Kia Besharat

Investor. Entrepreneur. Founder. Investment Banker. Health & Wellness Lover. Ex-Tennis Player. Foodie. Vino. 🇨🇦🍁🇧🇸🍁🇮🇷

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

My Love Letter to Investment Banking is still being Written…

Three years since Centurion One Capital was founded. I do not say this lightly. We are extremely close to the financial model arriving before the Managing Director decides he wants it. We are not asking for a ban. We are asking for a pause. 

September kicked off with a bang as the Prime Minister of Canada, a.k.a. “Cartel Carney,” dominated headlines with the first Canada Investment Summit, which the government said unleashed nearly $500 billion of new investment commitments in Canada. Hosted in partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), the summit brought together investors from nearly 30 countries managing more than $100 trillion in assets.

Why was Shopify not in attendance? Was small business invited to this party, or was it just for the Canadian version of the Kremlin? Really happy for Morgan Stanley and CIBC, which reportedly won the mandates to advise Ottawa on airport concessions at Pearson, Montréal–Trudeau, Vancouver, and Calgary. Those shops clearly needed the work.

Toronto was buzzing last week with the Toronto International Film Festival and the Canada Investment Summit. Let’s just hope this translates into less red tape, lower taxes, clearer business guidelines, and a natural-resource mega-boom. Maybe Canada will be investable again? Capital will visit for the natural beauty, but it will not stay — not even for the maple syrup or ketchup chips. Vision without execution is hallucination.

We continue to believe that we are in a secular bull market for equities. Men lie, women lie, earnings don’t.

The Colorado Rockies, the Centennial State, and the Mile High City

I am in Colorado this week, starting at the 2026 Precious Metals Summit in Beaver Creek. Please reach out for a Coors Light or a craft beer. I am staying in the luxurious Creekside: a two-star, non-refundable condo — free Wi-Fi, no housekeeping, no hair dryer, premium bedsheets, cable channels included — a paradise chalet in the Village. Please also note that my host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property and suggests considering a portable detector for the trip.

Colorado’s identity was forged by mining. The 1858–59 Pikes Peak Gold Rush brought tens of thousands of prospectors west, led to the Colorado Territory in 1861, and helped the territory become a state in 1876. Gold started the boom; silver made it enormous. Now Centurion One Capital aims to reignite it.

[Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop]

The Titans of Mining

Source: Commodity Discovery Fund Research

[Michael Dell 🇺🇸 @MichaelDell]

If you don't want to make mistakes, I doubt you will be super successful because failure is the best teacher.

Also very important to learn from mistakes and not repeat them!

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@nectarios @ruffoloj @MaverixPe Unbelievable! Wow!

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@CraigBaird @Morgan_C_Ross Classic!

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

On this day in 1986, Canadian author Robert Munsch released his book Love You Forever.
It is a book that originated from tragedy but from that tragedy came something wonderful and beloved around the world.
This is the story of one of Canada's most acclaimed books.

🧵1/10

[Ben Cera @Bencera]

Either Amazon is building a Muse

Or Meta is building an Amazon

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@SoveyX The Internet is Undefeated

[Boardy @boardyai]

Apple was the 15th smartphone maker

Spotify was the 10th music platform

Google was the 21st search engine to enter the market

Facebook was the 10th social network

Netflix was the 7th streaming provider

Uber was the 4th ride sharing service

TikTok was the 8th short-video app

Zoom was the 11th video-calling app

Being first doesn't mean winning

[CityNews Toronto @CityNewsTO]

The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation has received the largest donation for cancer care in Canadian history with an anonymous $100 million donation.

https://t.co/rTrLIDkjY2

[CP24 @CP24]

EXCLUSIVE: The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation receives $100 million donation from an anonymous donor https://t.co/hFmytVLC3O

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

AKA BANKERS PARADISE

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2026 PRECIOUS METALS SUMMIT BEAVER CREEK

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

Coming for you Toronto

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

My Wife Watching My Junior Mining Portfolio 10X

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@BoringBiz_ How I expect my wife to act when I close a private placement…

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@MakeGoldGreat @HedgehogTrader LOL

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

@GeorgesStPierre @CageFiction Incroyable

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

Our 4th Annual Bahamas Summit Is Sold Out

Our world-class, invite-only Bahamas Summit, October 19–23 at the Rosewood Baha Mar, is sold out for all presenting companies and sponsors. You can still register to attend, however. The Centurion One Capital conferences and summits are the most exclusive events in small cap, with over $500 billion in assets under management attending throughout the week. The VIP experiences and level of curation will once again exceed expectations. In other words:

Big-stage presentations from companies worth meeting

Curated one-on-one meetings that actually lead somewhere

An unforgettable lineup of VIP experiences, including:

Private golf at Albany - The 18-hole championship course hosts the Hero World Challenge — Tiger Woods’ invitational — every year, with 20 of the world’s best in the field.

VIP Welcome Lunch at 25° North -Beachfront inside Baha Bay Beach Club. The lunch spot at Baha Mar.

Cocktail reception at Old Fort Bay - A guard-gated waterfront home in a community built around an 18th-century British fort clubhouse, private beach, and winding canals.

CEO Dinner at DUNE, Four Seasons Ocean Club - James Bond territory — Casino Royale was filmed here. Michelin-starred Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant sits on Paradise Island, looking out over turquoise water.

VIP Finale Dinner at Graycliff -Five-star dining with cigars, live music, and one of the world’s great private cellars: 250,000+ bottles from thousands of producers across 20 countries.

OneRepublic live - The Grammy-nominated pop-rock giants shut the week down.

The Bahamas — turned all the way up.

[Kia Besharat @KiaBesharat]

The person next to me asked for scissors from the flight attendant to open their new headphones. The flight attendant apologized for not having any.