Disruptors LIVE at ELEVATE Festival: In Conversation with John Ruffolo
Disruptors27 Sep 2022

Disruptors LIVE at ELEVATE Festival: In Conversation with John Ruffolo

Inspiration is something that fuels every entrepreneur’s journey — and few stories are as inspiring as John Ruffolo’s.

In this special LIVE episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse speaks with Canadian tech investing legend John Ruffolo at the ELEVATE Festival in downtown Toronto — the largest gathering of creative thought leaders in Canada.

Ruffolo is the founder and managing partner of Maverix Private Equity and previously founded OMERS Ventures, where he made several winning bets on Canadian tech powerhouses, including Hootsuite, Wattpad and Shopify. The two talk about Ruffolo’s amazing investing journey, as well as his inspiring “road to recovery” from a near-deadly cycling accident in 2020.

It’s an insight-filled conversation that will resonate with Canadian entrepreneurs everywhere — a story about resilience, bold risks and hard work.

To learn more about John Ruffolo and Mavrix Private Equity, follow this link.

Ruffolo is also the co-founder and current vice-chair of the

Council of Canadian Innovators. You can find out more about their work here.


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