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NFQ Ventures

@NFQventures

Venture accelerator channeling capital & experience from proven, successful business builders into high potential entrepreneurs, to achieve global leadership.

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Joined April 2009
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Yung Wu@YungWu4 Apr 2023
Replying to @TorontoRBOT
@TorontoRBOT celebrated its 133rd Annual Gala Dinner, in a wonderful evening. It was humbling to be amidst the movers, shakers and nation builders that are creating the glide-path for the Toronto Region, and by extension, for Canada to fly #AboveTheRadar.
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Yung Wu@YungWu4 Mar 2023
Thank you Ambassador @C_Stewart729 for visiting @MaRSDD, and your advocacy on this all important priority for Canadians. Supporting innovations to help solve for our Net Zero aspirations, also gets us a leg up on a global jump ball in a multi-trillion dollar climate economy!🙏🇨🇦
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Yung Wu@YungWu11 Apr 2023
I sat down with my friend, David Kinley to do an interview for his new podcast on #leadership & #entrepreneurship. Might be some ideas for others traveling a similar path. Take a listen, if you have time to kill on a treadmill 😀 The Riddick Show rss.com/podcasts/riddickpodc… via @rss
The Riddick Show | Podcast on RSS.com

The Riddick Show | Podcast on RSS.com

A walls down discussion with the top leaders on how they got to where they are today.

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Absolutely delighted, but for the millions of Canadians who received mixed vaccine doses (full disclosure, I am one of them!), it is crucial that issue is resolved so that all fully vaccinated Canadians are treated in the same way! @usconstoronto reuters.com/world/us/us-open…
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Yung Wu@YungWu3 Jan 2021
Yup ... proof that cycles do exist, and that life does go around in circles. My post from 10 years ago, on the secrets to entrepreneurial success #NFQ #EntrepreneursFieldbook nfqventures.com/yungs-entrep…
NFQ Entrepreneur’s Playbook

NFQ Entrepreneur’s Playbook

“We hold these truths to be self-evident” — well maybe in the case of the US Declaration of Independence, but not necessarily in the case of what it takes to start, build and scal…

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@MaRSDD16 Dec 2020
The full Q&A is now available with MaRS CEO @YungWu for the @MediaplanetCA Cleantech Innovation campaign. innovatingcanada.ca/technolo…
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Yung Wu@YungWu27 Dec 2020
Entrepreneurs function without a safety net, even at the best of times. In the worst of times, I would bet on their resilience, ingenuity and agility 100%. They are our future ... literally.
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Take a look back at one of the most challenging years on record for businesses and how Canadian entrepreneurs managed to thrive — and even help their communities — through innovative solutions.

Watch: A year of resilience for Canadian startups

Entrepreneurs showed their strength through this year's many hurdles.

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Yung Wu@YungWu13 Sep 2020
How will the global economy recover from COVID-19? nfqventures.com/how-will-the… via @NFQventures
How will the global economy recover from COVID-19?

How will the global economy recover from COVID-19?

The past six months have had a catastrophic impact on the global economy and recovery will require serious collaboration between private and public sectors. It’s hard to believe, but even though ma…

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Yung Wu@YungWu8 Sep 2020
Gutted to hear this abt my friend. If there’s one thing I know abt @ruffoloj, he has a habit of beating the odds. Never bet against him b4, and I’m not starting now. John, you’re here w/ us for a reason, and I know you’re not done yet. Katrina and I send our love and prayers.
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Canadian tech financier John Ruffolo paralyzed in cycling crash /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business…
Canadian tech financier John Ruffolo paralyzed in cycling crash

Canadian tech financier John Ruffolo paralyzed in cycling crash

One of the best-known figures in Canada’s innovation sector has been paralyzed below the waist after a collision with a transport truck

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Yung Wu@YungWu4 Sep 2020
The Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (#CILAR), lining up key initiatives to drive meaningful sustained action. Great mtg w/ keynotes from the ever inspiring @HabondAli and Minister @NavdeepSBains, and led by CILAR Chair, @CMMcgowan. #BetterTogether
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#ClimateChange speech BC (before COVID). More than ever, it is imperative to consider our future AC (after COVID). We must seize this opportunity to build global strength in the New Economy AND save the planet at the same time. Our future is at stake. bit.ly/3lrnvRz
Mission From MaRS: Taking Climate Action

Mission From MaRS: Taking Climate Action

As I post this video from my speech 12 months ago on Feb 7, 2020 at the Canadian Club, it is hard to remember that there was a time before the COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent black swan economic …

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Yung Wu@YungWu2 Jun 2020
Powerful words by Scott Woods ... we need to absorb these words and reflect upon them. They call out the language of privilege and shine a light on the experience of the oppressed and disadvantaged.
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Just closed my biggest deal yet! #justmarried
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Yung Wu@YungWu2 Aug 2020
Remembering ... nfqventures.com/remembering/ via @NFQventures
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Yung Wu@YungWu23 May 2020
Thanking our government leaders on their crucial response to this unprecedented crisis that we are navigating. #OhCanada
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"If you won’t value talented immigrants, Canada will." MaRS CEO @YungWu pens an open letter to America about the new restrictions on work visas. fortune.com/2020/06/29/h1b-v…
Commentary: America, you're making a big mistake on immigration. And Canada thanks you | Fortune

Commentary: America, you're making a big mistake on immigration. And Canada thanks you | Fortune

President Trump's immigration policies are chasing tech talent away from the U.S. Our neighbors to the north are happy to welcome them in.

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Fay is a rockstar tech entrepreneur and great person! @NFQventures nitter.gq/Globe_Careers/status/9…
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Fay Wu, co-founder of @NFQventures, on the changing landscape of entrepreneurship buff.ly/2AU9uVH
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We are excited to announce Fay Wu, Managing Director of @NFQventures and @sheeo_world Activator, as our mentor! She coaches and mentors CEO’s and is involved with Ryerson DMZ & MaRS. Find out more about the event mentors here: communities.techstars.com/ca…
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Coralus@Coralus_World22 Oct 2018
"[...] we have more than enough money- it's how we allocate it is the problem." - Fay Wu, Managing Director of @NFQventures, shares insights on the current investment model. We invite you to become a #SheEOActivator and disrupt this current system: bit.ly/SheEOActivate
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Fay Wu, co-founder of @NFQventures, on the changing landscape of entrepreneurship buff.ly/2AU9uVH
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