeeper relationships Eugene also discusses core differences in thought processes, abilities, and skill sets of a founder at $20M ARR vs $500K ARR, as well as how leadership teams can think through maneuvering the current economic landscape.
Jul 16, 2020
37 min
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