Thursday, November 19, 2026
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
North House Victoria, 838 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1H6 (open in Google Maps)
Under 1 min walk. 6 locations within 5 min.
Free Event
0 Registered, as of Oct 21 19:36
Organizer(s): North House on LinkedIn
Hosts: Melina Nezam on LinkedIn, Owen Works on LinkedIn
Featuring: Andrew McLeod on LinkedIn
Andrew McLeod co-founded Certn in Victoria in 2016 to fix background screening, a slow and frustrating process for everyone involved. Ten years later, Certn runs checks for more than 20,000 companies worldwide and has raised over $100M. Owen Works moderates the conversation, which follows Certn from a Victoria startup to a global company. It also gets into raising money, acquisitions and exits, hiring across borders, and what Andrew would do differently if he were starting again today. Bring your questions.
Who's in the room: Founders at every stage, from a first company to a scaling startup, plus anyone curious how a Victoria company went global.
Anu's Take
North House has arrived in the Victoria scene with regular programming on the go. Our local rockstar Andrew McLeod is in the house. If you're scaling a startup and wondering how far it can go from here, this is your chance to ask someone who's done it. I do wish these were held around a fire at night. Even a natural gas fire on a rooftop patio would do.
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Published Wednesday, October 21, 2026 by Anu Jolliffe on LinkedIn