Top 50 Community Angel Investors in Canada (October 2023)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Diplo (Thomas Pentz)
Angel
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3 | United States, Canada | Series A, Seed, Angel | Apps, Media and Entertainment, Financial Services | $13M–$87M |
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Ryan Holmes
Angel
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3 | Canada, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $599k–$4M |
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Brian Wong
Angel
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2 | Canada | Angel | Communities, Local, Internet | $1M–$1M |
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Roham Gharegozlou
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, Poland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency | $350k–$13M |
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Grace Chou
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed | Women's, Health Care, Personal Health | |
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Jon Oringer
Angel
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2 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce | $80k–$9.3M |
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Victoria Treyger
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, France | Seed, Series B, Series A | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $3.3M–$16M |
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Steve Arless
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed | Women's, Health Care, Personal Health | |
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Mo Larbi Bennis
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Convertible Note | Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise | |
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Shannon Byrne Susko
Angel
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2 | Canada | Angel | Communities, Local, Internet | $1M–$1M |
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Nadav Ben-Chanoch
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $100k–$5M |
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Harley Finkelstein
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps | |
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Lance Tracey
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Communities, Internet, Software | $1M–$4M |
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Lance Priebe
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Angel | eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network | $75k–$424k |
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Manny Padda
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed, Angel | Marketing, Communities, Local | $1M–$1M |
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Philip Sane
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
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Steven Simoni
Angel
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1 | Canada | Pre-Seed | Software, Reservations | |
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James Sowers
Angel
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1 | United States, Switzerland, Singapore | Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Secondary Market | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software | $35k–$99M |
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Dustin Plett
Angel
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1 | Canada | Series A | Apps, Content, Internet | |
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T. Chen Fong
Angel
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1 | Canada, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $872k–$5M |
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Charlie Songhurst
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $360k–$18M |
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Alexandra Nestertchouk
Angel
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1 | Canada | Pre-Seed | Apps, Other, Mobile | |
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Rick Marini
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | $1M–$50M |
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Jim Fletcher
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Angel | Mobile, Apps, News | |
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Marc Bell
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Fashion, Consumer, Lifestyle | |
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James Pardieck
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing | |
| John Maloney | 1 | Seed, Angel, Series A | Software, Media and Entertainment, Internet | $610k–$7M | |
| Shawn Abbott | 1 | Series B, Series A, Series C | IT, Software, Science/Engineering | $3.8M–$15M | |
| Jay Weintraub | 1 | Seed, Series A | IT, Software, Apps | $250k–$1.3M | |
| Shu Duan | 1 | Seed, Series B | Software, Data and Analytics, Hardware | $1M–$3.2M | |
| Chuck Rifici | 1 | Series A | Gaming, Health Care, Food/Beverage | ||
| Anthony Lacavera | 1 | Seed, Pre-Seed | Hardware, Software, Health Care | $1.1M–$5M | |
| Robert Chaplinsky | 1 | Series A, Seed, Series F | Software, Other, Sales/Marketing | $7.2M–$9.7M | |
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Razor Suleman
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Internet, IT, Community/Lifestyle | |
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Erol E. Uzumeri
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Other, Real Estate, Commerce/Shopping | |
| Anarghya Vardhana | 1 | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Software, Other | ||
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Dennis Bennie
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things | $726k–$5M |
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Lev Ekster
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Colombia | Seed, Series A, Series D | E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Lifestyle | $3.6M–$40M |
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Edward Lando
Angel
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $100k–$4.5M |
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Ken Miyoshi
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Convertible Note | FinTech, Video, Enterprise Software | $725k–$2.9M |
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Ben Narasin
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Mexico | Seed, Series A | Software, Mobile, Apps | $1M–$10M |
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Monique Woodard
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, India | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Apps, Software | $1M–$3.5M |
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Som Seif
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Finance, Internet, Infrastructure | |
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Krystle Mobayeni
Angel
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1 | Canada | Pre-Seed | Software, Reservations | |
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Tihomir Bajic
Angel
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1 | Serbia, Canada | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Software, CRM, Sales | |
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José Neves
Angel
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1 | Spain, Canada, United States | Seed, Corporate Round | Commerce/Shopping, Community/Lifestyle, Other | $1.3M–$1.5M |
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Matthew Cowan
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series B, Series D | Software, Sales/Marketing, Mobile | $12M–$30M |
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Ethan Oren Perlstein
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed | Biotechnology, Cannabis, Biopharma | $2M–$4.5M |
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Robin Knox
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, SaaS, Social Network | $37k–$2.9M |
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Auren Hoffman
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Data and Analytics, Sales/Marketing | $160k–$26M |
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Diplo is an investor of Thomas Wesley Pentz, born November 10, 1978, better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Grammy-nominated American DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He founded and manages record company Mad Decent, as well as co-founding the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. Amongother jobs, he has worked as a school teacher in Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project, Major Lazer. His 2013 EP Revolution debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200.During his rise to fame, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with giving him exposure in his early career. Later, he and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists, such as Britney Spears, Beyoncé, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Usher, Snoop Dogg, CL and G-Dragon. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs. He is the co-producer of several tracks on Madonna's 2015 album Rebel Heart (2015) and he collaborated with Skrillex to create the group Jack Ü.Source:
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- Industry: Apps, Media and Entertainment, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Series A $13M–$87M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
- CXIP Labs — Welcome to CXIP Labs, makers of Holograph, a multichain digital asset protocol.
- Stationhead — Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.
Ryan Holmes is the CEO and Founder of HootSuite. Thought leader, dog lover and serial entrepreneur, he has redefined the face of social media - bringing Twitter, Facebook and other social networks out of the dorm room and into the boardroom.Holmes has grown HootSuite from a lean startup to a global leader in social media with 8 million users,including 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. A college drop-out, he started a paintball company and pizza restaurant before founding Invoke Media, the company that developed HootSuite in 2009.Today, Holmes is an authority on the social business revolution, quoted in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and called upon to speak at TEDx and SXSW Interactive Conferences. An angel investor and advisor, he mentors startups in Canada and around the world. Through HootSuite University, Holmes partners with major universities to deliver social media coursework to the next generation of business leaders.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $599k–$4M; Angel $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MazumaGo — Send and receive business payments online with no limits, no percentage fees and no bullsh*t. Bring your business payments into the 21st century.
- Surf — Surf for Brands allows you to generate the highest quality first party data, with consumer opt-in options. Generate ethical, high quality data now - Learn more
- Kiwi Grocery — Kiwi Grocery cuts out the grocery store and delivers direct to your door. That means you pay less for your groceries and save on costly service fees. Kiwi users save 35% on their grocery checkout totals compared to other delivery apps.
Brian Wong is the co-founder and CEO of Kiip (pronounced "keep"), a category-creating mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising through an innovative platform that leverages "moments of achievement" in games and apps to simultaneously benefit users, developers and advertisers. Backed by Relay Ventures,Interpublic Group, Hummer Winblad, True Ventures, Digital Garage and others, the company has raised $15.4 million in funding to date.Kiip has been named one of the world's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, listed by Forbes as one of the 4 Hot Online Ad Companies to Put on Your Watch List and included on the Dow Jones FasTech50 List. After skipping four K-12 grades, Brian received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia at age 18, and shortly after became one of the youngest people to ever receive venture capital funding.He has been recognized with many awards for his accomplishments and leadership, including: the Top 20 Under 20 awards for all of Canada; Business Insider's Top 25 Under 25 in Silicon Valley, 30 Under 30 in Advertising and 18 Most Important People in Mobile Advertising; Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2011 and 2012; Mashable's Top 5 Entrepreneurs to Watch; iMedia 25; One of AdWeek's Seven Would-be Mobile Titans; and the AdAge Creativity Top 50.Before starting Kiip, Brian led key publisher and tech partnerships at the social news website Digg.com, where he accelerated the company’s mobile presence by launching the Digg Android mobile app.
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- Industry: Communities, Local, Internet
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Angel $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Guiides — Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there.
- ShareShed — ShareShed empowers people to live an environmentally conscience, affordable, and community minded lifestyle by facilitating effortless community gear sharing. ShareShed’s online marketplace allows users to rent outdoor adventure equipment like kayaks and tents through its website and mobile app.
Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas
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- Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $350k–$10M; Series A $4M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Cymbal — The human readable block explorer. Explore any wallet, NFT or collection to understand their activity, all in real time.
- Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
Grace Chou is a Partner at Maveron.
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- Industry: Women's, Health Care, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blume — Hi, we're Blume and we're all up in your bathroom with products that are good for you, and the environment. Skin care, period care and body care made clean, cruelty free & vegan in North America.
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 106
- Round size: Seed $326k–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $80k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skedway — Every work experience should be great! Skedway is the complete platform to optimize the hybrid work experience.
- Zamp — We give you freedom from sales tax! Eliminate the need to learn, manage or touch any part of the sales tax compliance process.
- NewHomesMate (formerly Propertymate) — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.
Victoria Treyger is the General Partner and Managing Director at Felicis Ventures. Victoria is passionate about building great brands and scaling revenue through innovative sales and marketing. She joined Kabbage because she loved the opportunity to leverage technology and data to transform how financial services are delivered to customers.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$4.5M; Series A $12M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blume — Hi, we're Blume and we're all up in your bathroom with products that are good for you, and the environment. Skin care, period care and body care made clean, cruelty free & vegan in North America.
- DataGrail — DataGrail provides businesses with a simple platform to manage compliance with GDPR, CCPA and similar data privacy regulations.
- Midi Health — Expert care for women 40+. Made for midlife. Delivered by experienced clinicians. Covered by insurance. Book a visit today.
He joined McGill in fall of 2016 as Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Medicine as part of the Department of Surgery’s cutting-edge Surgical Innovation Program. More recently, he joined one of Canada’s fastest growing medical technology accelerators, Centech, as Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
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- Industry: Women's, Health Care, Personal Health
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eli — The women's health company providing lifelong insights from your saliva.
Mo Larbi Bennis
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- Industry: Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- bottlebeez — bottlebeez is a multipurpose suite of mobile and web applications aimed for consumers and businesses within the hospitality and nightlife space.
Shannon Byrne Susko has been working with executives and leaders who want to grow, both personally and professionally, for over 10 years. Shannon has worked with companies like Intel Wearables, Shoes.com, Hot Head Games, SAAM SMIT and Silverchef – to name a few. In 2014, she released her first book, “The Metronome Effect: The Journey to PredictableProfit.”Shannon’s technical expertise is coupled with extensive sales, marketing and operations experience. Previously, Shannon has served as president of DST Subserveo, as well as co-founder, president and CEO of Subserveo Inc. Before her time at Subserveo, she led the sale of Paradata Systems Inc. to Payment Processing Inc., where she joined their team as Executive Vice-President of Product & Technology.Shannon holds Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce and Science and a Master’s degree in Computing Science. In 2012, she also received the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.Shannon has been married for 15 years and lives in Whistler with her 3 children.
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- Industry: Communities, Local, Internet
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Angel $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Guiides — Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there.
- ShareShed — ShareShed empowers people to live an environmentally conscience, affordable, and community minded lifestyle by facilitating effortless community gear sharing. ShareShed’s online marketplace allows users to rent outdoor adventure equipment like kayaks and tents through its website and mobile app.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 147
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Swaap — We build the market-neutral AMM protocol.
- micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
- Skedway — Every work experience should be great! Skedway is the complete platform to optimize the hybrid work experience.
Harley Finkelstein is the Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea and the President of Shopify. He previously worked at C100 as a Board Member. Harley Finkelstein attended the University of Ottawa and Concordia University.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Resq — At ResQ, we're obsessed with simplifying the repairs and maintenance experience so you can focus on doing what you love. Talk to a ResQ Expert today!
- 1Password — A password manager, digital vault, form filler and secure digital wallet. 1Password remembers all your passwords for you to help keep account information safe.
- Super.com — Through rich rewards and everyday savings, Super helps you access more of what you want at better prices, escape overspending, and level up life.
Lance Tracey - Founding Partner @ Full Stack
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- Industry: Communities, Internet, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1M–$4M; Angel $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Guiides — Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there.
- Taloflow — Taloflow analyzes 4,000+ vendor data points to provide you with the best possible recommendation for cloud object storage. Complete a 5-minute use case questionnaire to get started.
- SceneBox — SceneBox helps computer vision engineers sift through their large datasets to uncover the failure states and interesting data they need to train machine learning models faster.
Lance Priebe
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- Industry: eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Angel $75k–$424k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WTFast — WTFast is here to help you get rid of pesky online gaming problems and bid farewell to Fortnite lag, PUBG lag, Dota 2 lag, CSGO lag, LOL lag and hundred of other games.
- PLAYR.gg — Surf Giveaways is the #1 platform to run giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests for gamers. Grow your audience and build your community with giveaways now!
- Two Hat Security — Our intelligent Content Moderation Platform and Profanity Filter help online communities scale and automate the moderation of all user-generated content.
Manny is an entrepreneur, educator, angel investor and philanthropist based in Vancouver, B.C.A self-made entrepreneur who built his first multi-million-dollar company at age 26, Manny is dedicated to providing education and mentorship to today’s youth. He is the founder of New Avenue Capital, a global firm focusing on four fundamental pillars:investment, lending, recruitment and philanthropy.Manny sits on a number of advisory boards in the education and not-for-profit sectors, and is an active advisor and angel investor in Vancouver’s tech community and around the globe. He has invested in local start-ups including Picatic, MyBestHelper, G-Kup, ShareShed and NovaBind.Manny is also the co-founder of GradusOne, an organization that connects students and new graduates with mentors and provides them with the resources they need to achieve future success. It is Manny’s personal mission to educate 1 million people worldwide.He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Private Equity & Venture Capital program. Manny also completed his MBA from Queen’s University and his BBA (Honours) from Simon Fraser University.
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- Industry: Marketing, Communities, Local
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Angel $1M–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CareCru — The Last Practice Growth Platform You'll Ever Need An All-in-one Team Productivity and Intelligent Automation Platform for Dental Practices and Groups Want to Learn more? Single Practice Single Practice Multi-practice (DSO) Multi-practice (DSO) CUSTOMERS Trusted by Leading Dental Organizations MEET DONNA AI Intelligently Automates Tasks Completes up to 75% of front office workload for specific
- Guiides — Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there.
- Surf — Surf for Brands allows you to generate the highest quality first party data, with consumer opt-in options. Generate ethical, high quality data now - Learn more
Philip Sane
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Steven Simoni is the CEO and Co-Founder at Bbot.
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- Industry: Software, Reservations
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tablz — Tablz is redefining the future of dining, by enabling diners to select and upgrade to the table of their choosing.
James Sowers is a Korean-American businessman and philanthropist. He is a former singer/songwriter who was abandoned at birth who had his music career tragically ended by a reckless driver in a car accident. He is currently a Director @ the GreaterGoodSociety . James is An experienced ICO and blockchain advisor.He has angel invested in over 40startups and initial coin offerings. He is also a contributor to Known Blockchain publications and has been featured in other well known financial publications.James has already made a very positive impact on the project, his vision and professionalism along with his great personality traits complement the SafeCrypt.io team in a very positive way.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
- Stage:Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Secondary Market
- Geography: United States, Switzerland, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 84
- Round size: Seed $35k–$2.3M; Initial Coin Offering $5.8M–$99M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BitPay — BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses and organizations. It offers RESTful API, a bitcoin paymet gateway API; and native payment protocol support, signed payment request, direct payment communication, and BIP 73 support solutions. BitPay also provides Copay, a bitcoin wallet solution with Intel hardwaresecurity integration that allows users with hardware-level protection, including private key generation, transaction signing, and private keys. It has a strategic processing relationship with Aliant Payment Systems, Inc. Anthony Gallippi and Stephen Pair founded BitPay on May 1, 2011. It has its headquarters in Atlanta in Georgia.
- Aave — Aave is an Open Source Protocol to create Non-Custodial Liquidity Markets to earn interest on supplying and borrowing assets with a variable or stable interest rate. The protocol is designed for easy integration into your products and services.
- Yield Guild Games — Explore the best crypto games, meet people who love the same games you do. Play for free, go on adventures, and win rewards with your crew!
Dustin is based in Toronto, Canada. He is VP Business Development at 500px.
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- Industry: Apps, Content, Internet
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 500px — 500px is the premier community and social network for aspiring and practicing photographers. Over 15M creatives from 195 countries come to 500px to discover and share the highest-quality photography, gain global exposure, and get paid for their work and skills.The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and was launched in 2009. 500px hasraised over $20 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Harrison Metal, ff Ventures, and other investors. In early 2018, 500px was acquired by Visual China Group.
Dr. Fong is a Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He was formerly the Head of the Department of Radiology at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region. Dr. Fong is active in funding and nurturing start-up companies. Over the past two decades, he funded over 50 companies in diverse technology sectors,with an emphasis in medical devices. Dr. Fong is the co-founder and board member of Calgary Scientific Inc. and is also on the board of Clarius Mobile Health, Cohesic Inc. and Innovere Medical. In addition to seed investing, Dr. Fong is active in the Calgary community sitting on six charitable boards and foundations.In 2015, Dr. Fong joined the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto business school as a mentor. CDL helps young entrepreneurs to shape or pivot their nascent ideas. He is widely credited with launching CDL at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, bringing together seasoned business leaders from Alberta, Canada and the US to grow budding companies. Dr. Fong is on the Strategic Advisory Board of CDL and a Fellow of CDL in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. In 2017, Dr. Fong was named to the Order of Canada for his contribution to medical technology innovation and philanthropy.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $872k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
- SunGreenH2 — SunGreenH2 creates the world's highest performance advanced materials for electrolysis i.e. green hydrogen production. Achieve high efficiency, low cost green H2 production on site for your application in the Power-to-X, Hydrogen refuelling, Energy Storage and Buildings sectors. Revolutionising zero emissions and improving profitability.
- Cadence — Cadence's Executor Assistant helps surviving family members to complete benefits claims, notifications, account subscriptions, and other tasks after a death.
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Browse database — It's Free!Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1M–$6.4M; Pre-Seed $360k–$3.8M; Series A $2.5M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Hubflo — Hubflo is building an all-in-one work OS to help small businesses manage their business. Instead of having 10 complicated and expensive pieces of software, Hubflo offers SMB everything they need to run their business (CRM, projects, invoicing, expenses...) in a single comprehensive, simple and affordable platform.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
- Borderless — Borderless is a workforce migration platform.It offers automation solutions that focuses on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.
Alexandra is the Founder and CEO of HopKidz.com, Mompreneur, Public Speaker, Author, Community Leader, Supporter of Women Empowerment movement, Parent's advocate, Women of Influence 2018' Nominee. Alexandra has a Business Management Degree and background in Computer Science, she is has 10+ years of hands-on experience in Business withthe focus on Business Development, Operations Management, Project Management, and Business Analysis. Alexandra is a Serial Entrepreneur, she thrives in high-paced environment and enjoys the buzz of Technology Startups.
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- Industry: Apps, Other, Mobile
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HopKidz Technologies Inc. — B2B2C marketplace, real-time search & booking engine: parents locate a short notice childcare, book it, pay online and can either drop-off their child in as little as within 15 min or get a sitter over to their place within an hour. All caregivers are 100% screened. B2B application on EAP as back-up care, business-subsidized. First-to-market inCanada, competitors in US and Australia. World market = $200b+. Growth plan to dominate the market.
Rick Marini is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Catapult Capital.
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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $1M–$5.3M; Series A $4M–$10M; Series B $10M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Pray.com — Pray.com is the #1 app in the world for daily prayer and Biblical audio content. Share inspiration, sleep better and be inspired. Make prayer a priority with Pray.
- Stronghold — Stronghold creates virtual payment networks that enable instant settlement and interoperability between legacy and new payment networks.
- Grove Collaborative — Launched in 2016 as a Certified B Corp, Grove Collaborative is transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet, serving millions of households across the U.S. The Grove Co.brand helped create the zero-waste home care category and continues to be the market leader. Every item Grove offers, from both brands they craft — like their flagship brand Grove Co., plastic-free personal care line Peach, and clean skincare brand Superbloom — and from exceptional third-party brands, has been thoroughly vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. Grove, a public benefit corporation, is on a mission to move Beyond Plastic. Grove is the first plastic neutral retailer in the world and is committed to being 100% plastic-free by 2025. For more information, visit grove.co/beyondplastic.
Jim is a 30-year veteran of the Canadian venture capital industry. He has participated actively across all funding stages from being part of founding management through personal angel investment, institutional venture capital, corporate venture investment and a variety of public and private exits. He has also been actively involved in numerouspublic policy initiatives designed to foster a healthy Canadian environment for early-stage companies and venture capital investors.Jim has been a Managing Director with Ventures West and Chrysalix Energy Management, overseen corporate venture investing as Treasurer of MacMillan Bloedel, and was founder and CEO of China Capital, CFO of the Angus Reid Group, and a Director of many technology companies. He currently chairs the Boards of Vision Critical Communications Inc., Recombo Inc. and Tyze Personal Networks Inc., and is a member of the Advisory Board of OMERS Ventures.Jim is also actively involved in the non-profit and social enterprise sector. He was a founding partner of BC Technology Social Venture Partners, has served on many other non-profit Boards and is engaged in public policy initiatives to enhance social innovation and finance.
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- Industry: Mobile, Apps, News
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Shelfie — Shelfie is an app that connects readers and books. Shelfie lets readers digitize their paper book collections, get free or discounted ebooks of the books they own and discover their next reads.Shelfie has signed deals with over 600 publishers allowing users to download an eBook if they own a print edition for nearly 150,000 titles. Readers justtake a picture of their bookshelf (a "shelfie") and the app will identify and catalog all of their books and let them know which ones are eligible for bundling.
- Summify — Summify offers a service that provides daily summaries of users’ social news feed via email, web or mobile. This service is accessible to individuals via Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader accounts. Summify is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
- ePACT Network — ePACT's emergency forms automation helps you keep recreation programs running safely. Secure EHR, waivers, COVID-19 screening, contactless check-in and emergency communications ensure compliance while reducing the chaos and cost. Exclusive NRPA partner.
Mr. Bell is a Managing Director of Marc Bell Capital Partners and Marc Bell Ventures, an investment firm based in Boca Raton, Florida. In November 2009, Mr. Bell co-founded ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR) and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. ARR manages over $16 billion in Agency assets. In October 2012 Mr. Bellco-founded Javelin Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE: JMI) in September, 2012. JMI is a hybrid mortgage REIT that manages approximately $1 billion of Agency and non-Agency assets. Mr. Bell continues to serve on its Board of Directors.Mr. Bell has significant experience in the technology sector as well. He was also the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Globix Corporation in the1990’s. Globix at its peak was one of the world’s largest logical peers with a global network spanning more than 20,000 miles and over 1 million square feet of Internet Data Center space. In addition, Mr. Bell has founded numerous companies in his career and has been a seed investor in several start-up entities including iFilm, Vault.com, NetSat Express, EDGAR Online, Inc. , where he served as a member of the Board of Directors from 1998-2000, Earnings.com and SpamEx. He has also overseen several large scale real estate development projects in New York, London, Santa Clara and South Florida.As a producer of several successful Broadway musicals and plays (Jersey Boys, The Wedding Singer, August: Osage County, A Catered Affair, Rock of Ages) Mr. Bell has been a two-time winner of the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award (“2008 Best Play” for Pulitzer Prize winning August: Osage County and "2006 Best Musical" for Grammy Award winning Jersey Boys).Mr. Bell is also the Executive Producer and a Co-Producer of several full-length motion pictures, and he is an investor in multiple hospitality venues in NYC such as LAVO, Avenue, and Catch. Mr. Bell is a member of the Board of Trustees of New York University and New York University Langone Medical Center. He was also an adjunct professor at the Global Entrepreneurship Center of Florida International University, where he taught graduate courses in Entrepreneurship.Mr. has a Bachelor of Science from Babson College in Accounting and a Master of Science from New York University in Real Estate Development and Investment.
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- Industry: Fashion, Consumer, Lifestyle
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Inkbox — Here to help you express you. Our tattoos last 1-2 weeks and fade as your skin naturally regenerates. Painless and easy to apply. Delivered to your doorstep.
James Pardieck
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- Industry: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
Managing Partner @ Terrapin Bale Venture Fund & Studio
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- Industry: Software, Media and Entertainment, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $610k–$7M; Series A $2.5M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
General Partner @ Inovia Capital Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
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- Industry: IT, Software, Science/Engineering
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Series A $3.8M–$8M; Series B $6.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
Co-Founder @ HR Transform Co-Founder & CEO @ InsureTech Connect
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- Industry: IT, Software, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $250k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Director @ Credit Suisse
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- Industry: Software, Data and Analytics, Hardware
- Stage:Seed, Series B
Investor stats
- Total investments: 22
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Industry: Gaming, Health Care, Food/Beverage
- Stage:Series A
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Founding Partner and Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Founder and Chairman @ Globalive Communications Founder and Chairman @ Globalive Capital Contributor @ Bloomberg Chief Executive Officer @ Globalive XMG
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- Industry: Hardware, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
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- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Co-founder and Managing Director @ Link Ventures Co-Founder and Chairman @ Kiite
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- Industry: Software, Other, Sales/Marketing
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series F
Investor stats
- Round size: Series A $7.2M–$9.7M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Razor Suleman is founder and chief evangelist of Achievers (formerly I Love Rewards), a company that helps organizations reward and recognize brilliant employee performance. Achievers customizes it’s solution to clients brand and culture and provides easy-to-use social technologies to create authentic moments of recognition that increase employeeengagement, retain top talent and drive business success.
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- Industry: Internet, IT, Community/Lifestyle
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
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- Peloton Innovations — Peloton Innovations is the world’s first startup studio aimed at disrupting the $50 billion security industry. Based in Toronto, Peloton creates impactful B2B and B2C products and services for use in the rapidly evolving protection sector.
Uzumeri is a Founding Partner of Searchlight, and is jointly responsible for overseeing the Firm’s activities with the two other Founding Partners. Mr. Uzumeri is currently Chairman of the Boards of M&M Food Market and Roots. Prior to co-founding Searchlight, Mr. Uzumeri was the head of Private Equity for the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan(“OTPP”). Mr. Uzumeri serves on the Board of the Sick Kids Hospital Foundation. Mr. Uzumeri graduated from the University of Toronto, with BASc. degree in Honors Industrial Engineering and received his MSc. in Finance from the London Business School.
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- Industry: Other, Real Estate, Commerce/Shopping
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Goodee — Goodee is a home and lifestyle marketplace and an online destination for sustainable designs.
Partner @ Maveron
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- Industry: Health Care, Software, Other
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Dennis Bennie is a pioneer, entrepreneur and innovator in the Canadian technology industry. Over the past 20 years, Bennie's entrepreneurial management has powered Mission Electronics, Ingram Canada and Delrina. In 1997, he founded the XDL Venture Capital Fund, focusing on information technology opportunities. The $25 million fund hasyielded exceptional returns to date. One of its most noteworthy investments was a 1997 start-up, Delano Technology Corporation (NASD:DTEC). XDL Intervest, a $150 million fund was started in 1999 and is now fully invested. Bennie currently manages an experienced team investing in private equity opportunities as the XDL Capital Group. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Bennie was CEO of Delrina Corporation, an independent software developer and publisher, which forged the new software categories of electronic forms and PC fax communications. Under Mr. Bennie's leadership, Delrina pioneered the development of PC fax software called WinFax and became a world leader in the communication software market with annual sales revenue exceeding $130 million. Listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, Delrina cultivated a reputation for leadership, growth and profitability, and completed several public offerings. In November 1995, the company was successfully sold to Symantec Corporation for share consideration valued at $560 million. Mr. Bennie entered the world of technology in 1979, when he co-founded Mission Electronics. He drove the expansion of this leading British audio equipment manufacturer to become a dominant force in the high-end stereo market. In 1982 he sold his interest in Mission Electronics and founded Aviva Software, an independent, mass-market software developer. Under his direction, the company expanded its scope to include software distribution and merged with Ingram Micro Inc. in 1986 to become Canada's largest software distributor. Residing in Toronto, Canada, with his wife Laura and three daughters, Dennis is an avid golfer and runner. A member of the World President's Organization, he also regularly serves on various charitable boards including the Toronto Hospital Board.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $726k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Delphia — Invest with your data, not your money.
- Tread — Tread's construction fleet management software makes the business of moving construction materials easier and more profitable. Request a demo today!
- Thriver — Discover, book, and manage workplace culture services and employee experiences all in one place. Empower your team with effective employee engagement activities.
Lev Ekster is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Bowlero Corporation . Lev Ekster attended New York Law School.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Lifestyle
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
- Geography: United States, Canada, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Series A $3.6M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tributi — Tributi is a Colombian fintech start-up backed by Y Combinator. It is drastically reducing tax compliance friction for individuals in Latin America by automating tax filing preparation.
- Elroy Air — Expanding the reach of express logistics via aerial cargo systems - safely, efficiently and autonomously.
- cadence — The next generation of refillable travel containers for your personal care and toiletries. Patent-pending, leakproof and highly durable capsules made from recycled ocean-bound plastic. Sustainable and easy to use.
Edward Lando is the Managing Partner at Pareto Holdings.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 221
- Round size: Seed $321k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
- Skedway — Every work experience should be great! Skedway is the complete platform to optimize the hybrid work experience.
- NewHomesMate (formerly Propertymate) — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.
Ken Miyoshi
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- Industry: FinTech, Video, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $725k–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Nimia — Buy Cinematic Stock Footage from Award Winning Filmmakers. Find the perfect royalty-free and rights-managed stock footage for your next project from the world's best filmmakers. Shop creative stock footage, archival stock footage, and editorial stock fooage.
- Province Brands of Canada — We are your sustainable and plant-based sweetener solution. We upcycle plant-waste biomass and transform it into food-grade sugars.
- Root Sciences — Root Sciences provides premium cannabis distillation & extraction equipment and training services. Turnkey and scale-able solution for CBD distillation.
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Browse database — It's Free!Ben Narasin is a Venture Partner at NEA. A prolific entrepreneur and highly regarded early-stage investor with three decades of company-building expertise, Narasin has focused on emerging technologies and new markets throughout his investment career. With a portfolio comprising key early successes in some of today’s fastest growing sectors, such asfintech, digital marketplaces, mobile and connected devices. His overarching focus in seeking new investments is, in his words, “to find founders who make me say wow.”Narasin is a 25-year entrepreneur and 10-year early-stage investor. His knack for spotting emerging trends led him to make seed investments in companies like Dropcam, Lending Club, TellApart, Kabbage and Zenefits. Before NEA, Narasin most recently served as a General Partner at Canvas Ventures, and was previously with TriplePoint Capital, where he oversaw the firm’s seed funding investment activities.Like many of NEA’s partners, Narasin’s path to investing is rooted in entrepreneurship. He founded several consumer companies before launching his investing career, including Fashionmall.com, one of the first e-commerce companies, which he founded in 1993 and led to a successful IPO in 1999. Narasin frequently writes and speaks about technology and investing, as well as food and wine, a lifelong passion. He holds a B.A. in Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $8.6M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
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- SoleSavy — Get tools and resources to grow your sneaker collection without paying resell, and join a tight-knit sneaker community you can trust.
- Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 50,000 trade shows and conferences
- ProductWind — ProductWind's influencers-as-a-service product helps brands sell more on retailers like Amazon and Walmart.
Monique Woodard is an early stage investor at the intersection of technology and newly powerful consumer groups. Her investments as a venture capital and angel investor include Blavity, Court Buddy, Mented Cosmetics, Silvernest, and many others. Today, Monique invests in the future of technology being driven by major demographic trends. She investsin companies with global ambitions who are creating technology products that meet the needs of tomorrow’s internet users.
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- Industry: Health Care, Apps, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1M–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Eli Health — Eli Health is a health care company located in Noida.
- Culina Health — Culina Health is a personalized nutrition platform powered by registered dietitians to help you prioritize the way you want to live. We make insurance-covered nutrition care accessible and easier to understand so that you can fuel a satisfying and well balanced life.
- McMullen — McMullen provides a singular shopping experience that allows women to feel confident and beautiful. Founded in 2007 by Sherri McMullen in Oakland, McMullen is an all-inclusive concept shop for luxury fashion featuring emerging and established designers from around the world.
Som Seif is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Purpose Investments Inc. which he formed following the sale of Claymore Investments to BlackRock Inc. in March 2012. Mr. Seif started Claymore Investments in Canada in January 2005 and was the former President and Chief Executive Officer leading the implementation of the company’s businessdevelopment and corporate strategies. Over the seven years of its operation, Claymore Investments organically grew to $8 billion in assets and established itself as a Canadian leader in bringing intelligent, low cost exchange-traded funds to investors through its family of thirty-four exchange-traded funds across broad asset classes.Prior to Claymore Investments, Mr. Seif was an investment banker with RBC Capital Markets, where he worked since 1999. He played a key role in developing the structured products group at RBC Capital Markets in both Canada and the U.S., where he structured and raised capital for both Canadian and U.S. asset managers.Som is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has a Bachelor of Applied Science with an emphasis on Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Toronto. Som has a strong commitment to community and is currently Vice Chair of the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation Board, Chair of the Art Gallery of Ontario Corporate Development Committee, a member of the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Foundation Board and University of Toronto Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Advisory Board, and a board member of The Next 36. In 2011, Som was recognized for his vision and leadership by Caldwell Partners International with the Top 40 Under 40 award.
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- Industry: Finance, Internet, Infrastructure
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Citizen Hex — Citizen Hex is an Ethereum Liquidity Company that was built for a corporation centred around acquiring, securing, and trading ERC-20 tokens. The main beneficiaries of Ethereum adoption will be the crypto-commodities that power it. Founded by Benjamin Roberts and Brett Bergmann in late 2016, Citizen Hex Inc. emerged as one of the top companies.
- Peloton Innovations — Peloton Innovations is the world’s first startup studio aimed at disrupting the $50 billion security industry. Based in Toronto, Peloton creates impactful B2B and B2C products and services for use in the rapidly evolving protection sector.
Krystle Mobayeni, CEO and Founder of BentoBox, knows that today, the restaurant experience starts online. With BentoBox, she helps restaurants engage with their customers online, serving as a real partner and embodying the idea of hospitality every step of the way.
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- Industry: Software, Reservations
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Tablz — Tablz is redefining the future of dining, by enabling diners to select and upgrade to the table of their choosing.
Tihomir Bajic is the CEO of LTSE Software.
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- Industry: Software, CRM, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: Serbia, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
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- Tenderly — Ethereum developer platform that enables you to build innovative blockchain products.
- LeadDelta — LeadDelta aspires to be a single workspace for your company’s relationships. As B2B professionals, whether you are fundraising, hiring, marketing, or selling, your chances of success grow exponentially when you do it collaboratively across the team to build one integrated and cross-referenced professional network.
- Orgnostic — Fast track to the insights behind your people data with Orgnostic, the people analytics platform for strategic HRs.
In 2008 José Neves launched Farfetch, bringing together his interests in fashion and technology, as well as his experience in design, wholesale and retail, to create a business that would celebrate and support the diversity of the global fashion industry.The seasoned entrepreneur had experienced first-hand the challenges facingbricks-and-mortar retailers wanting to expand online. His vision was to create a single portal, offering independent boutiques the opportunity to compete with the leaders of fashion e-commerce.Farfetch now comprises more than 300 boutiques, offering over 100,000 pieces from 1,000 brands. With customers in almost 190 countries, the site receives an average of 10 million monthly hits.José has been involved in the fashion start-up world since the mid-1990s when he launched footwear business SWEAR. José later founded SIX London, a fashion licensing and wholesale company selling to 600 retailers worldwide. In 2001 José opened the renowned bstore, which won the British Fashion Award for Retailer of the Year in 2006.José has received numerous accolades as an entrepreneur and for his business ventures, including The Business of Fashion's 500 People Shaping the Fashion Industry in 2013, Ernst & Young's 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year and Vogue's DirectorsOf.COM Top Entrepreneur in 2011.
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- Industry: Commerce/Shopping, Community/Lifestyle, Other
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Spain, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Goodee — Goodee is a home and lifestyle marketplace and an online destination for sustainable designs.
- Neiman Marcus Group — Shop fashion's top names for women, men, and kids. Plus, check out beauty's best brands, designer jewelry, luxurious decor, and distinctive gifts for any occasion.
- StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
Matthew Cowan is The Corporate Director At BitGo.
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- Industry: Software, Sales/Marketing, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series D
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series D $12M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
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- Uvaro — Start your career in tech! Learn from experienced instructors, practice new skills and get feedback in a supportive community. Sign up today!
- Hoodline — Get breaking news from Hoodline's local reporters with stories to inform you about politics, weather, real estate, business, dining, crime, & more.
- LUUM — LUUM is introducing automation to the beauty-services market, initially focusing on eyelash extensions, a widely popular treatment ($20B global market opportunity). Pioneering a patented combination of robotics, AI, and machine vision, LUUM applies a full set of eyelash extensions in 20 minutes (instead of 2 hours), while eliminating the costsand safety risks associated with human application.
Over the course of the last decade, first as a graduate student at Harvard University in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology with PhD advisor Professor Stuart Schreiber and then as an independent postdoctoral fellow at the Lewis-Sigler Institute at Princeton University, Dr. Ethan Perlstein developed an approach to studying old drugs anddiscovering new drugs in model organisms called evolutionary pharmacology. Ethan is an author on 19 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, including the discovery of a novel mechanism of action for the antidepressant Zoloft based on studies in yeast cells.
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- Industry: Biotechnology, Cannabis, Biopharma
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $2M–$4.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Epinoma — Epinoma is a diagnostics company that focuses on the multi-omics approach to cancer monitoring. It engineers proteins that control the operating system of biology. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- BluumBio — BluumBio develops next-generation remediation technologies that clean up pollution and restore degraded ecosystems
- Promakhos Therapeutics — A Boston-based biotech startup developing therapeutics.
Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Social Network
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $307k–$2.9M; Pre-Seed $37k–$1.2M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
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- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- Handl — We deliver car care services to you. Order from professional valets, oil, adblue, washer and care services and subscribe to monthly services to save money.
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- Industry: Software, Data and Analytics, Sales/Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $750k–$4.5M; Angel $160k–$1M; Series A $900k–$26M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Ex Parte — Ex Parte uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to give customers the information they need to make better decisions and achieve a competitive advantage. Consider it Moneyball for a market that is >20 times the size of Major League Baseball.
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