Prashant Matta
Managing Partner | Panache Ventures
Prashant Matta is a Managing Partner at Panache Ventures, a leading pre-seed stage venture capital fund. Led by a team of experienced operators, Panache Ventures invests in visionary founders and helps them transform their ideas into successful high-growth companies. Prashant leads the firm’s investment and growth strategies and he is a strong advocate for entrepreneurs across the country. He is also a board member of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and chairs the organization’s government relations committee. Before launching Panache Ventures, Prashant was an investor at OMERS Ventures and prior to that he was a product strategist for Samsung.
10 MINS
Trading Floor
Opening Remarks
Join us as we kick off CIX Summit with co-chairs Laura Lenz and Prashant Matta, discussing the current state of the Canadian market, venture capital investing, and the future of the Canadian tech landscape.
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Library
Investor Forum
A new addition to CIX Summit 2025, the Investor Forum is a private gathering designed exclusively for top investors attending this year’s event.
This closed-door forum brings together leading VCs and institutional investors for high-value networking and off-the-record discussions on the latest trends shaping early-stage and growth investing.
The Investor Forum will be hosted by Kim Furlong, CEO, CVCA, with Opening Remarks from CIX Co-Chairs Laura Lenz, Partner, OMERS & Prashant Matta, Managing Partner, Panache Ventures. You’ll join a series of roundtable discussions and end the day with key takeaways. Full agenda and speaker list to be shared directly with Investor passholders.
