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July 17, 2023: The art of the deal
How this company makes your deal come together in less time, more announcements from across the ecosystem, and cool jobs just for you
Alex at TechTO
July 17, 2023
Profile: Rebecca Kacaba & DealMaker
What is DealMaker?
DealMaker is transforming the process of raising capital to simple eCommerce. Its innovative technology was designed to enable organizations to own and control exempt market raises to get the money they need, faster.
With DealMaker, brands, and founders are back in control to run streamlined, successful capital raises. To date, DealMaker has processed over $1.7B in transactions and over 650,000 investments.
What insight led you to start DealMaker?
The pain points of the capital raise process. How antiquated it was and how many founders were frustrated at how complicated it was for them to raise the capital they needed to grow their businesses.
What should people know about DealMaker?
As Canada’s 3rd Fastest Growing Company, DealMaker has taken major market share in the US and landed clients like the NFL’s Green Bay Packers.
To date, DealMaker has processed over $1.7B in transactions and over 650,000 investments - more than any counterparts or competitor in North America.
What is the best advice you wish you gave yourself when you were starting out?
Seek feedback.
We’re hyper-focused on having meaningful conversations with our current and potential customers and system users to acquire critical feedback, which helps us improve our product, tech, and ourselves, in real-time.
Keep Connected with DealMaker
Speaking of DealMaker - check out these great discussions with Rebecca and Co-Founder Mat Goldstein from the TechTO archives.
Rebecca spoke about her journey and learning at a recent TechTO: Together
Mat joined us on the podcast to discuss his Founders journey and the future of DealMaker
You can also learn more about DealMaker here
The Founders Journey REWIND: Mat Goldstein of DealMaker
TechTO's Founders Journey Series gives you unparalleled access to some of today's top Founders and Leaders from across the Canadian Tech Ecosystem. We chat with our guests about their journeys to building their current business and the lessons they learned along the way.
On a recent episode of The Founders Journey, we spoke with the current Co-Founder and CRO of DealMaker, Mat Goldstein.
Named one of North America's most innovative lawyers by the Financial Times, Mat has practiced on Wall Street and Bay Street, and built and advised numerous startups before founding DealMaker.
In today's podcast, we discuss:
His background as a lawyer
Early years
Influence for building DealMaker
Lessons learned
The challenges of the current market
What you need to know when looking to raise
Best advice for Founders today
The future of DealMaker
Taking a Backseat as a Founder, and Why it's Critical to the Future of a Business
In this episode, we cover:
(0:00) Intro to Mat and DealMaker
(2:40) What does it take to plan and grow a business
(5:00) The journey to building DealMaker
(5:35) Choosing your Co-Founder
(7:40) How to know when to execute your idea
(10:20) What was the first step you took when launching DealMaker
(12:51) Using DealMaker to raise money
(15:49) The early challenges of building DealMaker
(25:05) What allowed them to raise
(27:22) How a company can be successful using DealMaker
(32:59) What Mat is doing today, and what makes his role unique
(40:51) Taking a Backseat as a Founder
Where can you connect with Mat?
Find him on LinkedIn
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Events
An exclusive event (Insiders Only) | August 3, 2023 - learn more about how to get access to a private networking event with TechTO’s Insiders and an exclusive group of leaders
TechTO: Together | August 14, 2023 - Another edition of the popular in-person series returns with a fresh new line-up of speakers and brings you more elite leaders to rub shoulders with.
TechTO: Together | September 11, 2023 - Rub shoulders with impressive leaders like Michael Garrity (FinanceIt) and Andrew Just (Train Fitness), and many others. Learn from the best, get real-time feedback on your ideas, and learn what it takes to build a successful business.
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