Boris Wertz

Boris Wertz, Founding partner at Version One Ventures, talks about marketplace evolution, focusing on niche markets, solving chicken and egg problem, buyer mindshare, and long-tail models. They discuss the importance of understanding demand and supply matching in 'hotspots', liquidity in marketplaces, and pricing strategies. Boris also explores high-ticket collectibles, early-stage investing, and growth strategies for marketplaces.

Lucy Hargreaves, CEO of Build Canada and policy advocate for innovation, and Boris Wertz, founding partner at Version One Ventures and early-stage investor, discuss Canada's Start-up Visa. They talk about how program changes led to fraud and long backlogs. They explore faster processing, stricter fraud controls, investment-backed applications, and ways to keep global founders and repatriate Canadian entrepreneurs.