Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Canada in October 2023
Top 50 Gaming Angel Investors in Canada in October 2023
| Investor | Gaming Canada investments |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Howe | 4 |
| Dan Plashkes | 4 |
| Bryan Rosenblatt | 3 |
| Jon Oringer | 2 |
| John W Tomes | 2 |
| Jill Denham | 2 |
| Jon Oringer | 2 |
| Jon Oringer | 2 |
| Lance Priebe | 2 |
| Nadav Ben-Chanoch | 2 |
| André Zimmermann | 2 |
| Arlene Dickinson | 2 |
| Jason Warner | 2 |
| Drew Brees | 2 |
| Tom Williams | 2 |
| Mark Pincus | 2 |
| Eric Patel | 2 |
| Peter Wilson | 2 |
| Chris Aniszczyk | 2 |
| David Albert | 2 |
| Mike Fata | 2 |
| Roger Ehrenberg | 1 |
| Kathia Cambron | 1 |
| John Nemanic | 1 |
| Marc Altshuller | 1 |
| Jim Spatz | 1 |
| William Tunstall-Pedoe | 1 |
| Brett Wilson | 1 |
| Tobyn Sowden | 1 |
| Philip Sane | 1 |
| John Flanagan | 1 |
| Josh Hart | 1 |
| Jeff Morris Jr. | 1 |
| David Reckziegel | 1 |
| Anthony Sassano | 1 |
| Danish Chaudhry | 1 |
| Walter James Treliving | 1 |
| Eric Wetlaufer | 1 |
| Sebastien Borget | 1 |
| Dennis Bennie | 1 |
| Christian Edler | 1 |
| Alex Adelman | 1 |
| Oren Zeev | 1 |
| Mohamed Hage | 1 |
| Justin Kan | 1 |
| Deepak Jain | 1 |
| Andrew Perlman | 1 |
| John Risley | 1 |
| Monroe Asami | 1 |
| Jeff Steinberg | 1 |
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Jeffrey Howe
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- Fantasy Sports
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OwnersBox — OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America.
Dan Plashkes
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- Fantasy Sports
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OwnersBox — OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America.
Partner @ Craft Ventures
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- Software, Gaming, Hardware
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, France, United Kingdom
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.
John W Tomes
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- Fantasy Sports
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OwnersBox — OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America.
Jill Denham
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- Fantasy Sports
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OwnersBox — OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America.
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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.
Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, France, United Kingdom
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.
Lance Priebe
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- eSports, SaaS, Content Delivery Network
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Canada
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.
Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, France
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.
André holds a degree in Business Administration of the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo (Brazil) and a GMP at CEDEP/INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France). He has more than 22 years experience within the communication industry, having worked for advertising and media agencies in Brazil and in Spain. After having worked at Havas for 12years, where at the end he accumulated the roles of MD at Havas Digital Brazil and MD at Z+, he became an entrepreneur in 2013 and has since then helped building NetCos (influencer marketing), Adglow (social media advertising), Smartclip Brazil, (video distribution platform), Blasting News Brazil (social journalism), Kiddo (customer experience), Oliver Latam (in house agencies), Audioria (podcast production and distribution) and Corebiz Spain (omnichannel agency). Since 2014 also acting as an angel investor at seed and early stage ventures for companies such as iSPORTiSTiCS (artificial intelligence for sports), Sherwa (gaming network), Donamaid (cleaning services marketplace), Mimo (live commerce), Chilligum Creatives (dynamic creatives), Super Troupers (influencer powered commerce solution) and also through Wow Accelerator. André was also a professor for two years at the Master in Digital Marketing of the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain) and a VP and board member at the Interactive Advertising Bureau Brazil. In 2014 André was ranked second in the Top 50 Innovators of Marketing and Communication in Brazil list, published by Proxxima (Meio&Mensagem Group).
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- Software, Video, Computer Vision
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- iSPORTiSTiCS — Video interpretation and tagging for sports content powered by AI. (Auto) detection of actions, stats, and objects.
- Super Troupers — Traditional influencers platforms give them a fish for each campaign; we give them a fishing rod.
- Sherwa Online Services — Bringing a share-economy into the gaming industry - Connecting, learning and earning money while you play!We are bringing a new way for people to connect and play together, while also having the opportunity for users to earn revenue by helping other players and creating exclusive lobbies.We offer instant matchmaking for both users who aretrying to play, those platforms you can only book a match with someone. We offer coaching groups as well as promoting inside events and competitions for exclusive gifts and in-app coins. We allow users the possibility to play with their favourite influencers/streamers. The influencer can create a featured group where people can make a line to play with them.
Dickinson, owner and CEO of Venture Communications, a company she grew from a small, local firm to one of the largest independent agencies in Canada, is also the CEO of District Ventures and Youinc.com. Companies all aimed at helping market, fund and grow entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies. She is a two times best-selling author,accomplished speaker and is best known to Canadians as one of the venture capitalists on the award-winning CBC series’ Dragons’ Den.
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- Food and Beverage, Health Care, Wellness
- Angel, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Aku Spike — Aku delivers a high-end self acupressure experience anywhere, anytime. Stress relief, relaxation, and treatment for sore back, neck aches, joint pain and more.
- Vertiball — The precision massager that makes your back accessible in a way like never before. Our patent pending suction mounting system to mount onto walls and other flat surfaces. The technology allows you to place the device at specific heights giving you complete control over your sore, tense muscles.
- PilotsFriend West — Precision crafted by bio-scientists and nutritionists, originally made for active duty jet pilots, PilotsFriend is a vitalizing energy tonic that promotes optimal concentration, performance, and health.
Jason Warner is the MD at Redpoint. Jason cares deeply about the future of technology, developer experience, and growing companies. He is a people-oriented product technologist, who is passionate about building both the technical and human systems needed for scale and growth. Prior to joining GitHub, Jason was Vice President of Engineering atHeroku, the world’s leading PaaS and one of the largest cloud computing providers in the world. Before Heroku, Jason worked to make Linux accessible to everyone by leading product engineering for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Phone at Canonical. Jason is also an active speaker, writer, and advisor on cloud computing, technology and leadership. His activities include formally and informally advising startup and established executives, as well as active coaching and mentoring future product and technology leaders.Jason graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Computer Science, and Rensselaer University with an MS in Computer Science. He lives with his family in Victoria, British Columbia, where he writes, sketches and enjoys the water as much as possible.
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- Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- slai — Slai is a self-serve machine learning platform. Instantly connect data sources, train models on GPUs, and deploy to APIs in minutes.
- Beam — Train and deploy AI and LLM applications securely on serverless GPUs, without managing infrastructure.
- Series — Series provides full-stack enterprise financial services designed for institutions & enterprises.
Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL, an entrepreneur, and an investor.
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- Sports, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- NorthOne — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
- Mustard — Elevate your game with real time analytics and instruction from the world's best coaches and athletes.
- Nightfall AI — Nightfall is one trusted DLP platform to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across SaaS and cloud apps with machine learning.
Tom Williams
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- Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, India
Portfolio highlights
- Unito — Connect the tools you're already using with deep 2-way integrations and optimize workflows for Asana, Jira, Trello, Google Sheets and more.
- Delphia — Invest with your data, not your money.
- NorthOne — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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- Internet, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
- Bravado — An exclusive Sales Community for the Best Sales Professionals
Eric Patel was first elected to the Ritchie Bros. Board in 2004. Mr. Patel has extensive business and financial experience, most recently as CFO of Pembrook Mining Corp. (formerly Paget Resources Corporation), a private mining company that he left in 2010. Prior to that Mr. Patel acted as the CFO of CrystalDecisions, Inc., a privately heldsoftware company. Mr. Patel joined Crystal Decisions in 1999 after holding executive level positions, including that of CFO, with University Games, Inc., a privately held manufacturer of educational toys and games. Before 1997, Mr. Patel worked for Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream as Director of Strategy, for Marakon Associates strategy consultants and for Chemical Bank. Mr. Patel sits on the Advisory Board of ACL Services Ltd, the board of Daiya Foods Inc. and is treasurer of B.C. Social Ventures Partners, a not for profit-organization. Mr. Patel holds an MBA degree. Mr. Patel is currently a member of the Audit Committee and is Chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
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- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- TMRW Foods — TMRW Foods is a Canadian producer of plant-based proteins, producing out of their wholly owned HACCP certified facility in British Columbia, Canada. TMRW products can be found in retailers across Canada, and a local delivery platform is available for Lower Mainland Vancouver. TMRW has tripled their distribution points from the end 2020 to Q2 2021.
- Apothékary — Apothékary is a global plant-based farmacy that offers clean alternatives to over the counter synthetic supplements & beauty products.
- Eclipse Foods — Eclipse Foods is the sweet tooth for all food lovers of plant-based, vegan ice cream. We offer delicious, cruelty-free vegan ice cream. Learn more today!
Pete Wilson is the Managing Director at HarbourVest Partners.
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- Fantasy Sports
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- OwnersBox — OwnersBox is an innovative sports-tech company disrupting the way consumers play Fantasy Sports. The company building a best-in-class Fantasy Sports platform that will provide a superior experience to millions of sports fans worldwide.With the rising popularity of fantasy sports showing no signs of slowing down combined with the fact that sportsleagues seem like they're returning sooner than later, the OwnersBox team has a major opportunity to take advantage of our positioning. Their vision is to create a socially driven hybrid-product that will appeal to the 60+ million fantasy sports users in North America.
Chris Aniszczyk is Chief Technology Officer at Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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- Developer Tools, Gaming, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Golioth — Golioth helps developers to build IoT devices, secure your IoT, pipe device data from the edge to the cloud, and manage your IoT fleet from anywhere.
- Orbit — Grow and measure your community across any platform with Orbit, the community experience platform. Try Orbit for free!
- Battlesnake — Controlled by a web server you build, and the code you write, Battlesnakes move to find food, avoid others, and stay alive.
Managing Director, @foodora (a Delivery Hero company)
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- Software, Apps, Mobile
- Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Jiffy — Jiffy is a web and mobile platform that connects homeowners with service providers in real time, based on proximity and availability.
- Notch — notch simplifies wholesale food and beverage ordering for restaurants and suppliers of all sizes. Make all your orders, chat, and pay in one place.
- KitchenMate — Our modular Kiosks enable your business to easily integrate high-quality meals into your culture.
Mike Fata is the Founder at Manitoba Harvest. He attended Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
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- Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Snack Food
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Blume — Blends with benefits. Organic superfood powders for your mug, cup, bowl and baking sheet. We believe wellness should be fun and accessible. All of our colorful lattes are vegan, refined sugar-free and less than $1/serving.
- Mid-Day Squares — Mid-Day Squares: Perfectly designed to stop your hunger or cravings in between meals. Each Square is packed with Clean Plant Protein, Real Chocolate & Superfoods.
- Nuts For Cheese — Nuts For Cheese produces organic, 100% dairy free and plant-based cheese in six delicious flavors.
Founder & Managing Partner @ IA Ventures Partner @ Miami Marlins
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- Software, Internet, Sales/Marketing
- Series A, Seed, Series B
Kathia Cambron
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- Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Seed
- Canada
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.
Investment focus
- Gaming, Health Care, Real Estate
- Seed
President & CEO @ Varicent Software Chairman @ Tacit Innovations
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- Mobile, Apps, Software
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Founding Partner and Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Chairman and CEO @ Southwest Properties
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- Data and Analytics, Software, Gaming
- Seed
Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Evi
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- Software, Data and Analytics, AI
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Chairman @ Canoe Financial
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- Gaming, Health Care, Food/Beverage
- Series A
Chief Executive Officer @ Red Brick Founder @ Shift
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- Design, Gaming, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed
Philip Sane
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- Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Seed
- Canada
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.
John Flanagan
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- SOL Cuisine — Contact us Question about our products? Want to tell us you love one of our recipe? Need to bring something to our attention? We're always delighted to hear from you. Select your optionWhere to buy our productsProduct Questions, Praise or SuggestionsProduct Issue or ComplaintInvestorsBusiness Partners & WholesaleMedia & EventsCoupon RequestsCareers InquiriesOther To report a product
Josh Hart is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.
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- Gaming, Software, Food/Beverage
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- InVintory — InVintory is re-defining the way wine collectors interact with their collection. The digital platform makes finding and tracking bottles easier than ever.
- Dapper Labs — Dapper Labs uses the power of play to deliver blockchain-based experiences that are made for you and ready for the real world.
- Lemon Perfect — Lemon Perfect is a zero-sugar cold-pressed lemon water that’s full of flavor and packed with antioxidant vitamin C. We squeeze half a California-grown organic lemon into every bottle and can—and add no artificial ingredients—making healthy hydration more convenient, refreshing, and delicious than ever.The Lemon Perfect Company is headquartered inAtlanta, GA.
Jeff Morris Jr. is the Founder & Managing Partner at Chapter One.
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- Software, Other, Financial
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Norway
Portfolio highlights
- Cord — Cord, the London-based platform that acts as the connecting bridge between any and all apps.
- Bubbles — Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets you tag anything on your screen and invite your teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc.
- Syndicate — Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network.
David Reckziegel
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- Video, Gaming, Hardware
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Unlimited — UNLIMITED is at the forefront in the design and creation of high-end Virtual Reality Experiences. VR is a revolutionary new medium - a mind-blowing hybrid between interactive media and immersive cinematic experiences. They offer branded and original VR content for immersive and interactive media, including films, TV series, games andadvertising.
Anthony Sassano is a Product Marketing Manager at Set Labs. He attended La Trobe University.
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- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- GitPOAP — GitPOAP is a decentralized reputation platform that represents off-chain accomplishments and contributions on chain as POAPs.
- Creadibly Neutral — Credibly Neutral is a builder-led early stage venture fund investing $50-250k in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.
- Horizon Blockchain Games — We make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders.
Startup enthusiast and coffee addict
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- Other, Software, Financial
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- DAM — DAM is a protocol for creating purchasing power from cross-chain token portfolios through dPRIME, a Dotsama-based stablecoin.
- Bware Labs — Bware Labs provides an interface between Blockchain APIs consumers and node providers with integrated payment options and verified reliability, all embedded within our platform and protocol service.
- Altitude — Actively managed collateralised loans
Jim Treliving is the Chairman and Owner of one of Canada’s most beloved restaurant chains, Boston Pizza International (BPI)—but that’s just the tip of the iceberg of his accolades. Well-known for his role as the encouraging, savvy, entrepreneurial spirit on CBC’s Dragons' Den, Jim has a history rooted in integrity—one which has led him well inthe world of business. One of Canada’s most successful entrepreneurs, Jim has been at the helm of the Boston Pizza name for nearly 50 years which has received prestigious recognition, including Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Platinum Club, Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the Henry Singer Award from the Canadian Institute of Retailing and Services and, most recently, the Canadian Franchise Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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- Solar, Energy, Mobile
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Just Boardrooms — At Just Boardrooms, we are committed to making your boardrooms, meeting rooms, meeting venues and conference rooms a success.
- PilotsFriend West — Precision crafted by bio-scientists and nutritionists, originally made for active duty jet pilots, PilotsFriend is a vitalizing energy tonic that promotes optimal concentration, performance, and health.
- Operation Take Two — Operation Take Two is a social enterprise revolutionizing the global issue of waste by empowering communities to turn trash into treasure.
Eric Wetlaufer is the Managing Partner at TwinRiver Capital.Eric Wetlaufer attended Wesleyan University.
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- B2B, Farming, Nutrition
- Seed
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- FreshSpoke — Wholesale buyers from restaurants, retail and institutions place orders using FreshSpoke's mobile or web app. Delivery is then arranged using FreshSpoke's shared delivery system that leverages the excess capacity that already exists in the food delivery system, giving commercial drivers, including local food producers, the ability to earnextra income delivering local food. The entire transaction is paperless; every aspect of the delivery from dispatch and routing, to arrival notification and order acceptance is handled on the driver’s smartphone. FreshSpoke is in the market and commercialized in Canada and the USA with a web app and three mobile apps. These include FreshSpoke buyers’ app, FreshDispatch app for Drivers and a consumer facing app called Local Food Champion that authenticates the source of local food served or sold by FreshSpoke buyers.
Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, France, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- GET Protocol — Supercharge your tickets with NFTs and the Blockchain. Easily implement the latest technology and unlock the benefits of truly digital tickets with GET Protocol.
- Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
- Bring It On — Bring It On is a mission to redefine the skill games category, merging strong technological infra.
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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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.
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- Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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- Blobr — Get your branded developer portal to launch and grow adoption of your API products.
- Comet Rocks — Comet helps brands launch remote stores with one click checkout in any 3rd party online application. No redirects, more engagement, full control.
- Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
Alex Adelman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Lolli. Alex was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Cosmic (acquired by PopSugar, then Ebates). He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in New York, New York. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics.
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- Software, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada
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- Limit Break — Limit Break is a blockchain game company.
- Daylight — Our transaction recommendation API helps apps, protocols, and creators grow transactions and revenue.
- Horizon Blockchain Games — We make web3 easy, fun, and accessible for users and builders.
Oren Zeev is the Founder of and one of the two main early backers respectively, a former board member of Zeev lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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- Software, Internet, Media and Entertainment
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Israel, Canada
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- Impala — Business Intelligence for the nonprofit world. Powerful insights for grantmakers and fundraisers who want to make more impactful decisions.
- Fairmatic — Fairmatic specializes in smartphone-powered driving safety analytics and calculates performance-based commercial auto insurance prices.
- Riverside.fm — Riverside.fm makes it easy for podcasters and media companies to record remote interviews in studio quality. End result? 4k video and WAV audio content.
Mohamed Hage is a young entrepreneur with a demonstrated track record of success and over 10 years of experience running software and real estate companies. He has a talent for inspiring passion in employees and an incredible knack for forging connections with experts from a diverse range of specialties. He conceived of Lufa Farms in the early2000s based on his childhood experiences with agriculture and fresh produce in a village just outside of Beirut.
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- Agriculture, Hospitality, Organic Food
- Funding Round
- Canada
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- Lufa Farms — Find out how to subscribe to weekly fully customizable local food baskets.
Justin Kan is the Co-Founder of Fractal. He attended Yale University.
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- Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, India, Canada
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- ShopMy — Connecting the world's leading content creators with the top brands in beauty, fashion, home decor and more.
- Ready Player Me — Create a full-body 3D avatar with a selfie and use it in the metaverse. Developer? Integrate our avatar platform into your app or game.
- Scenario — Community-led library of experiences providing Metaverse user-generated content. Capture, edit and share 3D experiences from your phone.
Value Creator - People Oriented - Turnaround Champion - Cultural Integration Expert
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- Art, Gaming, eSports
- Pre-Seed
- Canada
Andrew Perlman is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at North Equity. He attended The George Washington University School of Business in 1996.
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- Water, Wellness, Advertising
- Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, United States
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- Flow Alkaline Spring Water — Naturally alkaline spring water in a sustainable package, delivered to your door.
- Recurrent Ventures — Recurrent is an innovative digital media company that empowers brands to grow, and connect with consumers in a way that is enjoyable, sustainable, inspiring, and profitable—while maintaining editorial integrity. Its best-in-class brands like Popular Science, The Drive, Domino, MEL, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, Car Bibles, SAVEUR, Futurism, andTask & Purpose engage a combined audience of more than 50 million monthly unique visitors. Initially founded in late 2018 with the acquisition of The Drive, the portfolio rapidly expanded under the ownership and backing of North Equity LLC to include 20 digital media brands across automotive, home, lifestyle, military, outdoors, and science and tech verticals.
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.
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- Software, Information Technology, Sharing Economy
- Pre-Seed, Funding Round, Seed
- Canada, United Kingdom
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- ClearBank — ClearBank is a clearing and agency banking platform allowing banks and other customers real-time clearance on payment transactions and other financial services. Its services include account management, liquidity management, transaction analysis, and real-time access to payment schemes. These services help clients to make transactions fast andcost-effective for their customers.The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Bristol City, United Kingdom.
- Harbr — Harbr analyzes submissions and automatically retrieves missing information so teams can stop wasting time chasing documents.
- ZeroIN — For ingredient manufacturers seeking to enhance the taste profile of their sweeteners, ZeroIN develops technology to produce next-gen sweeteners with the same bulk, sweetness, and taste as sugar but no aftertaste.
Monroe Asami
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- Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing
- Seed
- Canada
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.
Jeff Steinberg
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- Winery, Distillery, Wine And Spirits
- Series A
- Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Siempre Spirits — Handmade in a small Mexican town named Tequila, this platinum and consumer's choice award winning 100% Agave spirit is unmatched in taste and quality.
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