Sidewalk Labs courting local venture capitalists to back smart-city project on Toronto waterfront

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of dozens of urbanists, philanthropists and executives, and regularly lobbies all three levels of government.

arguing that Canadians stand to lose out on massive future revenue opportunities from Sidewalk-developed technologies. Others, such as Clearbanc co-founders Michele Romanow and Andrew D’Souza, have thrown their support behind the project, calling it a catalyst for the tech sector. Brightspark VC Mr. Skapinker said that while there were some pointed discussions about Sidewalk’s support for Canadian venture, “it was quite a positive meeting.” Mr. Croxon, who attended only briefly, said he remained concerned about the Sidewalk project’s unanswered questions. Without guarantees around Canadian benefits from theStory continues below advertisementSidewalk’s director of investments is Nicole LeBlanc, who joined from the Business Development Bank of Canada last year.

 

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