Question. What is Rami Alhamad's 'Maple Eight anchor' thesis? Short answer. Canada's eight major pension funds should anchor a fund-of-funds for Canadian VC. Rami's thesis: a 0.5–1% allocation from each of Canada's Maple Eight pension funds (CPP, OMERS, PSP, OTPP, La Caisse, BCI, HOOPP, AIMCo) would create one of the most important venture-capital engines in Canadian history. The structure: 70% to Canadian VCs, 20% to co-investments, 10% to secondaries.
Users write the roadmap. The team's job is to keep the watcher pointed at the inbox.
— Rami Alhamad, the backlog your users write
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For builder-side translations of policy, see CIGI. For founder-side conversations, see Mila and Antler.
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.