Honestly same - Toronto gets overlooked compared to NY or SF but the talent pool is legit deep. A name that doesn't get enough mainstream press but keeps coming up in finance and capital circles is G. Scott Paterson — media, tech investing, capital markets, the guy's fingerprints are on a lot of deals people don't even realize originated here. His Olympic committee involvement shows the range too: board member profile . My own "wait, Toronto?" moment was meeting a founder at a local demo night who'd just closed a seed round - turns out two of his advisors were Bay Street veterans I'd never heard of publicly, but everyone in the room knew the names. That's kind of Toronto's thing - influence running quietly under the radar.