2 hours
15 Wellesley St W
Free Tickets Available
Wed, 25 Jun, 2025 at 04:00 am to 06:00 am (GMT-04:00)
15 Wellesley St W
15 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, Canada
We are officially part of Toronto Tech Week 2025, a weeklong citywide collection of events to connect and celebrate the builders. June 23 → June 27, 2025 | .
Calling all builders, founders, and early-stage dreamers — this is your chance to sit in on a candid, tactical conversation with some of the minds behind FutureSight Ventures.
We’ll go behind the scenes of how startups are shaped from scratch inside a venture studio:
🧠 Real stories from the earliest days
🏗️ What it really takes to go from idea to product
💸 How founders get funded and supported in our model
🎤 Be prepared to pitch & share your story.
This isn't just a panel — it's your chance to show up, speak up, and maybe walk away with a new opportunity. The room will be packed with surprises, resources, and people looking to build.
Who knows — these few hours might unlock your next startup idea 💡, co-founder 👫, or even funding 💰.
🥇 Tactical insight into early-stage startup building
🥈 A real sense of how venture studios work
🥉 A shot at something bigger (if you’re ready to raise your hand)
🟦 Allen Lau
Co-founder of Wattpad & Operating Partner at Two Small Fish Ventures
Wattpad scaled to 100M+ users, raised $120M, and exited for $660M in 2021. Allen now invests in Canada’s most ambitious early-stage founders.
🟨 Rich Emrich
Former CEO of Acuity Insights
Rich scaled Acuity, a category-defining EdTech company, to 150+ employees and over $20M in revenue. He’s led teams through fast growth and complex transformations.
🟥 John Carbrey
Founder & Managing Director, FutureSight
Previously co-founded SharpSchool, which served 100M+ parents & students and scaled to $70M+ ARR post-acquisition. Now leads FutureSight to co-build Vertical AI SaaS ventures from the ground up.
FutureSight Ventures is a Toronto & San Francisco-based venture studio building Vertical AI SaaS companies. We’ve helped shape multiple startups from 0 to 1 and are always looking for the next empire to co-build.
This event is held in partnership with Lane Four.
Seats are limited — secure yours now!
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| Ticket type | Ticket price |
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| Register on (https://lu.ma/7u55migz) | Free |
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