Our Guests: Marissa Moore, and Taku Murahwi of OMERS Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in Series A-C companies with a first cheque size between $5-25M.

Episode Topics:

OMERS Venture’s investment criteria.
Type of founders Marissa and Taku prefer.
How does OMERS Ventures conduct due diligence on a company founder?
Overview of Marissa’s “The Green Room”, a “safe space for founders to practice their pitch, risk-free, in front of current investors and subject matter experts.”
Marissa’s advice for how founders can improve their pitches.
Deep dive into the Eight Core Factors in OMERS Ventures' AI Deep Dive Report.
How does unstructured and industry-specific data affect AI’s effectiveness?
Marissa’s insights and strategies from successful companies to gain the trust of their customers.
The rationale behind the degree of high-stakes decision-making factor.
How long it will take for a AI-native company to move from seed funding to Series A, factoring in the development timelines needed to refine an AI product and scale?
Is the Net Promoter Score bar higher for an AI company than a traditional software company?
Which industries are more or less suitable for vertical AI solutions based on the Vertical AI Deep Dive Report?
Great habits Marissa and Taku learned from someone in OMERS Ventures portfolio.

Resources:

OMERS Ventures Vertical AI Report: https://airtable.com/appcfwQFbRedHquqo/paghteBojIXj9d72g/form

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Vertical AI Deep Dive with OMERS Ventures