# Top 50 Proptech Angel Investors in Canada in October 2023

## Blaine LaBonte
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Big Data, Lighting

Blaine LaBonte

## 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.

## Ndamukong Suh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Marketplace, Consumer Electronics, Food and Beverage

Ndamukong Ngwa Suh is an engineer, entrepreneur, investor, and all-pro defensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Suh strives to inspire the next generation of young athletes and “unexpected” investors to create generational wealth through continued smart investment decisions.

## Ashif Mawji
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Big Data, Lighting

Ashif Mawji is the Venture Partner at Rising Tide. He attended NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology).

## Lasse Järvinen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Restaurants, Software

Lasse Järvinen - Co-Founder @ Bonusway

## 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.

## Mikko Nurminen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Software

Mikko has 10+ years of experience from managing high-growth online businesses, including that of website platform Kotisivukone.fi, sold to Fonecta in January 2013.

## Sanders Lee
- Type: Angel
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Big Data, Software

Sanders Lee is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Hope Well. He previously worked in Groundbreak Ventures as a Founder and Partner. Sanders Lee attended the University of Augsburg.

## George Armoyan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Hardware

Founding Partner and Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Executive Chairman @ Clarke Inc


## Scott McGillivray
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate

Scott McGillivray, Canadian entrepreneur, investor, and HGTV host.

## James Pardieck
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

James Pardieck

## Tomas Lestrup
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Tomas Lestrup

## Dave McClure
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics.

## Teal Linde
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Funding Platform, Commercial Lending

Teal Linde

## Lanny Lipson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Lanny Lipson

## Benjamin Yoskovitz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Founding Partner at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation and venture development company. Ben is an entrepreneur, product lead, angel investor. He co-authored Lean Analytics.

## Joe Mimran
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Furniture, Lifestyle

Joe Mimran

## Kathia Cambron
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Kathia Cambron

## 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.

## Jason Chapnik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: SaaS, Big Data, Software

Jason Chapnik has been an entrepreneur and investor for over 25 years. As a teenager, he co-founded Kaboom Fireworks Inc., the leading provider of family fireworks in Ontario. In 1995, Jason co-founded TouchTech Corporation to provide consumers access to real estate listing information. In 1997 TouchTech was acquired by Homestore Inc. (laterMove Inc., Nasdaq:MOVE). In late 1998, Jason founded The .TV Corporation to market the dotTV top level domain, in partnership with the government of Tuvalu. In 2002, The .TV Corporation was acquired by Verisign Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSN). In 2001, Jason joined the board of directors of Dealer.com Inc., a leading provider of automotive Internet marketing solutions. Jason is currently the Chairman of the Board of Dealer.com. He also sits on the boards of Method, Nulogy, StickerYou, and OpenApps. He lives in Toronto, with his wife of fifteen years and their three children.

## Philip Sane
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Philip Sane

## Dennis Bennie
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Internet

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.

## David Grutman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Software, Gaming

David Grutman

## 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 Newton
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate

Tom Newton, VP Engineering at Shopify.

## Aman Chatha
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Aman Chatha

## John Byard
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Smart Home, Direct Marketing

John Byard

## Karen Zuccala
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate

Karen Zuccala,  Twitter head of CPG, retail and dining.

## Chris Huskilson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Delivery, Internet, Analytics

Mr. Chris Huskilson began his career with Nova Scotia Power in 1980. He was made chief operating officer of Emera and Nova Scotia Power in July 2003 and president and chief executive officer of Emera in 2004.Mr. Huskilson is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia. He is chair of the Canadian ElectricityAssociation, and serves on many for-profit and non-profit boards of directors. He is past-chair of the Greater Halifax Partnership and past-chair of the Energy Council of Canada.Mr. Husklison holds a bachelor of science in engineering and a master of science in engineering from the University of New Brunswick.

## Paul Podolny
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Funding Platform, Commercial Lending

Paul Podolny

## Adam Jackson
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, CRM, Construction

Adam is a serial technology entrepreneur and investor that has spent his career creating and deploying capital into software systems that make complex tasks simple and intuitive. He's started 4 VC-backed companies and an asset management company over the last 16 years.Since August, 2017 he has served as Managing Partner & CTO ofCambrian Asset Management, a blockchain asset management company. He is also co-founder and CEO of Freelance Labs, Inc., the company building a new tokenized talent network called Braintrust which raised a $5m seed round in 2018.In 2012, he co-founded and served as CEO of Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides Video Visits with board-certified physicians and psychologists. Doctor On Demand delivers services through employers, health systems, health plans, and directly to consumers and has raised $165M in VC.His previous business, DriverSide was founded in 2007 and was acquired by Advance Auto Parts in September of 2011.His first venture-backed business, MarketSquare, founded in 2004, was the first online local shopping destinations on the Internet. It was acquired by Intuit in September of 2006.He is an angel investor in 45+ companies/projects, including: LTSE, Seated, Bolt, Placer, Aktana, Skale Labs, Protocol Labs, JCTurbo, Apero Health, Rapportive, MyTime, Automatic, Womply, Superhuman and Zenefits.

## John Nemanic
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

John Nemanic

## Ken Miyoshi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Video, Enterprise Software

Ken Miyoshi

## Emily Davies
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Funding Platform, Commercial Lending

Emily Davies

## Andrew Kitchell
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Vacation Rental, SaaS

Andrew Kitchell is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Lyric and Wheelhouse. He is a former CEO & Founder at Beyond Pricing and Founder, Product Design at 30 Words. Mr. Kitchell studied at Duke University.

## Gavin Uhma
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Data and Analytics

Cofounder and CTO @ Cape Privacy
Co-Founder, CEO @ Sidestory
Founder @ Slashjoin


## Mark Dobbin
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Other

Founding Partner and Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
President @ Killick Capital


## Erik Peterson
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Series A
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Internet

Founder @ DormTrader


## Bill Smith
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Real Estate, Other

Founder & CEO @ Landing


## Kuljeev Singh
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Real Estate

Kuljeev Singh - Founder & CEO @ Resq

## Archana Priyadarshini
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, IT, Apps

General PArtner @ PointOne Capital


## Lauri Sommarberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Software

Lauri Sommarbergis the Co-Founder and Board Member of LVS Brokers.

## 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.

## David Dufresne
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics

David Dufresne

## 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

## Robin Knox
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Internet, Media and Entertainment, Software

Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.

## Monroe Asami
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cannabis, Craft Beer, Food Processing

Monroe Asami

## Girish Mathrubootham
- Type: Angel
- Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, IT, Internet

Girish Mathrubootham founded Freshdesk in 2010, and as the CEO, has been setting the vision and direction for the company since inception. Prior to founding Freshdesk, Girish was the VP of Product Management at ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corp, where he was responsible for setting worldwide product strategy and overseeing product marketing,product management, and customer support. In addition to the pedigree of having some of the happiest customers in the world, he is also the reigning in-house Foosball champion.

## 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.

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