Investor Connect 900: Building Ontario's VC Ecosystem, Governance, and Scaling Innovation with Brenda Hogan

Investor Connect Podcast · Oct 23, 2026 · 19m

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Brenda Hogan, CIO at Venture Ontario, to discuss how Venture Ontario operates like a sovereign-wealth-style investor focused exclusively on backing venture capital funds across general technology, life sciences/medical devices, cleantech, and climate tech. Brenda explains how fund-of-funds and co-investment models help develop Canada's venture ecosystem over multiple fund cycles by bringing together institutional capital, governments, universities, corporates, and other partners to help companies move from product-market fit to true global…