Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures

Matt Cohen

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview-led startup and venture ecosystem show featuring founders, investors, and senior operators, supplemented by market and technology rundowns. Agencies could credibly pitch accomplished startup founders, venture capital investors, and senior fintech, cybersecurity, or AI executives with demonstrated scaling, fundraising, investing, or regulated-market expertise; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 348

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: Canada

YouTube: 589 subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jones@rippleventures.com

tanktalks@substack.com

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Host

Matt Cohen - Founder and Managing Partner at Ripple Ventures, focused on investing in and supporting startups and engaging with leaders across the startup ecosystem.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Founders, venture investors, and senior executives with substantial experience building, scaling, funding, or operating technology companies, particularly in fintech, cybersecurity, AI, and regulated markets.

Required Achievements:

Founded or scaled a significant startup, Held a senior leadership role at a notable technology or fintech company, Built a venture fund or developed an established investment track record, Led major fundraising, acquisition, or market-expansion initiatives, Developed specialized expertise in cybersecurity, AI, or regulated industries

Recent Guest Discussions

Karl Holmqvist - Critical Infrastructure Security, Identity Security, Fedramp Approval, Hybrid Post-quantum Cryptography, And Securing Regulated Markets.

Wayne Pommen - Building And Scaling Paybright, Fintech Economics, Buy Now, Pay Later, M&a, Consumer Credit, And AI In Underwriting And Go-to-market.

Julia Maltby - Venture Fund Fundraising, LP And GP Relationships, Emerging Managers, Investment Processes, Data Rooms, And Co-investments.

Recent Topics

Venture Capital, Startups, Fintech, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

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Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures

The Rundown 9/29/26: Quantum Reality Check, AI Risks, and Why Canada Is Missing Its Tech Opportunity

September 29, 2026

Welcome back to another thought-provoking episode of Tank Talks! Matt Cohen is joined once again by John Ruffolo to break down the biggest stories shaping the future of technology, investing, and Canada’s economy.From the market reaction following Xanadu’s SPAC lockup expiration to the growing debate around whether Canadian pension funds are investing enough in homegrown innovation, this episode explores the opportunities and risks facing investors, founders, and policymakers.John also shares...

The Holy Grail of Energy: Why Fusion is Finally Having Its Wright Brothers Moment | Henry Gould (Daedal Systems)

September 28, 2026

In this episode of Tank Talks, host Matt Cohen sits down with Henry Gould, founder of Daedal Systems, to explore his journey from a childhood fascination with physics to building the measurement infrastructure for the entire fusion energy industry. Henry shares his path from Queen’s Engineering Physics to the plasma diagnostics team at General Fusion, where he worked on the PI3 project and saw a structural problem: every fusion company was building the same diagnostics in-house, underinvesti...

Selling Without a Sales Team: How Railway Scaled GTM to $100M+ with Under 10 Reps | Rahul Parmar

September 24, 2026

In this episode of Tank Talks, host Matt Cohen sits down with Rahul Parmar, Head of Go-to-Market at Railway and Venture Partner at Ripple Ventures, to unpack the real truths of building a sales engine in the modern AI era. Rahul shares his journey from being one of the first sales hires at Google Cloud in London to scaling Drata’s sales team from Series A to Series C, and now leading GTM at the developer-first cloud platform, Railway. He explains why the traditional sales hierarchy is becomin...

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tanktalks@substack.com

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