Top 15 Social Network Angel Investors in Canada in October 2023
Top 15 Social Network Angel Investors in Canada in October 2023
| Investor | Social Network Canada investments |
|---|---|
| Mo Larbi Bennis | 2 |
| Tanveer Ali | 1 |
| Fahim Saleh | 1 |
| Antoine Martin | 1 |
| Satish Kanwar | 1 |
| Jim Fletcher | 1 |
| Jon Oringer | 1 |
| Roger Ehrenberg | 1 |
| Rob Glaser | 1 |
| Roham Gharegozlou | 1 |
| Steve Olechowski | 1 |
| Jon Oringer | 1 |
| Charlie Songhurst | 1 |
| Jeff Chang | 1 |
| Troy Carter | 1 |
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Tanveer Ali - Executive Director @ Olympic Industries
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- Sports, Marketplace, Sponsorship
- Pre-Seed, Angel
- Canada, Bangladesh, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Madlipz — **NEW FEATURE** Now you can create even more memes and parodies using the brand new SUBTITLE feature! In a matter of seconds and with just a few taps, you sub your own Lipz! Think of the possibilities...MadLipz lets you make instant voiceover and subtitle parodies to share with everyone! You could be the creator of the next viral meme!Selectfrom thousands of ready-to-go clips for you to dub, sub, watch and share! Your profile displays everything you've made, and you can showcase your best work in your very own reel. Lurk your friends profiles and check out their Lipz too. We want to hear all of your feedback: what you like about the new app and what could be changed or improved to make your experience better. Send your feedback to feedback@madlipz.com Don't forget to follow us on Instagram to watch hilarious Lipz! @madlipzapp
- Socian Ltd — Let us make your Business Converse by bridging the gap between human and machine communication to ensure better tomorrow. Please stay tuned with us and keep supporting us. Exciting things are on the way!
- OpenSponsorship — Join 19000+ brands connecting to 11000+ athletes, teams and events globally, on OpenSponsorship to drive marketing and sales using sports; proven to deliver 7x ROI.
Fahim Saleh
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- Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Media
- Seed, Angel
- Canada, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Picap — Picap is a Colombian ride-hailing service provider that connects people who require a means of transportation and people with motorcycles or cars who want to share their vehicle and earn additional income in the process. Founded in 2016, Picap operates in 13 cities including Bogotá, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Neiva, Villavicencio, Cartagena, Popayán,and Ibagué.
- Madlipz — **NEW FEATURE** Now you can create even more memes and parodies using the brand new SUBTITLE feature! In a matter of seconds and with just a few taps, you sub your own Lipz! Think of the possibilities...MadLipz lets you make instant voiceover and subtitle parodies to share with everyone! You could be the creator of the next viral meme!Selectfrom thousands of ready-to-go clips for you to dub, sub, watch and share! Your profile displays everything you've made, and you can showcase your best work in your very own reel. Lurk your friends profiles and check out their Lipz too. We want to hear all of your feedback: what you like about the new app and what could be changed or improved to make your experience better. Send your feedback to feedback@madlipz.com Don't forget to follow us on Instagram to watch hilarious Lipz! @madlipzapp
Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly
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- Software, Internet, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bleen — Building a new outdoor home brand, starting with lawn care. It’s simple, easy to use, and personalized to your home.
- Cycle App — Cycle is a horizontal platform made of flexible building blocks that you can use in customizable workflows. Your way of working shouldn't depend on your tools, they built Cycle so that product teams could ship the way that works for them.
- Purchasely — In-App Subscription tool from subscription management to interface. Our Paywall builder gives Mobile Marketers full control to grow & retain subscribers.
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.
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- Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
- Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
- Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.
Jim is a 30-year veteran of the Canadian venture capital industry. He has participated actively across all funding stages from being part of founding management through personal angel investment, institutional venture capital, corporate venture investment and a variety of public and private exits. He has also been actively involved in numerouspublic policy initiatives designed to foster a healthy Canadian environment for early-stage companies and venture capital investors.Jim has been a Managing Director with Ventures West and Chrysalix Energy Management, overseen corporate venture investing as Treasurer of MacMillan Bloedel, and was founder and CEO of China Capital, CFO of the Angus Reid Group, and a Director of many technology companies. He currently chairs the Boards of Vision Critical Communications Inc., Recombo Inc. and Tyze Personal Networks Inc., and is a member of the Advisory Board of OMERS Ventures.Jim is also actively involved in the non-profit and social enterprise sector. He was a founding partner of BC Technology Social Venture Partners, has served on many other non-profit Boards and is engaged in public policy initiatives to enhance social innovation and finance.
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- Mobile, Apps, News
- Seed, Angel
- Canada
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- Shelfie — Shelfie is an app that connects readers and books. Shelfie lets readers digitize their paper book collections, get free or discounted ebooks of the books they own and discover their next reads.Shelfie has signed deals with over 600 publishers allowing users to download an eBook if they own a print edition for nearly 150,000 titles. Readers justtake a picture of their bookshelf (a "shelfie") and the app will identify and catalog all of their books and let them know which ones are eligible for bundling.
- Summify — Summify offers a service that provides daily summaries of users’ social news feed via email, web or mobile. This service is accessible to individuals via Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader accounts. Summify is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
- ePACT Network — ePACT's emergency forms automation helps you keep recreation programs running safely. Secure EHR, waivers, COVID-19 screening, contactless check-in and emergency communications ensure compliance while reducing the chaos and cost. Exclusive NRPA partner.
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.
Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.
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- Advertising, FinTech, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Noba — Give your team the benefit of inflation-protected savings in digital dollars, backed 1:1 to USD.
- FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
Rob Glaser, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of RealNetworks, has long been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing, and communications. Since founding Real in 1994, Mr. Glaser has played an integral role in the transformation of the internet into the next great mass medium. In 1995, under Mr. Glaser’s direction, Real introduced the groundbreakingRealAudio, the first commercial audio streaming solution for the internet. This was followed in 1997 with RealVideo. RealNetworks’ RealPlayer is downloaded millions of times each month and is one of the most popular pieces of software ever created. In July 2012, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Mr. Glaser returned as CEO, initially in an interim role, to help revitalize RealNetworks and return the company to sustainable growth. In line with this goal, the company has since launched several new products. By creating innovative technology and services that make it easy for people to connect with and enjoy digital media, RealNetworks and Mr. Glaser are at the forefront of the digital media revolution.Rob is also a Venture Partner at Accel.Prior to founding RealNetworks, Inc., Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Mr. Glaser currently serves as Trustee and Managing Board Member of the Glaser Progress Foundation, which he established in 1993. Mr. Glaser is a graduate of Yale University, with a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science.
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- Internet, SaaS, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Scener — Watch shows and movies synced together and hang out over video chat
- BLOK London — BLOK is an award-winning fitness studio for all levels. We offer over 20 different classes, designed to create an exciting and sustainable way to work out.
- Looped — Looped is the ultimate virtual venue for interactive live streaming and virtual video call meet & greet experiences. Our platform connects creators and fans on a global level.
Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas
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- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Poland
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- Cymbal — The human readable block explorer. Explore any wallet, NFT or collection to understand their activity, all in real time.
- Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
Steve Olechowski is Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics.
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- Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Spain, Canada
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- AMPY — AMPY is a wearable motion charger that captures its users’ energy from daily activities to charge their smartphones. The wearable device has won numerous awards, and the team was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy. Its team is already scaling down the technology inside of AMPY to power wearable devicesAMPY was founded in 2013 by Tejas Shastry,Mike Geier, and Alex Smith. It is based in Chicago, I.L.
- Selltag — Selltag offers a simple online platform for people to sell and buy items. It brings together buyers and sellers using the power of social networks. That means people can sell goods that is no longer needed or not used anymore, maybe something people have made or even digital contents to friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Pluspeople can get help from those same contacts, if the link is shared to an ad users will get more potential buyers to see it.Selltag was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain.
- Avail — Avail is a provider of tools and guidance that makes it easy to be a landlord. It offers a platform that helps independent landlords and property managers to navigate the rental cycle, as well as provides rental listings, tenant screening, customized leases, online payments, and maintenance requests services. Until now, landlords with less than10 units haven’t had access to online tools designed specifically for them. Avail is an intuitive app that helps advertise vacant units, request rental applications and credit reports, sign leases, and collect rent — all online. Today, 70,000 landlords use Avail because it’s the only end-to-end platform that helps in scaling from beginner to professional with tools, support, and education.
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
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- 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.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
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- Hubflo — Hubflo is building an all-in-one work OS to help small businesses manage their business. Instead of having 10 complicated and expensive pieces of software, Hubflo offers SMB everything they need to run their business (CRM, projects, invoicing, expenses...) in a single comprehensive, simple and affordable platform.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
- Borderless — Borderless is a workforce migration platform.It offers automation solutions that focuses on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.
Jeff Chang was the Head of Growth Engineering at Whatnot. Jeff previously worked at Pastel Labs as a Founder. Attended University of California, Berkeley.
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- Software, Developer Tools, Sports
- Seed
- United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- PopSQL — PopSQL is a developer of collaborative SQL query editing software designed to share queries and visualize data. The company's software stores SQL queries and runs regularly, grouping them into folders that can be kept private or shared among the team, track changes so it can be reverted if or when something breaks, enabling users to workcollaboratively on queries and then distribute among the team.
- Skio — Skio helps brands on Shopify sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out. Easily migrate from ReCharge. Increase conversions by 72% with 1-click checkout (Shop Pay). Reduce customer tickets by 25% with passwordless login.
- Offsight — Factory ready project management software for the modular and offsite construction industry. We solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular, offsite and project based manufacturing.
Troy Carter is the Founder of Q&A.
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- Social Media, Software, News
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Lobus — Building creator equity and making culture investable
- Therabody — Therabody is a developer of medical devices for targeted vibration therapy and pain relief.
- MobileCoin — MobileCoin is a cryptocurrency platform that develops P2P payment tokens and digital payment systems for mobile. It combines privacy, security, and distributed trust with a great user experience. MobileCoin is designed so that a mobile messaging application like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or Signal could integrate with a MobileCoin wallet.
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