The Canadian Explorers

The Canadian Explorers

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The Canadian Defence & Deep-Tech Capital Guide
76 investors, programs, accelerators and angel networks for Canadian founders
 • Ethan Marcoux
Three Months of The Canadian Explorers
Fourteen conversations with the people building Canada’s future
 • Ethan Marcoux
The Icebreaker | Matthew Lombardi on Canadian Defence Startups
The Icebreaker co-founder and ONE9 director on procurement, founder traits, and the next generation of Canadian defence companies.
 • Ethan Marcoux
A Canadian Era of Startups, Defence & Greatness | Harley Finkelstein, Shopify
Be Too Good to Ignore: The President of Shopify on raising globally, reversing Canada’s brain drain, and building world-class companies from Canada.
 • Ethan Marcoux
Marconi on Startups & Exporting
Marconi CEO Alain Cohen on the first Canadian contract under SAFE, selling into Europe, and partnering with Canadian startups.
 • Ethan Marcoux
The Age of Exploration Never Ended: Vol I
Plus Ultra: Further Beyond
 • Ethan Marcoux
30 Startups for a Sovereign Canada | Canadian30
30 startups and ecosystem builders operating in the national interest
 • Ethan Marcoux
Canadian Dynamism: From Survival to Triumph
Originally published with Amiral Ventures on April 14th, 2026.
 • Nectarios Economakis and Ethan Marcoux
Canadian Explorers and their Heroes
History is not over
 • Ethan Marcoux
Canada Needs American Dynamism
Building national interests with technology.
 • Ethan Marcoux
Can Investment in Defence Kickstart a New Era of Canadian Innovation? [Industry Spotlight]
As the Canadian startup industry escapes one of its worst years of the decade, could quadrupling the defence budget spark an unexpected era of growth?
 • Ethan Marcoux
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