John Markell

Dad to teenage daughters, runner, beer miler, and collector of trivia. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 @QueensEngineer grad. Debt advisor to tech companies. Armentum Partners.

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Thanks for the (lack of reply) @united . I would have figured you at least have a bot handling simple questions like these. Disappointing.

[John Markell @JohnMarkell]

Hey @united, when do you think the wifi will work on the SFO-EWR / EWR-SFO route? It has not worked on any of the 8 flights I've taken this year.

[John Markell @JohnMarkell]

Why is Toronto Tech Week the same week as the @cvca Conference in Halifax? Someone wasn't paying attention, there.

[John Markell @JohnMarkell]

@evansammccann @avarma Thanks for sharing. I've worked with @avarma and @sundeep during their days at Xtreme. Great guys and love the name they've built for themselves and engineers from Canada, in general. Well done!

[Evan McCann @evansammccann]

For years, @avarma has been one of the most important people in Toronto tech without many outside the ecosystem fully understanding why.

He helped build Xtreme Labs. Autonomic sold to Ford. Xtreme’s story even brushes up against Tinder.

He has been described as “sort of the king of Toronto.” Others put it more bluntly: “What people don’t realize is that he was carrying Toronto and KW tech on his back.”

Now, with Mantle, he is building again.

My profile:

[John Markell @JohnMarkell]

It's been an interesting quarter in private credit. We share our observations and thoughts on the growth and venture debt technology markets.

[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: https://t.co/qBtj1ycDkP

[Mike Commito @mikecommito]

Slap Shot was released 49 years ago today…

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Here, we share our observations and thoughts on the enterprise value lending and venture debt technology markets. Enjoy!

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@AlmostMedia I don’t understand your post. It is not like you to post grammatically ambiguous stuff.

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Our thoughts on the enterprise value and venture debt lending markets for technology businesses for the past quarter. We remain quite active, having closed over $3.2 billion in debt commitments for clients through Q3 2025.

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@SeanSilcoff Ummm…say more, please.

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Records Fall at Beer Mile World Classic in Lisbon. Summary and race videos here:

https://t.co/sY6sOREemL

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@BetaKit @bdc_ca @RBC This feels like we're moving backwards from a market-driven venture loan market to....whatever this is supposed nurture. Why the guarantees? Not sure that is providing the market what it needs for a sustainable venture lending community.

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We share our thoughts on the current state of the enterprise value and venture debt markets for technology businesses. Enjoy!

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Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

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@FutureJurvetson Thanks for sharing insights of your own strategy. And congrats on the longevity!

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Our observations from Q1 and thoughts as we look ahead in 2025 for the enterprise value and venture debt technology market. Enjoy!

[John Markell @JohnMarkell]

@Garmin why does your mobile app not recognize me / my watch and require completely reinstalling my watch every time I travel?

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

CA just became the 4th largest economy in the WORLD.

In 2023, we contributed $83 billion to the fed govt.

Texas? Took $71 billion.

71% of America's economic output comes from dem areas-- places with longer lifespans, higher wages, & lower murder rates.