Alex Tushinski

Founder & CEO, Basestation

Logistics softwareTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2023

Alex Tushinski is the founder and CEO of Basestation, a Toronto vertical-SaaS company whose software helps waste and recycling haulers with scheduling, routing, asset tracking and billing. Before founding it he worked in corporate development at GFL Environmental and equity research at TD Securities. He spoke at TechTO in 2023 on raising an angel round with no network.

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How to Raise an Angel Round with No Network | Alex Tushinski

TechTO · September 2023

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Angel round doesn't have to mean friends and family around there are people out there that want to support you

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first yes to get more yeses warm intros are much better than cold outreaches

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What is Alex Tushinski known for?

Founding and leading Basestation, a Toronto software company for waste and recycling haulers. He earlier worked at GFL Environmental and TD Securities.

What did Alex Tushinski speak about at TechTO?

How he raised an angel round largely from people he had never met, starting without a tech network.

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