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Plated by Golden Ventures

The premier dinner series for founders, CEOs and industry leaders in the tech ecosystem.

Plated by Golden Ventures is a highly exclusive and private dinner series that is designed to bring together the most accomplished and visionary individuals in a given field to connect and foster meaningful relationships. Plated offers a unique opportunity for founders, CEOs, and Director-level+ individuals to engage in intimate and thought-provoking conversations with their peers.

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Fireside Chat
Toronto

David Ossip

Founder, CEO at Dayforce
Golden Ventures presents an intimate dinner and fireside conversation with David Ossip, Chair and CEO of Dayforce, in conversation with Matt Golden, Founder and Managing Partner at Golden Ventures, on building high-performance organizations that endure. Under David’s leadership, Dayforce has become a global leader in human capital management. A transformational technology leader and serial entrepreneur, David brings more than 30 years of experience building and scaling HCM companies, from early-stage startups to multi-billion-dollar public corporations. He has been recognized with multiple leadership awards, including Waterstone Human Capital’s Most Admired CEO for Transformational Leadership and Glassdoor’s Highest Rated CEOs.
Past Speakers
Josh Gwyther
Generative AI Global Lead, Google Cloud
​Naheed Kurji
CEO
​John Rikhtegar
Director of Capital, RBCx
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The premier dinner series for founders, CEOs and industry leaders in the tech ecosystem.

Plated by Golden Ventures is a highly exclusive and private dinner series that is designed to bring together the most accomplished and visionary individuals in a given field to connect and foster meaningful relationships. Plated offers a unique opportunity for founders, CEOs, and Director-level+ individuals to engage in intimate and thought-provoking conversations with their peers.

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Bi-monthly

Upcoming Events
Fireside Chat
Toronto

David Ossip

Founder, CEO at Dayforce
Golden Ventures presents an intimate dinner and fireside conversation with David Ossip, Chair and CEO of Dayforce, in conversation with Matt Golden, Founder and Managing Partner at Golden Ventures, on building high-performance organizations that endure. Under David’s leadership, Dayforce has become a global leader in human capital management. A transformational technology leader and serial entrepreneur, David brings more than 30 years of experience building and scaling HCM companies, from early-stage startups to multi-billion-dollar public corporations. He has been recognized with multiple leadership awards, including Waterstone Human Capital’s Most Admired CEO for Transformational Leadership and Glassdoor’s Highest Rated CEOs.
Past Speakers
Farhan Thawar
Farhan Thawar
VP & Head of Engineering, Shopify
Marcelo Cortes
Marcelo Cortes
Co-Founder & CTO, Faire
Jason Warner
Jason Warner
Former CTO of Github
Stevie Case
Stevie Case
CRO, Vanta
Mike Murchison
Mike Murchison
Co-Founder, CEO
Meltem Kurkan Berkowitz
Meltem Kurkan Berkowitz
Head of Growth, Deel
Praveen Arichandran
Praveen Arichandran
Former Director of Growth at Tesla
Lucas Matheson
Lucas Matheson
CEO, Coinbase Canada
Peter Walker
Peter Walker
Head of Data Insights, Carta
April Dunford
April Dunford
Global Positioning Expert & Best-selling Author
Brandon Chu
Brandon Chu
Former VP of Product, Shopify
Elaina Yallen
Elaina Yallen
COO, Valence
Fraser Kelton
Fraser Kelton
General Partner, Spark Capital
Hana Abaza
Hana Abaza
Former Head of Global Revenue at Shopify
Alan Paulin
Alan Paulin
Co-Founder, CEO
John Ruffolo
John Ruffolo
Founder & Managing Partner, Maverix Private Equity
Loren Padelford
Loren Padelford
CRO, Slice
Shelby Austin
Shelby Austin
Co-Founder & CEO, Arteria AI
Josh Gwyther
Josh Gwyther
Generative AI Global Lead, Google Cloud
​Naheed Kurji
​Naheed Kurji
CEO
​John Rikhtegar
​John Rikhtegar
Director of Capital, RBCx
Darrell Etherington
Darrell Etherington
Managing Editor, TechCrunch
Lindsey Jackson
Lindsey Jackson
Head of Talent, Faire
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
VP, Global BD & Partnerships at Hopper
Christine Song
Christine Song
Chief People Officer, Knix
Kevin Michael
Kevin Michael
Co-Founder, CEO at Tempo
Didier Lavallée
Didier Lavallée
CEO, Tetra Digital Group
Evan Little
Evan Little
COO at Mangrove Systems
David McIninch
David McIninch
CRO at Transit Technologies
​Anthony Mouchantaf
​Anthony Mouchantaf
Co-Founder & CEO, Biossil
Jack Chen
Jack Chen
Co-Founder & CEO, SWIDIA
Akshat Jagga
Akshat Jagga
CEO, Dippy AI
Eddie Halfyard
Eddie Halfyard
Co-Founder, CarbonRun
​James Lochrie
​James Lochrie
Partner, Thin Air Labs
​Marc Bellemare
​Marc Bellemare
Co-Founder and CSO, Reliant AI
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Toronto Tech Week

Toronto Tech Week is a weeklong citywide collection of events with a shared purpose to connect and celebrate builders, startups, and companies in the tech community. This is not a traditional conference – it’s an open platform for anyone to join or host events to globally showcase Toronto as a city where anything is possible.

Golden is proud to be a Founding Partner of Toronto Tech Week, with Ameet Shah and Julia Baird serving as co-organizers, supporting the vision and execution of this exciting initiative.

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Ameet Shah
Partner
Julia Konefal
Head, Platform and Operations
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The Summer Social

The Golden Ventures Founder & VC Summer Social brings together a highly-curated guest list of top VCs, founders, and operators for a valuable evening of networking, drinks, and light bites.

350+

Tech leaders in one room, one night only

40%

Founder representation

20%

Operator representation

40%

VC representation

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Camp Golden

At Camp Golden, we bring together an exclusive group of downstream investors, notable executives, and our top founders who are gearing up for their next fundraise for a curated day of matchmaking, networking, discussions, and activities.

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Past ATTENDEEs
Farhan Thawar
Shopify
Matt Francis
Athletic Greens
Nilam Ganenthiran
Beacon Software
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The Underground Female Founders Collective

The Underground Collective is a private brunch series created by founders for founders – who just happen to be female. You can think about it like the anti-social social club for leading founders. No performative actions, no checking boxes, just f*cking good founders and operators coming together to connect, share best practices, and deepen relationships.

With the help of a few of our incredible portfolio founders – Nuha, Co-founder & CEO of Erthos, Emily, Founder & CEO of Rebelstork, and Shelby, Founder & CEO of Arteria AI – We’re building THE event series that female founders and operators actually want.

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Nuha Siddiqui
Nuha Siddiqui
Co-founder & CEO of Erthos
Emily Hosie
Emily Hosie
Co-founder & CEO of Rebelstork
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Shelby Austin
Founder & CEO of Arteria AI
Julia Baird
Julia Baird
Operations & Platform at Golden Ventures
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Golden Founders Social

Where connections thrive

Exclusive for Golden Ventures Portfolio Companies, our semi-annual founder socials provide our founding teams an opportunity  to forge meaningful bonds and amplify their collective potential.

"Thanks, Golden Ventures team. The best party of the year."
Josh Sookman
CEO of MasterHealth
"Thanks so much for such an engaging event!"
Christy Prada
CEO of Future Fertility
"Killer event! Thanks to the entire Golden Ventures team, all the sponsors and partners, and especially all the amazing tech leaders in attendance. I can't wait for the next one!"
Sid Paquette
Head of RBCx
"Very informative - I learned tangible insights I took away to my team."
Dasha Sivkov
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"Thank you for the invite!! What an awesome room of fantastic people. Nicely done."
Matt McGowan
Country Director at Snapchat

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