# Top 30 Construction Angel Investors in Canada in May 2026 ## Arjun Sethi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Arjun Sethi is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and executive, as well as a Co-Founder of Tribe Capital.Tribe Capital is a top-quartile venture capital firm focused on capturing a perpetual edge in venture and crypto using artificial intelligence and data science. Some of its noteworthy investments include Apollo.io, Carta, Docker, Kraken,Relativity Space, and Shiprocket.Arjun was previously a Partner at Social Capital where he led the Venture Team consisting of six full time GPs with a broad focus on early stage investing in the consumer and enterprise sector. Arjun has a long history of sourcing, winning and leading early stage deals. Arjun’s investments at Social Capital include notable companies such as Front, Carta, Swarm (Sold to SpaceX), Slack, Cloud Kitchens and Relativity Space. Arjun's track record includes being recognized as one of the top 100 angels in Silicon Valley through advisory, direct, and secondary investments across various stages. He has invested in high-profile names such as Frax, Snapchat, Lyft, OpenDoor, and Gusto. Prior to his work in venture, Arjun co-founded and sold two successful companies. After his second company, MessageMe, was acquired by Yahoo, he joined the executive team, where he was instrumental in driving mobile product usage from 100M to 1B monthly uniques and was a Board Observer on Alibaba. Before that, Arjun was the Founder and CEO of LOLapps, a mobile gaming company that grew to 100M monthly users and sold for $240M. ## Ronald Richardson - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Delivery, Software Ronald Richardson is the Vice President of Product Management and Co-Founder of Benbria. Ronald has contributed to all aspects of the business through Benbria’s growth, from software implementation to corporate financing rounds. With a rich career history covering finance, platform technology, and software start-ups, Ronald has held positionsat Barclays Capital in Strategic Modelling and Rates Trading, Intel in Design Engineering, and SlipStream Data (acquired by RIM) in Software Architecture. Ronald holds a B.S.E. (Bachelors of Software Engineering, with Distinction) from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ## Gavin Uhma - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Social Media Marketing, Predictive Analytics Gavin Uhma - Co-Founder / CTO @ Cape Privacy ## Wade Dawe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Real Estate Wade Dawe ## Tom Newton - Type: Angel - Location: George Town, Midland, Cayman Islands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Tom Newton is the VP of Engineering of Shopify. He previously worked at Gamesys as a Board Member. Tom Newton attended Queen's University. ## William Schlacks - Type: Angel - Location: Columbia, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Construction William Schlacks is the Founder and President of EquipmentShare. ## Jonathan Wasserstrum - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Real Estate, Software, Property Management Jonathan graduated from Columbia Business School in May 2012. Prior to business school, Jonathan worked in the International Capital Group at Jones Lang LaSalle where he advised foreign and domestic clients on more than $3 billion worth of transactions globally. ## Avlok Kohli - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Education, FinTech Avlok Kohli is the CEO at AngelList and Founder and CEO of LegalReach. He was the former Founder and CEO at Fairy.Avlok Kohli was the creator and founder of Fastbite, a lightening fast food delivery service. Because of Mr. Kohli’s leadership and Fastbite’s incredible value to customers, Square (led by Jack Dorsey, Founder / CEO of Twitter)acquired Fastbite a few months after launch and has since integrated it into Square's own delivery product as "Fastbite by Caviar"Avlok Kohli also plays an active role in other rapidly growing technology companies as an angel investor, advisor and founder. ## Dennis Bennie - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things 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. ## Connor Theilmann - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Connor Theilmann is the Chief Business Officer at ServiceTitan. Previously he was an investor at Accel in Palo Alto. He attended The Wharton School for Accounting and Finance & the Penn Engineering School for Computer Science. ## Vinny Lingham - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device. He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites. Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006. He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town. ## John Risley - Type: Angel - Location: Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Sharing Economy John Risley is Chairman and CEO of CFFI Ventures Inc., a diversified holding company operating internationally. The company has majority or significant stakes in a portfolio of young companies ranging from financial services, renewable energy and the tech sector. He is also the Chair of Northern Private Capital, a Toronto based fund which investsin high growth opportunities, and Chair of MDA Corporation, Canada’s iconic space company. ## Jevon MacDonald - Type: Angel - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Predictive Analytics, Enterprise Software Jevon MacDonald is the Co-Founder at StartupNorth. ## Daniel Curran - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Daniel Curran is the Founder and CEO at CustEx.com. ## Ryan Sutton-Gee - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Construction, Software, Compliance Ryan is the business leader of PlanGrid and is passionate about bringing good software to the construction industry. Ryan came up with the idea for PlanGrid after wrestling with the nightmare of document control and now spends most of his time guiding the overall vision of the company.Prior to founding PlanGrid, Ryan worked as an estimator andas a project controls analyst at ITSI-Gilbane and graduated from Stanford University with a masters in civil engineering. Outside of work, Ryan loves to ski, hike, and drink strong coffee. ## Andrew McGillivray - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Andrew McGillivray, President, The McGillivray Group. ## Bill Smith - Type: Angel - Location: Birmingham, Alabama, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Health Care, Real Estate Bill Smith is the founder and CEO of Landing, the industry’s first membership-based leasing model for long-term living. The company provides members with access to a network of fully-finished and unfurnished apartments with flexible leases to accommodate the needs of today’s modern renter.Founded in June of 2019, Bill created Landing to resolvethe pain points of traditional renting that he experienced first hand when he moved to San Francisco in 2016. Faced with stubborn leases, high moving costs and a largely offline experience, Bill set out to create a more seamless renting experience and change the way people live with Landing.A lifelong entrepreneur, before Landing, Bill was the founder and CEO of Shipt, the online grocery delivery marketplace, which he sold to Target for $550M in December of 2017. ## Joseph Fung - Type: Angel - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B Joseph Fung is the CEO and Co-founder of Uvaro. ## Kuljeev Singh - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Kuljeev Singh - Founder & CEO @ Resq ## Victor Kielbratowski - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Real Estate Victor Kielbratowski ## Juan Carlos Mas - Type: Angel - Location: Wilson, Wyoming, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Construction, Information Services Juan Carlos Mas is currently the Chairman of Mas Group, which identifies, analyzes and makes investments in fields of its core knowledge, such as infrastructure development, real estate, construction equipment and healthcare. Mas is also the president of MasCap Development, which has entitled, owned and developed millions of square feet ofresidential and commercial properties in Florida, Arizona and Nevada. Previously, Mas was the Chairman of Neff Corporation, one of largest equipment rental companies in the United States. Prior to joining Neff Corp., Mas served in a variety of executive positions at MasTec, Inc., including as president of MasTec International. He was an important part of the transformation of MasTec from a small family-owned business to a large publicly traded business with revenues of $3 billion dollars today. Mas is an active member of the Board of Directors of Miami Children’s Hospital and has helped define the strategy that has driven the institution from a community-based hospital to a globally recognized leader in pediatric care. Mas, an attorney, is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he earned a law degree and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. ## Tom Williams - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Tom Williams ## Scott McGillivray - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Scott McGillivray, Canadian entrepreneur, investor, and HGTV host. ## George Armoyan - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Computer George Armoyan is President of Geosam Capital Inc. and Executive Chairman of Clarke Inc. An entrepreneur with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and capitalizing on turnaround opportunities, he has led a number of companies to solid business results over the last 35 years and serves on the Board of Clarke Inc. ## Jim Spatz - Type: Angel - Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, Big Data, Software Jim Spatz is the Chairman and CEO of Southwest Properties Limited, one of Atlantic Canada’s leading real estate developers. Southwest owns, operates and develops residential and commercial real estate in Atlantic Canada, extended stay accommodations across Canada, as well as a multi-unit residential portfolios in four Florida cities. ## Mark Dobbin - Type: Angel - Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, B2B, SaaS Mark Dobbin is the founder and President of Killick Capital. He previously worked at Verafin as a Director. Mark Dobbin attended Dalhousie University. ## Chris Simair - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Construction, Property Management Chris Simair is the co-founder and chief executive officer of SkipTheDishes. ## Craig De Pratto - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Craig De Pratto, CFO at Sleep Country Canada. ## Andre Belisle - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Andre Belisle, Dealer-Owner at JL's Home Hardware Building Centre. ## Mark Landry - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate Mark Landry, Managing Director at CIBC World Markets. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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