Top 50 EdTech Angel Investors in Canada (July 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Neal Dempsey
Angel
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4 | United States, Canada, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Search Engine | $2.5M–$40M |
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Roger Martin
Angel
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3 | Canada | Seed, Series A | SaaS, FinTech, Finance | $1.2M–$7M |
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Osman Rashid
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada | Series A, Seed | Apps, SaaS, Events | $1.3M–$5.3M |
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Alex Khein
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Angel, Seed | CRM, SaaS, Video | $450k–$1.5M |
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Ali Moiz
Angel
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2 | United States, India, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Education | $1.5M–$32M |
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Joel Lessem
Angel
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2 | Canada | Seed | Podcast, E-Learning, Mobile Apps | $805k–$3.7M |
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Jay Steinfeld
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $4.5M–$17M |
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Andrew Levy
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Mobile, Software | $5.3M–$5.3M |
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Jacky Chen
Angel
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2 | Canada, United States, China | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $362k–$3.1M |
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Jennifer Lum
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Machine Learning | $930k–$75M |
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Greg Zeschuk
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Series A | Apps, Mobile, Sports | |
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Drew Green
Angel
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1 | Canada | Convertible Note, Seed, Angel | DSP, PaaS, Audio | |
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Matt Wyndowe
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $1.7M–$13M |
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Michael Kives
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, Blockchain, Internet | $1.5M–$15M |
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Andrew Wright
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Angel | Apps, Mobile, CRM | $100k–$2.2M |
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T. Chen Fong
Angel
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1 | Canada, Singapore, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology | $227k–$9.3M |
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Zaeem Shaukat Mirza
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Sweden | Equity Crowdfunding, Secondary Market, Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $101k–$11M |
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Jesse Ma
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Video, Mobile, Content | |
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Melissa Prescott
Angel
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1 | Canada | Pre-Seed | EdTech, Content, E-Learning | |
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Patrick Spaulding Ryan
Angel
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1 | United States, Mexico, Canada | Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel | Information Technology, FinTech, Software | $89k–$10M |
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Chris Gilpin
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Podcast, E-Learning, Mobile Apps | |
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Marc Morin
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Internet, SaaS | $549k–$1.6M |
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Saar Pikar
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Series D, Pre-Seed | Education, EdTech, Software | $45M–$100M |
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Rob Henderson
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | PaaS, Education, E-Learning | |
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Harry Patz
Angel
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1 | Canada | Pre-Seed | Education, Universities | |
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Rich Osborn
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, Australia | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Eric Hippeau
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series B, Series C | Internet, Social Media, Mobile | |
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Brandon Chu
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Finance, Software | |
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Neil Wainwright
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Angel | Travel, Leisure, Podcast | |
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Sheldon Elman
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Training | |
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Jason Smith
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Payments, Training | |
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John Abele
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B | Education, EdTech, Information Technology | |
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Jean Desgagne
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Podcast, E-Learning, Employment | |
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Irfhan Rawji
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | News, Training, Education | |
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Jiawei Zhu
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | EdTech | |
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Mark Jaine
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | Podcast, Software, E-Learning | |
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Paul Hill
Angel
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1 | Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Apps, SaaS, Podcast | |
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Will Anderson
Angel
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1 | Canada, Estonia | Seed, Pre-Seed | SaaS, GovTech, Podcast | |
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Steven Albiani
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed | PaaS, Education, E-Learning | |
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Kevin Sandhu
Angel
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1 | Canada | Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, FinTech, Finance | |
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Satish Kanwar
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Mobile Apps, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$17M |
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Eileen Rudden
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada | Seed, Series A | Software, Education, Skill Assessment | $500k–$750k |
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William Tunstall-Pedoe
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Canada, Germany | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning | |
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Anthony Lacavera
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Health Care, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$5M |
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Kirk Simpson
Angel
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1 | Canada | Seed, Series A, Angel | Finance, Software, Sales | $1.6M–$11M |
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Farhan Thawar
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $2.4M–$8.5M |
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Matthew Cowan
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Israel | Seed, Series B, Series D | SaaS, Mobile, Software | $1.6M–$60M |
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Rasool Rayani
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | SaaS, Mobile, Content | $500k–$3.2M |
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Ryan Holmes
Angel
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1 | Canada, United States, Hong Kong | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, B2B | $362k–$4M |
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Pierre Andurand
Angel
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1 | Canada, France | Angel | Video, Mobile, Content | $1.4M–$1.5M |
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Neal Dempsey is the Managing Partner of Bay Partners.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Search Engine
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$4.7M; Series A $3M–$8M; Series B $8M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
- Cognota — Synapse helps companies around the world improve the productivity of their corporate learning and development teams. Our award-winning software streamlines training intake, project and capacity planning, and content design processes to make training teams more digital, agile, and efficient.This first-of-its-kind software allows our customers toget better visibility into the training needs of their businesses and consolidate the disparate tools they are using so they can access capacity data for better decision making and author course content with unprecedented speed.Collaboration with subject matter experts takes place directly within the platform ensuring knowledge is effectively captured and easy to update as required.The Synapse mission is to enable more people to learn and grow. Founded in 2015, Synapse has clients in multiple sectors and is based out of Toronto Canada with offices in San Diego and Merida, Mexico. For more information about Synapse software, visit www.getsynapse.com.
- Cognota — Cognota is the first and only operations platform for learning and development teams. Our platform enables L&D teams to streamline training request management, improve project and capacity planning, rapidly design content and collaborate more effectively with SMEs. Clients across all industries are leveraging Cognota to improve theirproductivity by eliminating the need for multiple tools to manage learning operations.Looking to thrive in the L&D industry? Join the vibrant LearnOps® Community, a hub where L&D professionals gain insights, engage in thought-provoking discussions, access curated resources, and stay ahead of industry trends. Unlock the power of collective wisdom and experience in the #LearnOpsCommunityJoin for free at LearnOps.com
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.
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- Industry: SaaS, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$5.4M; Series A $5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Borrowell — 1 in 10 Canadians use Borrowell to monitor their credit. No credit card or SIN needed. We're the only free credit score app made in Canada.
- Taplytics — Taplytics has shut down, but the same team has launched DevCycle - an intuitive new feature management platform that helps teams ship features and experiments faster.
- Kira Talent — Make your admissions process more human. Kira transforms your admissions process with on-demand, timed video and timed written assessments. Kira works with more than 300 programs worldwide to build applicant-first assessments that identify and select their best-fit students.
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.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Events
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Series A $1.3M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kno — For more information, please fill out the form below. To see other domains for sale, click here.
- Convo — Convo is an all-in-one team collaboration and communication tool. It's simple & offers all you need for a collaborative fast paced team throughput.
- READY Education — Trusted by 525+ institutions to build community and drive retention, we are the leading mobile student engagement platform improving student success
Alex Khein is a Chief Executive Officer at BlueBay Asset Management.
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- Industry: CRM, SaaS, Video
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Angel $450k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MediaCore — Video is transforming education, and MediaCore helps hundreds of educational institutions around the world embrace it. The MediaCore Video Platform puts powerful video learning and sharing tools into the hands of every student and professor — empowering them to easily capture, manage and share video privately and securely across all platforms andmobile devices.MediaCore has received a wide range of awards, most recently being recognised by Fast Company as one of the top ten most innovative companies in digital video.
- Believe.in — Believe.in provides a white label technology that improves online fundraising, donation processing, and event performance of non-profit organizations.Available in multiple markets, languages, and currencies, Believe.in supports 2.8 million non-profit organizations globally and is easily customized and integrated into any non-profitorganization’s website and existing back-office toolkit.Believe.in was founded in May 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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Ali Moiz is the Co-Founder of Stonks. He previously worked at Logitech as a General Manager. Ali Moiz attended Williams College.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Education
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$6.9M; Series A $5.3M–$32M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Jar — Jar is a daily gold savings app that lets you save money. It invests spare change from your online transactions into digital gold, automatically. Jar is the 1st Made in India app to come up with an innovative solution to save money daily & invest in digital gold.
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- Justpoint — Justpoint is a venture-backed AI-first company redesigning the medical malpractice industry. Our first product allows for a faster and better understanding of the legal merits of a claim as well as an instant understanding of its likely settlement amount.We have previously created companies that effectively changed their industries, fromhealthcare insurance to clinical trial recruitment. To advance the medical malpractice industry, we have put together a team with extensive achievements in healthcare technology, medical malpractice litigation, and artificial intelligence.
Joel Lessem is the chief executive officer at Firmex.
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- Industry: Podcast, E-Learning, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $805k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
Jay Steinfeld is the founder of blinds.com .
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $4.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Datavations — Datavations is a market intelligence provider for the home retail market. Datavations only works with manufacturers to provide insights into home improvement retail channels, packaging the data for simple access by stakeholders across several teams and departments. Using publicly available retail inventory data, Datavations generates insights forclients.
- Cognota — Synapse helps companies around the world improve the productivity of their corporate learning and development teams. Our award-winning software streamlines training intake, project and capacity planning, and content design processes to make training teams more digital, agile, and efficient.This first-of-its-kind software allows our customers toget better visibility into the training needs of their businesses and consolidate the disparate tools they are using so they can access capacity data for better decision making and author course content with unprecedented speed.Collaboration with subject matter experts takes place directly within the platform ensuring knowledge is effectively captured and easy to update as required.The Synapse mission is to enable more people to learn and grow. Founded in 2015, Synapse has clients in multiple sectors and is based out of Toronto Canada with offices in San Diego and Merida, Mexico. For more information about Synapse software, visit www.getsynapse.com.
- Cognota — Cognota is the first and only operations platform for learning and development teams. Our platform enables L&D teams to streamline training request management, improve project and capacity planning, rapidly design content and collaborate more effectively with SMEs. Clients across all industries are leveraging Cognota to improve theirproductivity by eliminating the need for multiple tools to manage learning operations.Looking to thrive in the L&D industry? Join the vibrant LearnOps® Community, a hub where L&D professionals gain insights, engage in thought-provoking discussions, access curated resources, and stay ahead of industry trends. Unlock the power of collective wisdom and experience in the #LearnOpsCommunityJoin for free at LearnOps.com
Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO at Aircover. He co-founded and served at Crittercis as CEO 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 agileprogramming methodologies and advocating 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.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Series A $5.3M–$5.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Troops — Never miss a revenue signal with Troops. Easily update Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, and Jira right from Slack and Microsoft Teams. Get started for free.
- READY Education — Trusted by 525+ institutions to build community and drive retention, we are the leading mobile student engagement platform improving student success
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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Workwolf — Workwolf is a Toronto-based start-up with a management team who has led 7 start-ups, had 2 successful exits, and has taken a company public with a $1.8B IPO. Workwolf CEO Erik Simins is an SME in HR who previously founded MAGNUS HRS, a staffing company now servicing over 150 enterprise customers. The technology at Workwolf solves two of the biggestpain points in employment: applicant filtration and verification, and does so by empowering users to identify better candidates faster. Winner of global awards in both 2020 and 2021 for innovation and market potential, Workwolf is ramping up for its multi-national roll-out with ManpowerGroup in September that will coincide with a $4.5M Seed financing round.
- Agile Devices — Agile Devices offer catheter-based interventional procedures helping patients during a stroke. It helps medical practitioners reduce the procedure time to respond to time bound emergencies.
- Traction Technology Partners — Traction is a powerful SaaS collaboration platform for evaluating, adopting and managing new technologies across the enterprise. The platform includes Project Management and CRM tools designed specifically for enterprise teams tasked with discovering and evaluating new technologies. Traction is used by IT, Innovation and Corp Dev teams toaccelerate their digital transformation projects, and to speed up the way they find, manage, and adopt new technologies. Traction also offers On-Demand Research services delivered through its platform.
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 from formation through to M&A.Jennifer is a Venture Capital Advisor at Harvard BusinessSchool 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
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $930k–$3M; Pre-Seed $4M–$4.5M; Series A $3M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Invalidate — IPR-tested prior art search. The ultimate patent invalidation tool.
- Infringements — Monitor your patents and get instant alerts on potential infringements.
- Patented.ai — The most powerful AI engine for intellectual property.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, Sports
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Empire Kred — See what you're worth on the Social Media Stockmarket! Run and complete Missions to grow your audience and discover new content and people. Build your Influence with Empire.Kred
- Biba Ventures — Active outdoor play is essential to the development of healthy children. Getting enough active outdoor play is a concern that most modern parents are familiar with.For those parents concerned that their children are spending too much time sitting in front of a screen, Biba is a game-changer. It allows kids to have the fun, and sought after,digital rewards that they are so accustomed to, while also encouraging active play.
Drew Green is the Chief Executive Officer and President of INDOCHINO. He previously worked at Unata as a Shareholder. Drew Green attended York University.
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- Industry: DSP, PaaS, Audio
- Stage:Convertible Note, Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
- Kiwi Grocery — Kiwi Grocery cuts out the grocery store and delivers direct to your door. That means you pay less for your groceries and save on costly service fees. Kiwi users save 35% on their grocery checkout totals compared to other delivery apps.
- Apollo Insurance — Insurance doesn't have to be difficult. APOLLO Insurance is a friend of Canadian small businesses, here to help you get through your day.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$4.8M; Series A $8M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- StratiFi — StratiFi offers a client-profiling, risk analysis, and compliance software that makes monitoring, measuring, and communicating risk simple. The company believes in evaluating risks before chasing returns as a sound way to make strategic decisions with long-term finances in an uncertain world. StratiFi is building the technology that will become the"default" standard in the industry to evaluate and quantify hidden risks in portfolios and make investing safer, more reliable, and less volatile. The company was founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California.
- Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
- Walnut — Create an interactive product demo easily with Walnut demo creation software! Customize your product demonstrations without coding, collect powerful insights, save time and resources, and master your sales experience. Discover our platform today.
Michael Kives is a Co-Founder & Managing Partner of K5 Global.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.8M; Series A $6.5M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Audius — Audius is a music streaming and sharing platform that puts power back into the hands of content creators.
- Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
- Haus — An alcohol brand designed for the way we drink today. Born and bottled in California, Haus is made with things you can pronounce - think chardonnay grapes. elderflower and lemon. With less alcohol than hard liquors, Haus is shipped directly to your door, so you can gather and connect on your time.
Andrew Wright is the Managing Director of Wright Ventures. He attended the University of Southern California.
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- Industry: Apps, Mobile, CRM
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $100k–$2.2M; Angel $250k–$825k
- Lead/follow: 9% lead, 91% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Blok24 — Providing a surprisingly human shopping experience. Trusted and secure. Millions of domains to choose from.
- Trainiac — Trainiac by Gympass helps you get into an effective exercise routine by pairing you with a dedicated fitness coach for a personalized fitness plan and weekly workouts you can do anywhere. Available exclusively for Gympass members.
- Magicflix — Magicflix is a safe, curated video service for kids 12 years and younger. Magicflix aggregates videos from award-winning, original content creators from across the world. Magicflix provides a safe environment for children to view videos by curating them to be safe, age-appropriate and positive. Magicflix is now live on the App store. Magicflixis a Techstars Seattle 2014 startup and is based out of Seattle, WA. Magicflix is led by a strong technology team and 3 of Magicflix' 4 founders are moms including the CEO, Mamtha Banerjee. Together with it's content partners, Magicflix' mission is to make the mobile world a safer place for our children.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $227k–$9.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oncoustics AI — Oncoustics is creating and deploying advanced AI solutions for low cost, non-invasive surveillance, diagnostics, and treatment monitoring of diseases with high unmet clinical need. Unlike other players in the space, Oncoustics does not do image recognition. Instead, Oncoustics applies AI to raw ultrasound signals from readily available handheldultrasound devices to rapidly differentiate healthy versus diseased tissues. There's a wealth of information in these raw signals and this approach reveals novel biomarkers that can be aligned with existing standards and categorization systems. Initially targeting liver disease, a $30B global diagnostic market, Oncoustics has filed a Breakthrough Device Designation Request with the FDA for the OnX that detects liver fibrosis and the 510K is underway. Several follow-on liver products are in development. Oncoustics also has clinical data on other organ indications including prostate, kidney, breast and thyroid diseases and cancers.
- SunGreenH2 — SunGreenH2 creates the world's highest performance advanced materials for electrolysis i.e. green hydrogen production. Achieve high efficiency, low cost green H2 production on site for your application in the Power-to-X, Hydrogen refuelling, Energy Storage and Buildings sectors. Revolutionising zero emissions and improving profitability.
- EZee Assist — EZee Assist provides instant answers to franchisee operational questions. Continue using preferred channels of support and start receiving instant answers.
Zaeem is a dynamic professional with a passion for launching, building, and managing global brands and companies. He has a proven track record of creating substantial revenue impact through precision marketing, demand generation, scaled customer acquisition, digital strategies, and e-commerce initiatives.With experience spanning over 90 countriesand 175 cities, Zaeem has honed his expertise in global marketing, marketing operations, growth marketing, user acquisition, digital transformation, e-commerce, online sales, customer relationship management, and demand generation at scale. He has had the privilege of working with industry-leading companies such as Rewaa, Dentsu iProspect, AmoebaCom, Qatar Airways, and Google, where he has driven scale and efficiency in global business and marketing operations.Zaeem has successfully managed diverse teams and portfolios across 24 languages, with marketing budgets exceeding $100 million, contributing to revenues in the billions. His commitment to social impact is evident through his consultancy work with various organizations in management, fundraising, and non-profit marketing.An alumnus of INSEAD, Singapore, where he graduated from the Marketing Academy, Zaeem aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in Marketing Technology. His academic credentials include being a University of Mumbai ranker, a mass communication graduate from St. Xavier’s College (Mumbai, IN), and a post-graduate in advertising management from MICA (IN).Zaeem is also a dedicated mentor and investor, driven by a desire to nurture entrepreneurs who are passionate about technology, product innovation, or social impact. His enthusiasm for continual learning sees him facilitating media and business school programs, conducting corporate workshops, and speaking at industry conferences on topics such as marketing strategy, e-commerce, brand management, and non-profit marketing.Outside of work, Zaeem enjoys slow traveling, reading, painting, exploring new business opportunities, and spending quality time with family and friends.
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Secondary Market, Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 73
- Round size: Seed $133k–$4M; Secondary Market $212k–$11M; Equity Crowdfunding $101k–$5M
- Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Caary — CAARY is a digital credit, lending and payments platform, offering a corporate credit card for SMEs, including start-ups. It enables these businesses to better access credit and manage their spending, through provision of virtual and physical credit or payment cards to employees, utilizing a digital dashboard for receipt management, cardmanagement, and integration to the accounting system, eliminating time-consuming reconciliation. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
- Treasure Card — Teach your kids to save smart & spend wisely
- Manzil — Manzil provides halal investment and financing solutions for the Muslim community in Canada. Learn more about halal home financing to halal investing here.
Originally from San Francisco, Jesse currently is in New York learning to code, working on some legal projects, advising startups, and teaching at Fordham Law School. He formerly was Associate Counsel at Gawker Media.
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- Industry: Video, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MediaCore — Video is transforming education, and MediaCore helps hundreds of educational institutions around the world embrace it. The MediaCore Video Platform puts powerful video learning and sharing tools into the hands of every student and professor — empowering them to easily capture, manage and share video privately and securely across all platforms andmobile devices.MediaCore has received a wide range of awards, most recently being recognised by Fast Company as one of the top ten most innovative companies in digital video.
Melissa Prescott
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- Industry: EdTech, Content, E-Learning
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tech Spark AI — Tech Spark is Canada's first edtech company committed to culturally relevant and equitable tech education for Black and students of colour, girls, and teachers.
Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.
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- Industry: Information Technology, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Mexico, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 35
- Round size: Seed $100k–$10M; Angel $222k–$300k; Pre-Seed $89k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bitwage — Payroll, invoicing & benefits for digital assets. Bitwage offers services for companies and direct to workers. Workers can sign up and get direct deposit accounts to get paid from any company or client. Workers locally receive unique digital asset benefits. Workers internationally get paid faster & cheaper than traditional wires.
- IpiNovyx Bio — Orange Grove Bio partners with leading research universities to advance preclinical biotech programs in the oncology space. The company leverages its venture capital and drug development expertise to help patients and build biotech ecosystems.
- Pigeon — Pigeon Loans is a peer-to-peer lending platform that facilitates loans between family, friends, and loved ones. The platform provides their users the ability to generate legal contracts, make online payments, store loan documentation, enable automatic bank withdrawals, and make international transactions, all in an easy to use interface.PigeonLoans was founded by Brian Bristol and Anna Matilde Tanga in 2020 and is based in San Diego, CA, USA.
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Browse database — It's Free!Chris Gilpin is the Chief Executive Officer at OrderUp.
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- Industry: Podcast, E-Learning, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $549k–$1.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uvaro — Start your career in tech! Learn from experienced instructors, practice new skills and get feedback in a supportive community. Sign up today!
- Dejero — Dejero delivers resilient, uninterrupted internet connectivity for data-intensive applications by intelligently combining multiple networks into a single managed service.
- Sortable — Sortable is an agnostic, low-cost, broad spectrum platform that helps publishers unify demand partners, data, and tools. We’ve developed a best-in-class UI that contextualizes this data, allowing publishers to more deeply understand the correlation between content, marketing, and monetization.Their ultimate goal is to simplify the complexities ofpublishing operations while generating more revenue for their publisher partners.Sortable began as an online publisher, building 20 websites and apps to help consumers compare competing products in a number of categories, generating over 500 million product comparisons since their creation. In 2014, after realizing that the experience gained from building websites was better used to help fellow publishers, Sortable launched the machine learning ad optimization focused technology company that you see today.
Saar Pikar serves as the Managing Director of OMERS Growth Equity.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Software
- Stage:Series D, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series D $45M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ladder — We make life insurance simple. Insure the ones you love with Ladder.
- ExecOnline — Accelerate growth through integrated leadership development. In partnership with top business schools, our integrated experience blends courses, coaching, and cohort sessions into one connected journey.
- Parlay Ideas — Parlay is a discussion-based learning tool that allows teachers to facilitate meaningful and inclusive class discussions, that provide teachers with measurable data on student engagement and learning. We want to help students improve their critical thinking, develop their communication skills and foster a willingness to listen to others so they cantake these abilities with them into the world.
Rob Henderson - CEO @ YOURIKA
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- Industry: PaaS, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
Harry Patz is the
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- Industry: Education, Universities
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OneClass — Access millions of class notes and study guides from top students, along with textbook notes for all of your courses.
Rich Osborn is the Managing Partner at RecapHealth Ventures. he attended Queen's University.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Canada, United States, Australia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Impro — Impro.AI accelerates business performance and growth with AI-powered insights and executive-level daily guidance, optimizing strategies to maximize revenue.
- Catch+Release — Unlock the power of UGC with our comprehensive licensing platform. Use tools for video marketing, content curation, and collaboration to elevate your creative campaigns.
- Miovision — Miovision Technologies provides software and hardware that significantly improves its clients' cost-structure and accuracy.Backed by the world’s most advanced traffic AI, our innovations in traffic signal planning and operations have made it possible for cities to improve the transportation experience for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrianssince 2005.Miovision develops intelligent technology solutions to address the challenges facing today's global transportation network and to minimize the environmental impacts of inefficient transportation flow. With offices in Kitchener, Canada and Cologne, Germany, Miovision serves over 17,000 municipalities worldwide.
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.
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- Industry: Internet, Social Media, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Halp — Get more acceptances and scholarships with 1-on-1 online admissions coaching, hands-on mentorship, and university support
- Herb — Herb is the go-to destination for weed discovery, dispensaries, strains, education, culture and community for cannabis and marijuana enthusiasts around the globe.
- BLADE — BLADE is a technology-powered, short-distance aviation company committed to reducing travel friction by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives. They leverage their technology to enable travelers to utilize and enjoy air travel. BLADE arranges on-demand charter and scheduled flights across a diverse accessible fleet of helicopters,jets, turboprops, and seaplanes.BLADE operates in New York City, Long Island and the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and many other locations.
Brandon Chu is the VP Product Acceleration at Shopify. He attended the University of Toronto.
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- Industry: FinTech, Finance, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Pipe — Get up to the full annual value of your booked monthly and quarterly contracts. Scale your business without dilution or debt.
- Ownright — Doormat is a real estate lawyer that combines legaltech and proptech by enhancing the property legal process with advanced technology solutions online to ease the real estate buying and selling process.
- Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
Neil Wainwright is the Founder and CEO of UpHabit.
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- Industry: Travel, Leisure, Podcast
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Wishroute — Gain, retain and engage customers with conversational text messaging built for wellness apps, products and services. We do the 2-way texting for you and will help you optimize user experiences to increase revenue, engagement, conversion rates, activation rates, retention and more.
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
- Pilot — Social Trip Planner that makes building an itinerary with friends easy. Easily plan trips, and see where friends have been so you can go too.
Sheldon Elman is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Esplanade Ventures.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Training
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Impro — Impro.AI accelerates business performance and growth with AI-powered insights and executive-level daily guidance, optimizing strategies to maximize revenue.
- Babbly — Early speech therapy that turns playtime into progress
- BrainBox AI — All-in-one platform to control & optimize your buildings. Achieve portfolio energy efficiency and sustainability with the most advanced AI technologies.
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Browse database — It's Free!Sales and marketing centric business guy. Co-founder, investor and/or early employee of four start-ups (two successes, one still grinding, one non-starter). Advisor and consultant to early stage companies. Stint as a VP at Electronic Arts. Has led product development teams, services teams, sales teams and marketing teams ranging in sizefrom a few rockstars to hundreds of employees. Success in attracting/picking/growing talent. Track record of shaping rough ideas/initiatives into successful ventures. Key roles include President, Vision Critical, a global market research software leader, and co-founder of Columbus Group, a digital agency pioneer acquired by TELUS (NYSE: TU). In 2011, at 40, my wife and I hit the reset button, bought 4 round-the-world plane tickets and travelled the world for a year with our kids. Check out the YT video @ youtube.com/onemoresmith. Now incubating two start-ups and and advising early stage companies like Strutta and Mobify.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Training
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Impro — Impro.AI accelerates business performance and growth with AI-powered insights and executive-level daily guidance, optimizing strategies to maximize revenue.
- Helcim — Helcim is a payments company that lets businesses accept credit cards with ease. Helcim focuses on delivering a better payment service by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid.
John Abele is the Board MemberBoard at Rocky Mountain Institute. Attended Amherst College.
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- Industry: Education, EdTech, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Edifii — Personalized AI-guided student support.
- InSpace — Built for educators by educators, InSpace Proximity, Inc. is a socially intuitive video learning platform that allows you to teach online the way you would in a classroom. The company's technology replicates the personal interaction students and faculty crave that was lost when colleges, universities and K-12 classrooms introduced virtualeducation. In addition to being lifelong friends, co-founders Dr. Narine Hall and Haykanush Lputyan are experts in machine learning, data science, and online video education technologies.
- Groundwork BioAg — Explore sustainable agriculture solutions at Groundwork BioAg. Our innovative bio-based products enhance soil health, boost crop yields, and promote environmental stewardship.
Jean Desgagné is President and CEO, Global Enterprise Services, TMX Group, a member of TMX Group's executive management committee and is an Officer of the Corporation.Global Enterprise Services is accountable for the delivery of Technology, Operations, Transaction and Procurement Services for all of TMX.Desgagné joined The CanadianDepository for Securities Limited (CDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group, in 2013 from TD Bank Group where he was Senior Vice President, Trading Risk Services, holding responsibility for the independent oversight of valuation, market risk, liquidity and collateral for TD's global trading business. Prior to TD Bank, he held increasingly senior positions at some of Canada's leading financial institutions including Bank of Montreal and Union Bank of Switzerland (Canada) in areas such as treasury operations, technology, trading support and risk management.Desgagné is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the University of Ottawa. He currently serves on the Board of the Jean Tweed Centre, the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement of Central Ontario, and has been active in a number of other community organizations. He is a member of the President's Advisory Council for the University of Ottawa and was awarded the Trudeau Medal by the Telfer School of Management and the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2002 in recognition of his community service.
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- Industry: Podcast, E-Learning, Employment
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Luminari — Canada's largest professional community of CPAs
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
Irfhan is a Venture Partner with Relay Ventures, an early stage venture fund exclusively focused on mobile computing. Irfhan has been a strategic consultant, public company senior executive and investor for over 15 years. Irfhan has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia where hetaught in the areas of finance, public policy, strategy and leadership.Irfhan presently sits on the boards of Carrot Insights and The Organic Box. He is actively involved in civic affairs as a board member of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Vice Chair of Glenbow Museum, member of the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board, and member of the Calgary 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bid Exploration Committee.Irfhan holds an MBA with High Honors from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a BCom with High Honours from the University of British Columbia where he was a Wesbrook Scholar. He is a recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and Arnold Edinborough Award.Irfhan is based in our Calgary office.
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- Industry: News, Training, Education
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Impro — Impro.AI accelerates business performance and growth with AI-powered insights and executive-level daily guidance, optimizing strategies to maximize revenue.
- The Logic — Canada's business and tech newsroom
Mr. Zhu Jiawei, COO of Huobi, a Chinese well-known blockchain asset trading platform, has extensive experience and intensive research in blockchain industry. Mr. Zhu has carried out blockchain training for over 40 companies and universities such as PBoC, CITIC Securities, Financial Times, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Central Universityof Finance and Economics and Tongji University, etc.,covering blockchain technology principle, status quo of industry development, blockchain asset investment, research of emerging blockchain digital currencies, blockchain security, blockchain financial crime and control and so on. He has a unique insight in blockchain security and big data applications. His views of the blockchain industry has been cited by domestic media for many times. The blockchain research center led by Zhu Jiawei launched "Digital asset research" project with PBC School of Finance , and published the industry's first book, 'Blockchain: define the future of finance and economics'.
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- Industry: EdTech
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Deschool Online — An online marketplace community that connects learners with qualified and verified teaching professionals
Mark's leadership and pursuit of excellence have taken Intelex from a niche software provider to a major player in the global EHS and Quality software market. Mark has held various leadership positions within Intelex since he joined the company in 1999, ranging from VP Business Development to Executive Vice President, taking over as Presidentin 2006 and then President & CEO in 2009. Mark has played a founding role in almost every aspect of Intelex’s current business with key operational experience ranging from marketing to sales to services to product management to R&D to finance and human resources.Mark has made Intelex an EHSQ market leader by conceiving of many advancements that have now become industry standards, such as Intelex’s Configurable Reports tool, Configurable Dashboards, Application Builder, the first EHSQ social network with the Intelex-Exchange, and most recently with the launch of the first online/offline mobile platform with the Intelex EverSync Platform. In addition to product innovation Mark has established Intelex as a sales, services and culture leader and can often be found speaking on these topics within the technology industry. Mark has led Intelex to be a recipient of many awards, including the Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies, Fast 50 Companies, TechConnex Company of the Year, Canada’s Top Employer and Best Small/Medium Sized Employers in Canada.Mark also is a recipient of the AceTech Leadership Award from the AceTech Ontario, an association of Canadian Technology Companies, a group which Mark also serves on the board of. Mark has been the driving force behind Intelex’s ability to achieve >40% CAGR over the past 10 years and our clear vision to grow the EHSQ software market over decades to come.
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- Industry: Podcast, Software, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
- Manifest Climate — Manifest Climate uncover the insights needed to respond to climate pressure and find climate confidence.
Paul is an MBA graduate of Henley Management College in the UK, has a degree in Physics from Nottingham University, and has over 20 years experience in General Management and Board level positions in technology and engineering enterprises.Paul’s recent experience includes CEO and Founder of Bluefish Technologies, an innovative supplier of smartcard solutions to the Wireless Telecommunications Industry. He led the business through its growth phase including raising capital and establishing operations in Europe, Asia and Africa.Paul was a key member of the management team at ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH in Germany that restructured the business under Private Equity ownership, ultimately leading to the successful sale of the business to a large French multinational.In 2006 Paul joined C-MAC MicroTechnology, a Private Equity LBO from a large multinational, as a key member of the leadership team that transformed the business into a market leading supplier of system critical electronics and successfully divested its frequency control products group to a listed international business.Immediately prior to joining Azini, Paul was General Manager of C-MAC’s Aerospace and Defence business.Board positions include Antenova, Investis and Onespin Solutions.
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- Industry: Apps, SaaS, Podcast
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Antenova — Antenova is a leading provider of high performance antennas and RF solutions for wireless M2M, IoT and consumer electronics. Get in touch with us today for design support and antenna solutions.
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
- QuickFacts — Insurance software for brokers. The first website they open in the morning. We save them up to 2 hours every day. Built by brokers for brokers.
Will Anderson is an experienced operating executive with 10+ years of experience in the technology space. After starting his career as a strategy Consultant with Monitor Group, Will joined Constellation Software’s Jonas Operating group in 2003. While with Constellation, Will led divisions in both North America and Europe, and completed three highROI acquisitions in the club, construction and logistics software spaces. In 2010 will joined Iron Data Solutions as an Executive Vice President, becoming the General Manager of the 430 person Public Sector Division in early 2012.Will’s role at Klass Capital is as the CEO of Klass Software where he is searching for mid-sized mission critical solution providers to acquire. Will holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree from Queen’s University. He lives in Toronto, with his wife of 7 years and their two children.
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- Industry: SaaS, GovTech, Podcast
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, Estonia
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- New/Mode — New/Mode is the multi-channel advocacy & civic engagement platform that organizations, campaigns & causes use to win. Join the New/Mode Community.
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
- Workwize — Provide and maintain any kind of remote equipment for your workforce, no matter where they are
Steven Albiani
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- Industry: PaaS, Education, E-Learning
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- YOURIKA — AI-assisted education technology and student support
Kevin Sandhu is the Co-Founder and CEO at Otter (www.otter.ca).
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Helcim — Helcim is a payments company that lets businesses accept credit cards with ease. Helcim focuses on delivering a better payment service by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid.
- Showbie — Showbie combines all of the essential tools for assignments, feedback, and communication in one easy-to-use platform. Showbie's features were designed with teachers and students in mind. Teachers can get set up and start using Showbie's powerful platform within minutes. Teachers who use Showbie love how it transforms their classroomsinto engaging, collaborative, and organized learning environments. Showbie's suite of tools make it easy to give rich, differentiated feedback to students, so everyone gets the help they need to succeed. Showbie allows students to share files and ideas with each other, ensuring everyone is on the same page and encouraging collaboration. Showbie lets teachers work with their peers and easily engage with families. Teachers can set up groups to work directly with colleagues, share best practices, or discuss the needs of particular students. Parents can easily be part of the conversation too; teachers can set up groups just for families where they can post class updates and even permission slips. Because of its easy-to-use, intuitive design, it's no surprise that teachers love Showbie. A 2018 Showbie survey (http://ow.ly/T30r30l0H5j) found that 98% of teachers said it was easy to use and implement and 97% said it helped them improve feedback and speed up grading. With more than 3 million users worldwide, Showbie is poised to become the leading platform for the digital classroom.
- Flahmingo — Saving and investing are not intuitive financial skills for the majority of Canadians. Many Canadians believe investing is only for the rich or that it requires significant capital to start. However, the 'next generation' of investors is changing this narrative by learning by doing and investing early. These new investors are being morethan just conscious of their financial return by also seeking a social return, by investing in brands they know and love, trust, and whose vision they support.Flahmingo is a native mobile application that allows DIY investors to begin investing with as little as $5. Using our proprietary Pies and Slices technology, Flahmingo enables users to build a portfolio of their favourite companies and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Using scheduled deposits and automagic round ups (both investment automation strategies), users seamlessly grow and maintain a diversified portfolio through the purchase and sale of fractional shares'. These fractional shares allow Flahmingo users to own as little as $1 in companies like Tesla, Alphabet, Amazon and even Berkshire Hathaway.
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Browse database — It's Free!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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- Industry: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $10M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- NiaHealth — Get advanced at-home biomarker testing, proactive healthspan diagnostics, and expert guidance to elevate your health. HSA-eligible.
- 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.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Education, Skill Assessment
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $500k–$750k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Testive — Testive combines technology with human coaches to keep your college-bound kid on track and ready to conquer the ACT or SAT.
- Socrative — Review student understanding at the class, individual student, or question-level.
- Ellevation — Ellevation empowers educators and ELs with the only program to go beyond compliance and impact instruction. Partner to 1,100 U.S. school districts.
William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Checkstep — Checkstep is the trusted AI content moderation software that helps global platforms detect harmful content, enforce policies, and stay compliant at scale. Combine powerful automation with human expertise to deliver safe, relevant, and compliant digital experiences.
- LumiQ — LumiQ makes earning CPD hours fun and accessible for individual accounting professionals and teams on-the-go. Get started now!
- Unlikely AI — Controllable, auditable and hallucination-free AI solutions.
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.
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- Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Key AI — Unlock new networking and career opportunities with Key, the leading AI-powered professional networking platform. Build and manage communities, host and join exclusive events, and create meaningful connections to supercharge your growth all in one place.
- SeamlessMD — The #1 patient engagement platform used by health systems to elevate the patient experience, improve outcomes and lower costs. Patients access digital care plans on their devices and are guided through their health conditions or treatments via reminders, education and progress-tracking.
- Peloton Innovations — Updated for 2026, find the best betting sites in Liberia for thrilling gaming and great odds. Join the action today!
Kirk Simpson is the CEO of Confirm. He is a passionate team builder, innovator, and entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience leading disruptive technology ventures.Before his current role at Confirm, Kirk co-founded Wave Financial Inc., a company dedicated to providing financial services and software solutions to small businesses.Under his leadership as CEO, Wave expanded significantly, achieving $100M in annual revenue and growing its team to 370 employees. This growth culminated in Wave’s acquisition by H&R Block for $537M in June 2019.In the same year, Kirk’s exceptional leadership was recognized when he was named Canada’s Most Admired CEO in the growth category by Waterstone Human Capital.Beyond his role at Confirm, Kirk actively contributes to the North American startup ecosystem as an angel investor and advisor.
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- Industry: Finance, Software, Sales
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Mantle — Mantle is building the next generation of tools to transform how private assets are managed.
- Ten Key Labs — Mantle is a next generation ownership and equity management platform for modern founders, powered by AI.
- Float Financial — Float offers modern financial services, powerful software and industry-leading support designed for every company and stage of growth. Our product suite includes corporate cards, bill pay, expense management and high-yield accounts, giving finance teams everything they need to manage spending and cash flow efficiently.
Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering at Shopify. Attended University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $2.4M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Aide — Aide is the simple way to use enterprise-grade AI in customer support, trusted by online stores, logistics, financial services, healthcare, and education companies with growing customer service needs.
- Vestaboard — Vestaboard has totally re-imagined the design of a split-flap display you might see at a train station in Europe.
- Mantle — Mantle is building the next generation of tools to transform how private assets are managed.
Matthew Cowan is The Corporate Director At BitGo.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series D
- Geography: United States, Canada, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$2M; Series B $40M–$60M; Series D $12M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Uvaro — Remix your favorite resources and hacks with your best company content in a personalized hub that moves as fast as your team does
- Uvaro — Start your career in tech! Learn from experienced instructors, practice new skills and get feedback in a supportive community. Sign up today!
- LUUM — LUUM Lash is revolutionizing the beauty industry with the world's first robotic lash extensions. The power of machine learning, AI and robotics combine to help lash artists improve efficiency, precision and overall results.
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.
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- Industry: SaaS, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Outway — Inspiring personal bests.
- Defined — Real-time token prices, charts, wallet tracking & trading terminal for Solana, Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Sui, BSC, Tron & many more networks
- Cognito Health — Canada's only integrated online mental health solution. Accessible and affordable treatment for your mental health. Book a free initial assessment today.
Ryan Holmes is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is the Interim CEO, Founder and Director of the Board of Hootsuite. Ryan previously worked at Aritzia as a Board of Directors. Ryan Holmes attended the University of Victoria. Ryan Holmes has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Canada, United States, Hong Kong
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Round size: Seed $609k–$4M; Angel $670k–$1M; Pre-Seed $362k–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Funnel — Our revolutionary CRM property management software saves both time and money for agents and owners while making leasing more efficient.
- Go Oil — Go Oil is car maintenance made easy. Our service vans come to you and change your car's oil, rotate your truck's tires, replace your SUV's battery and more
- Blossom Social — The investor's social network.
Pierre Andurand - CIO @ Andurand Capital
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- Industry: Video, Mobile, Content
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: Canada, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Angel $1.4M–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MediaCore — Video is transforming education, and MediaCore helps hundreds of educational institutions around the world embrace it. The MediaCore Video Platform puts powerful video learning and sharing tools into the hands of every student and professor — empowering them to easily capture, manage and share video privately and securely across all platforms andmobile devices.MediaCore has received a wide range of awards, most recently being recognised by Fast Company as one of the top ten most innovative companies in digital video.
- Novaquark — Dual Universe is a single-shard sandbox MMO focusing on emergent gameplay, and developed by Novaquark for PC.You believe in a future where games will become more than games, but rather places where meaningful adventures and learning will take place. They believe that these collective online experiences will fill more and more of their free time,becoming more and more real. They believe that fun is the future of work.
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