Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board leads Series D round, through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform Participation from existing investors such as Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC, BDC, Harmonic, Index Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, and Garage Capital, also participated New capital will be used to meet the pent-up demand of international…

Susan Akbarpour, representing Candou Ventures at Redherring, How Women Lead, LATOKEN and Venture Summit this week. Candou Ventures Partner, Susan Akbarpour will be speaking, judging startup pitches and attending one-on-one coaching sessions at four major industry events (online) this week, Nov. 17th — 19th, 2020. If you would like to…

Candou Ventures Partner, Susan Akbarpour will be speaking, judging startup pitches and attending one-on-one coaching sessions at four major industry events (online) this week, Nov. 17th — 19th, 2020. If you would like to join her and over 2000 VCs, entrepreunors and executives in these four events, the details are…

26 articles While we have many mutual friends, I have never met Dara Khosroshahi personally. But today I felt like I saw him sitting at this desk and writing this heartfelt letter to his cohort. He is letting them know that he has a SPECIFIC plan, his company has a…

Susan Akbarpour , Forbes Contributor writer COVID-19 has taught us a few important lessons in the past few weeks: 1. Keeping the ranking of the “world’s leading country” is not a given and everlasting privilege. 2. No divine superpower can save us from a virus. We need a vaccine! 3…

Success has many parents, and while Candou (Beehive in Farsi [kˈandə͡ʊ]) Ventures owes this stellar milestone entirely to the tireless team at ApplyBoard, claiming this victory today will serve a higher purpose!

Posted in Forbes Agency Council Community Voice By Susan Akbarpour Mavatar CEO/Co-Founder, Investor, Board Member & Blockchain Enthusiast. Every year CES showcases the cutting edge of technology and the direction of the future. This year’s CES did not disappoint. From January 8–11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, we saw…

Posted in Forbes Agency Council Community Voice By Susan Akbarpour Mavatar CEO/Co-Founder, Investor, Board Member & Blockchain Enthusiast. Every year CES showcases the cutting edge of technology and the direction of the future. This year’s CES did not disappoint. From January 8–11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, we saw…

Mavatar CEO & Co-Founder / Forbes Contributor Writer Streamline & Control the Path to Purchase Over a Single Platform Powered by Blockchain Sandra Bullock is looking as great as usual (how is she 54!) in the new Ocean’s Eight movie, and you’re especially drawn to the jacket she’s wearing in…