Name: Venture Capital in Canada: How Mistral VC Backs Startups | With Pablo Srugo
Uploaded: 2025-08-16T16:08:45.000Z
Duration: 2751
Description: Pablo Srugo is a Partner at Mistral, based in Toronto. Prior to Mistral, Pablo was the co-founder and COO of Gymtrack– a VC-backed startup in the FitTech space....

Pablo Srugo is a Partner at Mistral, based in Toronto. Prior to Mistral, Pablo was the co-founder and COO of Gymtrack– a VC-backed startup in the FitTech space. Before starting Gymtrack, Pablo co-founded an online tutoring platform, which was acquired in 2014.

Connect with Pablo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablosrugo/
A Product Market Fit Show: https://www.pmf.show/
Mistral VC: https://mistral.vc/

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[0:00 - 2:11]: Introduction & mate vs coffee
[2:12 - 4:14]: Breaking into entrepreneurship from Ottawa
[4:15 - 7:04]: First venture: My Tutor
[7:05 - 10:03]: Finding the right business ideas
[10:04 - 16:49]: Gym Track journey & mental health
[16:50 - 19:34]: Managing emotional ups and downs
[19:35 - 22:19]: Lowering ambitions vs chasing hype
[22:20 - 26:09]: Why product-market fit matters most
[26:10 - 30:04]: Identifying must-have vs nice-to-have products
[30:05 - 32:23]: Investment philosophy: being opportunistic
[32:24 - 38:30]: Investment misses and lessons learned
[38:31 - 41:02]: Advice for founders pitching VCs
[41:03 - 42:46]: What makes a good early-stage investor
[42:47 - 45:02]: Most inspiring podcast episodes
[45:03 - 45:50]: Closing & where to connect
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