If you want to understand Venture Capital, the most useful entry point is the work — what's shipping, what's breaking, and what's worth the next month of attention.
Short definition. Venture Capital: early-stage investment, Canadian capital formation, and the founder-investor relationship.
In Venture Capital, the trade-off is rarely between safe and bold. It's between fast and observable.
How Rami works on Venture Capital
Most of what Rami knows about Venture Capital comes from shipping into it. He is a Venture Partner at Antler in Canada and was Entrepreneur in Residence at Menlo Ventures in San Francisco. He has advised Invest Ottawa since 2022. The rest comes from teaching it — at universities, at AI Tinkerers, and inside founder programs at Antler and Mila — and from writing about it at Action Potential.
Where this shows up in his writing
Automate the audit, not the judgment.
— Rami Alhamad, the codebase that fixes itself at 3am
Founders respond to capital availability before culture, talent, or geography. Get the capital stack right and the rest follows.
— Rami Alhamad, canada strong fund startup ecosystem
What Rami is reading on Venture Capital
The most up-to-date reading on Venture Capital from Rami's perspective is at Action Potential and in the concept pages on this site.
For the longer version, see Action Potential and the library of related pieces.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.