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Micro‑Angel Investing • Founder Advisory • Early‑Stage Support

If you're building a cloud‑native, AI‑driven, or public‑sector‑aligned product in Ottawa–Gatineau, we want to hear from you. Playbook Nexus invests early — combining small cheques with hands‑on technical advisory to help founders build strong, scalable foundations.

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Pitch Playbook Nexus

If you're building a cloud‑native, AI‑driven, or public‑sector‑aligned product in the Ottawa–Gatineau region, Playbook Nexus would love to hear from you. We invest early — often before traditional angel groups — and combine small cheques with high‑impact technical advisory to help founders build strong, scalable foundations.


What We Invest In

  • Cheque size: $2,500–$10,000 micro‑angel investments
  • Advisory‑for‑equity: 0.25%–2% for architecture, cloud strategy, AI integration, and security guidance
  • Stage: pre‑seed, prototype, early validation, or early revenue
  • Location: Ottawa–Gatineau founders or teams building for the region
  • Focus: cloud‑native, AI‑enabled, or public‑sector‑aligned products

We are especially interested in founders solving real problems with practical, scalable technology — not hype.


What Founders Get

  • Technical advisory: architecture, cloud strategy, DevOps, security, and modernization guidance
  • AI integration support: local‑first AI, agent‑native workflows, and responsible AI patterns
  • Public‑sector insight: procurement, compliance, and enterprise readiness
  • Hands‑on help: roadmap refinement, early product shaping, and technical decision support
  • Community: access to a growing network of Ottawa founders and builders

Our goal is simple: help you build something that can survive real‑world constraints and scale with confidence.


How We Work With Founders

We focus on high‑leverage support, not high‑volume meetings. The goal is clarity, momentum, and technical sanity — without overwhelming your schedule or ours.

  • Advisory cadence: one 45–60 minute session every two weeks
  • Deep dives: architecture, AI integration, roadmap shaping, and GTM refinement
  • Between sessions: light async support for quick questions, sanity checks, and unblockers
  • Communication: one primary channel (email or Slack), with typical 24–48 hour responses

Anything requiring deeper work is handled in our next session so we can do it properly.


Advisory‑for‑Equity

For founders who want hands‑on technical and strategic support, we offer advisory‑for‑equity structures that align incentives and accelerate progress.

  • Equity range: 0.25%–2%, depending on involvement and stage
  • Vesting: 12‑month vesting with a 3‑month cliff
  • Entity: equity is issued to Playbook Nexus Consulting Inc.
  • What’s included: architecture, cloud strategy, AI patterns, security guidance, product shaping, and founder decision support

You keep any vested equity if the relationship ends early — standard, clean, and founder‑friendly.


What We Look For

  • Coachability: founders who listen, iterate, and ship
  • Clarity: a real problem, a real user, and a believable path to value
  • Technical sanity: architecture that won’t collapse under growth
  • Alignment: places where our expertise can materially accelerate you

If we can’t help you, we won’t invest — alignment matters more than hype.


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