CIBC Innovation Banking Videos

Dax Dasilva: When you, as a leader, believe in something

and you show passion for something, that's contagious.

(upbeat music begins)

David Barrett: When you're starting off,

it's just super important to say yes to every opportunity.

Ed Quilty: It's not an easy journey.

Arun Menawat: Everything we're working on is working,

and we're either not moving fast enough

or being aggressive enough in our field.

Ed Quilty: I want to do work on much larger problems.

Mallorie Brodie: I think where the big mistakes happen

is where people are putting all their eggs in one basket.

Dax Dasilva: Conservation,

sustainability.

These things have to be built

into the way that we work.

Jordan Boesch: The best decisions are often the hardest.

DD: When you have more time to really know what you stand

for, to really build a set of values and build a way

of operating that is uniquely your own.

MH: So, your minimal viable product was a pad of paper?

Mallorie Brodie: Yep.

JB: What we do have going for us there is, you know,

smart people that are, that are extremely loyal

and that want to be part of something bigger.

DB: And we settled upon CIBC Innovation Banking

because they were just

so familiar with what our needs were

and they were so flexible and trying to come up with

a structure that accommodated our unique business model.

DB: I was like, "this is going to change everything."

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JB: CIBC has been a great advocate

for tech companies and growing businesses like ourselves.

AM: We shift this whole concept

to an entirely new level.

EQ: It's like the difference between

looking at a photo versus watching the whole movie.

DD: We have tools now to build a bigger,

more international company.

DB: We just did our own Super Bowl ad

just for the fun of it.

AM: The fact that CIBC did a thorough diligence,

understood our technology.

JB: That was a major growth driver for us

that we felt was a big contributor to our success.

Lauren Lake: They've opened lots of doors.

EQ: CIBC had this innovative DNA.

JB: Being in partner with them

from a banking perspective,

has just meant a lot of great hands on work.

We're more of a partner, less of a client.

DB: In the end, it turns out

that it was a much better opportunity

than anything else I was doing prior.

DD: Just seeing what this team has been able to accomplish,

as a Canadian company,

establishing something that it's truly global.

JB: And we can really stay laser focused

to deliver a great product

and build a massive company.

DB: At every point in the process,

they were so supportive and so creative,

we just realized we've got a partner for life.