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You might recall us mentioningthe name Chamath Palihapitiya a few times on Profectio.com, he is a Canadian born guy who was one of the first employees of Facebook, and is also on the Executive Board of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.  As a venture capitalist,  he  also invested in GoInstant, which has now been sold to Salesforce.com for $70 million.
Chamath Palihapitiya latest move, investing upwards of $20 million into Toronto-based Xtreme Labs, and in effect buying out Co-Founders Sundeep Madra and Amar Varma, both of which he has known since his school days.

Moving forward Xtreme Labs will continue to focus on development of mobile applications with existing and new clients.
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Dave Forde

Dave “The Connector” Forde is a 20-year veteran of the Canadian marketing, PR, and tech industries. He is the founder of The Connected One network, including industry news sites Canadian Ad Insider and PR In Canada, and serves as a strategic business advisor. Connect with him on LinkedIn and X.


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