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Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming

Summary by BetaKit
If Serena Williams FaceTimes you to learn about your business, you’d better answer. That’s what Emly Hosie did.  The CEO of Toronto-based re-commerce startup Rebel recounted how the tennis superstar wanted to invest in her Series A round in a panel discussion at Toronto Tech Week’s Homecoming event on Wednesday.   “Serena Facetimed me, and I was like, ‘what is happening?’” Hosie said, in response to moderator Andrew D’Souza’s question about how …
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BetaKit broke the news on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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