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Expa's founder is from BC so I think them opening up an office there is mostly due to an excess of cash they have from Uber's success, not that it necessarily makes sense from a VC perspective. I hope I'm wrong since I would love to see Vancouver / Toronto have the same earning power as SV.
We're opening up Vancouver because there's a massive untapped potential of talent in the area that we can help bridge with SF. I've met and seen many amazing entrepreneurs, developers, designers and all other roles of a startup in this city who are very capable and talented. Our goal is to give them a platform and a opportunity to realize success without having to move south.
I agree that on the Canuck side we have a lot of untapped potential and people working very hard for very little money.
I figured Garret was homesick :)