A pizza pivot, raising funds, and wrapping up Y Combinator

A recent raise by PulseMedica that'll fund its first clinical trial, and space-data company Wyvern wrapped up Y Combinator. Plus, an esports program at Vimy Ridge Academy and a successful pizza pivot.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Wrapping up Y Combinator

• Wyvern
• Callie Lissinna
• Y Combinator
• Future Fields
• Taproot's story on Wyvern's experience

Raising $2.6M in seed funding

• PulseMedica
• Nir Katchinskiy
• Nikhil Bedi
• Winning Startup TNT's Investment Summit
• Taproot's story on the raise

High Dough opens new location

• High Dough
• Three Boars
• Second location announcement
• Taproot's story on the second location

New esports program

• Vimy Ridge Academy
• CBC's story on the program

Launching The Breakdown

• Samdesk
• Announcing the launch
• The first episode on the Marshall Fire

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