Kauffman Fellows Program Partial Scholarship

The Kauffman Fellows Program is one of the world’s premier innovation, leadership and venture capital education — designed to develop and train future global leaders of the VC industry. BDC Capital works closely with the program to identify next-generation Canadian venture capital leaders and provide financial subsidies so they can take advantage of this unparalleled learning opportunity. To date, we have supported the participation of 14 Canadian candidates, nine women and five men.

Support provided for:

BDC Capital

• Ela Borenstein, Vice President, Venture Capital Incentivized Programs
• Michelle Scarborough, Managing Partner, Women in Tech Venture Fund
• Mark Trevitt, Partner, Industrial, Clean and Energy Technology Venture Fund

External Funds

• Janet Bannister, Staircase Ventures
• Rob Barbara, Build Ventures
• Stephanie Choo, Portage Ventures
• Code Cubitt, Mistral Venture Partners
• Karim Gillani, Luge Capital
• Ajay Gopal, Framework Venture Capital
• Éléonore Jarry, Brightspark Ventures
• Alicia Lenis, Chrysalix Venture Capital
• Mike McCauley, Garage Capital
• Mia Morisset, Inovia Capital
• Shirley Speakman, Cycle Capital
• Margaret Wu, Georgian Partners