# Top 50 Education Angel Investors in Canada in May 2026

## Roger Martin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Finance

Roger Martin is Premier’s Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management. From 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean. Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where heserved as co-head of the firm for two years.

## Ali Moiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Education, FinTech

Ali Moiz is a Founder at Stonks. He attended Williams College.

## Neal Dempsey
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Neal Dempsey is the Managing Partner of Bay Partners.

## Andrew Levy
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Software

Andrew has been co-founder and CEO of Crittercism since 2011.Prior to starting Crittercism, Andrew Levy was the co-founder of AdThrow, a Y Combinator company that built a data processing pipeline for real-time ad targeting. Before YC,Andrew worked at HP Software where he led teams specializing in agile programming methodologies andadvocating rapid product iterations. Andrew also worked for several companies in defense and intelligence, such as Silicon Graphics Federal, Northrop Grumman, and Computer Sciences Corp.He has a B.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

## Osman Rashid
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Events

Osman is a seasoned entrepreneur in the field of educational technology. He is currently the CEO of Convo Corp. and Founder & CEO of **Galxyz** , an intergalactic science adventure on a mission to ignite the fascination of science and unlock the true potential in every student. Previously he was the co-founder and CEO of online textbook rentalleader **Chegg** (NYSE:CHGG) until early 2010, and also co-founder and CEO of **Kno, Inc.** (acquired by Intel in 2013), a digital education platform company. He is also on the Board of Trustees at a health focused non-profit, ChildLife Foundation, which provides urgent care to the poorest in Karachi, Pakistan. CLF runs Karachi's largest children emergency rooms and is deploying satellite urgent care centers to provide critical care and prevention education. Osman has received several honors, including Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of The Year Award (CA) in 2009, which is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs, as well as Forbes Impact 15 for 2012 and Inc.’s Immigrant Edge: 9 Wildly Successful Entrepreneurs.To find out more about Osman, check out his LinkedIn profile. You can also follow him on Twitter @osmanrashid.

## Jacky Chen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Jacky is dedicated to angel investment and has built up a portfolio of more than thirty startup companies in Canada and the US. His target investments are the early-stage B2B companies with disruptive technologies and business potential in enterprise software, information technologies, MedTech, and Advanced Manufacturing.Jacky has acquiredconcrete business experiences as a successful founder in the startup ecosystem and an executive of Fortune 500 companies over two decades. His remarkable accomplishments range from building startups from scratch to leading a billion-dollar business with the leverage of 14,000 enterprise channel partners. The unique journey has shaped Jacky's outstanding of investing in early startups.Jacky holds the degrees of Mater's E.E. and MBA, and he graduated from CEIBS and The Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.

## Alex Khein
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: CRM, SaaS, Video

Alex Khein is a Chief Executive Officer at BlueBay Asset Management.

## Jason Maguire
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, Education, E-Learning

Jason Maguire

## Melissa Prescott
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Content, E-Learning

Melissa Prescott

## Michael Kives
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Blockchain, Productivity Tools

Michael Kives is a Founder of K5 Global.

## Steven Albiani
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, Education, E-Learning

Steven Albiani

## Eileen Rudden
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Education, Skill Assessment

Eileen Rudden is the founder of Sankaty Growth Partners, and co-founder of LearnLaunch. Most recently, she served as the Chief Officer of College and Career Preparation for the Chicago Public Schools, where she led the efforts of the third largest public school system in the U.S. to ensure that its 400,000 students are college and career ready. Shewas a 2009 Broad Fellow and graduate of the Broad Superintendent’s Academy. Rudden is the Board Chair of SoundBite Communications (NASDAQ: SDBT), and former VP and GM of the Unified Communications Division at Avaya, a Fortune 500 business communications provider. At IBM’s Lotus Software unit, Rudden was senior vice president and general manager responsible for Lotus Notes and Same Time, the leading email and collaboration software. She also served as CEO of FairMarket (NASDAQ:FAIM).She is currently Chair of the Advisory Committee on Computing and Information Technology at Brown. She also serves as a board member at The Achievement Network, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Maria Mitchell Association, and Pew Center on the Internet and American Life. Rudden received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA from Brown University.

## Rich Osborn
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence

Rich Osborn is the Managing Partner at RecapHealth Ventures. he attended Queen's University.

## John Baker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Big Data, Analytics, Education

John C. Baker founded Baker Capital in 1995. Mr. Baker has more than 30 years of experience in the private equity industry, leading investments in the technology, telecom and financial service industries. Mr. Baker is a member of the Supervisory Board of Interxion NV (Chairman) and the Board of Wine.com. Additionally, Mr. Baker is a member of theUniversity of Cincinnati Investment Committee. Mr. Baker is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.

## Rob Henderson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, Education, E-Learning

Rob Henderson - CEO @ YOURIKA

## Joshua Landy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Medical, Software, Wellness

Joshua Landy - Founder & Chief Medical Officer @ Figure 1

## Sheldon Elman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Training

Sheldon Elman is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Esplanade Ventures.

## Andrew Wilkinson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Andrew Wilkinson is the founder of Flow. Andrew Wilkinson attended Ryerson University in 2004.

## Matthew Cowan
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series D
- Focus: Mobile, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Matthew Cowan is The Corporate Director At BitGo.

## Michele Romanow
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Wellness

Michele Romanow is an engineer and a serial entrepreneur who started five companies before her 33rd birthday. A “Dragon” on CBC’s hit show Dragons’ Den (Canada’s Shark Tank), Michele is the co-founder of Clearbanc: the alternative funding company that gives fast-growing e-commerce brands non-dilutive marketing capital. She previously co-foundedSnapSaves, which was acquired by the American tech giant, Groupon. Michele was also the co-Founder of Buytopia.ca, which acquired ten competitors including Shop.ca and WagJag and was ranked #3 on the Profit Hot 50 list of fastest-growing companies. She’s ranked in WXN’s “100 Most Powerful in Canada” and listed as the only Canadian on Forbes magazine’s “Millennial on a Mission” list. Michele is a prolific angel investor and the winner of Angel Investor of the Year award. She co-founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative with Richard Branson to encourage more women entrepreneurs. Michele has worked driving new digital solutions to many of the world’s leading brands, including P&G, Netflix, Starbucks, and Cirque du Soleil. In addition, she’s advised Fortune 100s and governments on innovation, AI, blockchain and the new economy.Michele is a director for Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN), Freshii (TSX: FRII), League of Innovators, Queen’s Business School and Shad, a transformational program that develops the entrepreneurial potential of exceptional Canadian youth.

## Robert Chaplinsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Rob Chaplinsky is the Co-Founder and Managing Director Link Ventures. Rob previously worked at Bridgescale Partners as the Managing Director. He Harvard Business School and the University of Waterloo.

## T. Chen Fong
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology

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.

## Rob Goldman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: News, Software, Education

Rob Goldman is the Board Member of Indiegogo. He was a VP Ads at Facebook. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Jamie O'Hara
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Universities

Founder and Managing Partner of Grise Global Ventures.Expertise: Venture CapitalJamie is an experienced investor, advisor, and mentor to start-up organizations. His firm has invested across numerous sectors, including education, travel, gaming, data, and, most recently, at the intersection of social media and music.He is currently anInvestor Judge in the International Start-Up Festival’s Elevator World Tour, where he is committing seed capital to early-stage companies in Tel-Aviv, Santiago, Montreal, Dubai, New York, Berlin, Barcelona, Rio, and Paris.Jamie’s experience includes portfolio management, deal structuring, and workouts. He has also worked on domestic and international oil and gas investments. He began his career on Wall Street with Cantor Fitzgerald and did stints at Disney’s ABC and in the hedge fund world before founding Grise.Jamie holds a BA in economics from the College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management.He somehow managed to complete three New York City marathons and can often be found on the ice playing hockey.

## Shahin Hedayat
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: PaaS, EdTech, Internet

Shahin Hedayat has a passion for high tech entrepreneurship addressing complex problems through collective human ingenuity. Shahin has been an entrepreneur since 1997 starting companies with the aim of creating social impact and economic benefits for all stakeholders. Shahin spends most of his time now on angel investment through Candou Ventureswhich he co-founded in 2015.Prior to Candou Ventures, Shahin co-founded 5 companies and served various roles as President, CEO, Chairman and Board Member. Those companies are Centillium Communication (IPO), Beceem Communication (Acquired by Broadcom), Enverv (Acquired by Semtech), Apixio (in operation) and Polyup (in operation). Centillium, Beceem and Enverv exits generated over $4B of shareholder value. Apixio and Polyup are currently operating and growing. Prior to 1997, Shahin held technical and managerial roles at Cirrus Logic for 11 years where he became VP of Engineering of a product line with $90M revenue.Shahin holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan (1981,1983) and is named on 9 U.S. patents.

## Ryan Holmes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

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.

## Anthony Lacavera
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, SaaS, Computer Vision

Anthony Lacavera founded Globalive in 1998 and serves as Chairman. Anthony also founded and was CEO of WIND Mobile, which he sold for USD$1.3 billion after it grew to become Canada’s fourth largest wireless carrier. A serial entrepreneur, he started his first business out of university with a small business loan from the Royal Bank of Canada.Anthony is also the founder of Globalive Technology, a software company focused on commercializing blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies where he serves as Chairman and CEO.As a venture capitalist, Anthony has a significant stake in dozens of startups in Canada as well as the United States. As a mentor and investor, he is heavily involved in accelerators and incubators, including MaRS, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), NEXT Canada and the DMZ at Ryerson University. Anthony has done business in more than thirty countries, ranging from producing plays on Broadway to raising almost CAD$2 billion in private capital. He is a regular television commentator and speaker on artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship and the telecommunications industry. He was educated at the University of Toronto.

## Matt Wyndowe
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Matt Wyndowe is Head of Product Partnerships at Uber. Before that he was Product Manager for Facebook NYC where he oversaw 4 groups, including profile growth, identity accuracy and 2 to-be-announced (and pretty darn cool) product launches coming soon.Before that he was back in Menlo Park where he was the Product Manager for Facebook Apps& Games, where he oversaw product for the Facebook Platform games ecosystem. Prior to this role, Matt worked as a Manager and then Director of Business Development for 4 years, focusing on product launches (e.g. Connect) and major company partnerships (e.g. Zynga and Microsoft). Before Facebook, he founded KoboCafe, a reasonably unsuccessful app company, and worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Matt has a BA in economics with a minor in computer science from McGill University, and attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford D.School. Matt lives in between SF and NYC depending where he is in his career, but is moving back to SF soon.

## Zaeem Shaukat Mirza
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Secondary Market, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Zaeem is an accomplished Global Business Strategist and an avid Marketing Technologist. Having worked with category-leading companies including iProspect, AmoebaCom, Qatar Airways, and Google, Zaeem brings scale and efficiency to global business and marketing operations. Under his leadership, he has managed multiple teams and portfolios across 20+languages, 80+ countries, and 150+ cities. He has managed marketing budgets exceeding $100m and driven multibillion-dollar revenue year on year. On the social front, Zaeem consults multiple organizations towards management, fund-raising, and cause- and non-profit marketing.He is a Marketing Academy graduate from INSEAD, Singapore and aspires to accomplish a PhD in Marketing Technology. He is a Mumbai University ranker, a graduate in mass communication from the St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai, IN), and secured his post-graduation in advertising management from MICA (IN). Armed with his credentials and experience, he independently mentors, invests, and harbours a desire to create entrepreneurs out of passionate professionals who have great technology, product, or social impact ideas.His passion to continually learn allows him to facilitate media and business school programs, conduct corporate workshops, and speak at notable industry conferences on topics ranging from e-commerce strategy, online brand management, non-profit marketing, to digital transformation, and marketing at scale.An ardent digital consumer and marketer, when not fighting a deadline, Zaeem likes slow travelling, unwinding with a book, painting, discussing new business opportunities, or simply spending time with family and friends.

## Jean Hammond
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Education, Software, Information Technology

Jean Hammond is an angel investor and the founder of LearnLaunch.Jean Hammond is an active angel investor usually focusing on early stage high tech start-ups. She was a founder of the Boston branch of Golden Seeds (focused on investing in women-managed businesses) and a member of Launchpad and Hub Angels. In addition to TenMarks, Jeanserves on the boards of The Technology Capital Network, Thompson Island Outward Bound and of Boston Rising. She plays or played an active board level role with a number of her Boston area investments including: Crimson Hexagon, Hire Reach, Home Portfolio, iTeam, and ZipCar. Jean is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in the high-tech industry. Her entrepreneurial activities include co-founding and managing Quarry Technologies and AXON Networks and following 3Com's acquisition of AXON, focusing 3Com's WAN strategy. She earned a B.S. from Boston University and an M.S. from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she is currently a part time Entrepreneur in Residence.

## Eric Hippeau
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Internet, Social Media, Mobile

Eric Hippeau is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau Ventures, New York’s most active early-stage technology fund. Hippeau is also Chairman of RebelMouse and co-founder of NowThis News. Hippeau is the former Chief Executive Officer of The Huffington Post and a Special Partner at Softbank Capital, where he served as Managing Partner for many years.Prior to Softbank Capital, Hippeau was Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, which was the largest media company serving the technology sector. Hippeau serves on the Board of various private and public companies, including Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Eric previously worked at HuffPost as a Chief Executive Officer. He attended the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

## Saar Pikar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series D, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, EdTech, Software

Saar Pikar serves as the Managing Director of OMERS Growth Equity.

## Harry Patz
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Education, Universities

Harry Patz is the

## Satish Kanwar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art

Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough.

## Todd Finch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, iOS

Todd Finch - President & CEO @ Vizible

## Pierre Andurand
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Content

Pierre Andurand - CIO @ Andurand Capital

## Kirk Simpson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Finance, Sales, Banking

Kirk Simpson is the co-founder and CEO of Wave, a provider of cloud-based, integrated software and tools for small businesses. He has spent his career working in digital media with some of Canada’s largest media companies. Prior to Wave, Kirk started two other companies and through this, realized the pain of handling back-office tasks first-hand,which led him to create Wave. Since founding Wave, Kirk has helped the company grow to over 2 million total users, with over $25 million raised in capital.

## Rasool Rayani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Content, Cloud Computing

Rasool is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the software, healthcare, and CPG industries. He continues to maintain his passion for technology as an active angel investor with a focus on b2b, consumer saas and health tech. Rasool maintains an active role with CEO’s as a board member, mentor and advisor. He currently serves on the boards ofthe Victoria Foundation, VIATEC, and Checkfront Software.

## Jennifer Lum
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Health Care, SaaS

Jennifer Lum is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Biospring Partners, a growth equity firm that invests in Life Sciences Technology. She is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. She has cofounded several companies and has worked with many others on formation, fundraising, growth and M&A.Jennifer is a Venture Capital Advisor at HarvardBusiness School and an Advisor at MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship. She is also an Advisory Board member at The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School.Jennifer co-founded Forge.AI (acquired by FiscalNote) and Adelphic (acquired by Time). She was an early team member at Quattro Wireless (acquired by Apple), m-Qube (acquired by VeriSign) and WebHosting.com (acquired by AT&T).She has also held various roles as a management consultant with financial services and technology companies.Twitter: @lum

## Patrick Spaulding Ryan Ph.D
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Mobile Apps

Patrick Spaulding Ryan PhD (X-Google, X-Bytedance) is an investor and advisor in early-stage businesses. Patrick invests through PSR Crypto, PRMM USA and is on the Investment Committee at Leawood Venture Capital. Patrick is fractional general counsel and investor in Turion Space, and legal advisor and investor at Bttn. Patrick previously workedat Google for 9 years as a Trust, Engineering & Strategy Principal, and for 2 years at Bytedance as lead TPM in security engineering R&D and as co-director of the web3 research program. Patrick received a PhD in law & economics from KU Leuven (Belgium) and is a graduate of University of St.Gallen (Switzerland), the University of Texas School of Law, and the MIddlebury Institute of International Studies.

## Andrew Wright
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, CRM

Andrew Wright is the Managing Director of Wright Ventures. He attended the University of Southern California.

## Farzad (Zod) Nazem
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Analytics, Machine Learning

Farzad (Zod) Nazem has been a prolific angel investor and advisor to tech startup companies since his retirement from Yahoo! in 2007. He has invested in more than 60 early stage companies, and sits on the boards of Hand Foundation, and The Nueva School. His area of investment is about two thirds Big Data and Cloud platforms, and one third Healthand Medical. He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer of Yahoo from 1996 to mid 2007. He helped acquire and integrate over 50 companies and managed over six thousand engineers representing half of the company's employees. Between 1985 and 1996, Mr. Nazem held various software development and management positions at Oracle Corporation culminating in his role as Vice President of Media and Web Server Division. His tenure at Oracle also included membership in the company's Product Division Management Committee, which set overall strategy for Oracle products. Previously, Mr. Nazem was recruited from California Polytechnic State University by Rolm Corporation to be a software engineer in the VLCBX division. At age 19, he earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science with highest honors.

## Greg Zeschuk
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Sports

Gregory P. Zeschuk co-founded Bioware Corp. in 1995 and went on to produce a series of genre-defining video game titles that include Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Mass Effect series. Following Bioware’s acquisition by Electronic Arts, Greg became a VP at EA and General Manager of BioWare’s Austinstudio. In 2013, as a means of commemorating his contributions to the video game industry as a whole, Greg received the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards.

## Philip A. Cutler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Education, Sports, eSports

Philip Cutler is the founder and CEO of PAPER (f. 2014). PAPER is the leading Educational Support System (ESS) implemented by school districts to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness. Cutler is a teacher turned entrepreneur with a passion for educational equity, and education.Prior to PAPER, Cutler had founded several successfulbusinesses including national in-home tutoring service Laurus Educational Services (f. 2009) and Montreal's first lifestyle summer camp, Laurus Summer Camp (f. 2012), where he is remains Chairman. In 2013, at 25 years of age, he became the youngest ever elected City Councillor in Westmount, Quebec. He continues to sit on Westmount's council and is the city's Commissioner of Infrastructure and Innovation.Cutler holds a Bachelor’s degree in Education from McGill University in Montreal where he played linebacker for the McGill Redmen Football team & represented the Faculty of Education on McGill University's Senate. He has also been very active philanthropic initiatives related to Alzheimer's Disease as well as the McGill University Health Center and the Jewish General Hospital.

## John Abele
- Type: Angel
- Location: Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Software

John Abele is the Board MemberBoard at Rocky Mountain Institute. Attended Amherst College.

## Ivan Yuen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Training

As Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Wattpad, Ivan Yuen ensures the company’s product strategy aligns with business objectives. Prior to Wattpad, Ivan co-founded FeedM8 and served as the company’s CTO. Before that he was one of the first employees of Tira Wireless, where he helped grow the technical team and developed new and emergingwireless technologies. Ivan graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Engineering and also earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.

## Brandon Chu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Finance, Software

Brandon Chu is the VP Product Acceleration at Shopify. He attended the University of Toronto.

## Anil Dharni
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, iOS

Anil Dharni is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sense. Attended at MIT Sloan School of Management.

## Farhan Thawar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering at Shopify. Attended University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management.

## Marc Morin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Machine Learning

Marc, our Chief Executive Officer, co-founded Sandvine (TSX:SVC) and served as its Chief Technology Officer, developing the company's vision and technology strategy.
Prior to Sandvine, he was co-founder at PixStream which was acquired by Cisco Systems.

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