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Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures

Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures

Tank Talks is a straight-talking podcast featuring candid conversations with founders, investors, and builders, offering real-world strategies and no-fluff insights on startups and innovation.

Ripple Ventures

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Show overview

Tank Talks By Ripple Ventures has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 341 episodes. That works out to roughly 240 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 33 min and 53 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 42 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 69 episodes published. Published by Ripple Ventures.

Episodes
341
Running
2020–2026 · 6y
Median length
45 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Join your host, Matt Cohen, Founder & Managing Partner at Ripple Ventures for weekly conversations with leaders in the startup ecosystem discussing the truth about investing, building and running startups. tanktalks.substack.com

Latest Episodes

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The Rundown 7/20/26: TouchBistro’s Collapse, Meta’s $13B AI Bet, and Canada’s Defence Boom

Jul 20, 202626 min

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The 4.3 Trillion Dollar Problem: Why Venture’s Liquidity Crisis Is Here to Stay with John Rikhtegar and Peter Walker

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Arctic Edge Panel: Defence Tech, Dual-Use, and the Future of Canadian Innovation

Jul 2, 202645 min

Toronto Tech Week and the New Era of Canadian Startup Ambition

Jun 26, 20261h 18m

The Rundown 6/23/26: The AI Hype Machine, Canada’s Capital Gap, and the Return of Hard Tech

Jun 23, 202652 min

Why Canada’s Trading Market is Ready for Disruption with Michael Arbus of moomoo Canada

Jun 17, 202653 min

The Brutal Truth About Hardware Startups and Physical AI with Aidan Madigan-Curtis of Eclipse Capital

Jun 8, 202652 min

The Rundown 6/4/22: Alphabet’s $80B AI Bet, Anthropic’s IPO Push, and the New AI Capital War

Jun 4, 202619 min

The Rundown 5/25/26: SPACs Are Back: Xanadu, UniUni, and Canada’s Capital Gap

May 25, 202626 min

The Case for Concentrated Seed with Jason Shuman of Primary Ventures

May 21, 202652 min

Inside Canada’s Most Ambitious Space Infrastructure Company with Mina Mitry of Kepler Communications

May 13, 202637 min

Bring it Home: Canada's Regulatory Gridlock & Real Estate Recovery with Jon Love of KingSett Capital

May 7, 202644 min

The Rundown 4/28/26: Canada’s $25B Sovereign Wealth Fund: Genius Move or Political Slush Fund?

Apr 28, 202632 min
Matt Cohen