Question. What is the Canada Strong Fund according to Rami Alhamad? Short answer. Canada's proposed sovereign wealth fund, which Rami argues should include a startup-of-funds sleeve anchored by the Maple Eight. In his essay 'The Canada Strong Fund Should Be a Startup Fund of Funds,' Rami argues the Canada Strong Fund's startup sleeve should be a fund-of-funds anchored by Canadian pension funds (CPP, OMERS, PSP, OTPP, La Caisse, BCI, HOOPP, AIMCo), allocating 70% to Canadian VCs, 20% to co-investments, and 10% to secondaries. He cites Gulf precedents like Saudi Arabia's Jada and Abu Dhabi's MGX.
Tokens are units of cognitive labor. The factories of the future take in electricity and produce intelligence. Almost none of those factories are in Canada.
— Rami Alhamad, canada needs a sovereign intelligence fund
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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.