# Top 50 Machine Learning Angel Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## Jaclyn Johnson - Type: Angel - Location: West Hollywood, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Consumer Goods, Beauty, Retail Jaclyn Johnson created her career. A powerhouse entrepreneur, by the time she was 28, Johnson had sold her first business, (No Subject)and launched her second multimillion dollar company, Create and Cultivate. Johnson recognized a gap in conversations, resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and responded with asolution, Create and Cultivate, the wildly popular media platform and nationwide conference. In the process, Jaclyn’s own work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of female empowerment, hustling-hard and innovation have propelled her voice to the forefront of the discussion on workplace equality, a new thought-leader for millennial women and Gen-Z-ers on the career come up. A graduate of NYU, Johnson’s trajectory has been skyrocketing since she founded (No Subject) in 2010. With the launch of Create and Cultivate in 2012, she gained global visibility. Six years later, Create and Cultivate is bigger than ever, with hundreds of thousands of followers and attendees, and over 75 events to date. The conference has landed major cities around the country and boasts sponsors that include top Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, LinkedIn, QuickBooks and Microsoft to the buzziest brand names like Laura Mercier, LaCroix, Clinique, Chandon, Urban Outfitters and more. Past speakers and panelist include the biggest celebs and CEO’s like Kim Kardashian West, Chelsea Handler, Jessica Alba, Chrissy Teigen, Gloria Steinem, Issa Rae, Nicole Richie and more front-runners in fashion, technology, design and business. Named a Forbes 30 Under 30, an Adweek Disruptor and profiled in Fast Company, the LA Times, Entrepreneur and more, Johnson has earned her way to the frontlines of a workplace revolution at a time when change-agents and disruptors are flexing real influence. ## Tom Williams - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Tom Williams ## Daniel Debow - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Daniel Debow is the Chair of the Board of Build Canada. He attended the Stanford Law School.Daniel is the Vice President of Product (Demand) at Shopify. He previously worked as an SVP at Salesforce.com, where he drives marketing for Salesforce Work.com, a sales performance management solution that helps Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, and otherinnovative companies align, motivate, and drive the performance of their sales teams. Prior to joining Salesforce, Daniel was co-founder and co-CEO of Rypple, a social performance management platform acquired by Salesforce in 2012. Prior to Rypple, Daniel was on the founding team of Workbrain, which provided workforce management solutions to Wal-Mart, Citibank, and other large enterprises. Workbrain grew to $100 million in annual revenues before being acquired by Infor in 2007.A sought after speaker on how social media is changing the workplace, Daniel is a contributor to Fortune.com and the Huffington Post. He’s been widely quoted in Wired, the Financial Times, the Economist and Bloomberg Businessweek. Daniel holds a JD/MBA from the University of Toronto and an LLM in Law, Science and Technology from Stanford University. ## Jordan Banks - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Jordan Banks is the Co-Founder at Thunder Road Capital. Jordan Banks attended York University - Osgoode Hall Law School. ## Julian Koh - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Web3 Julian Koh is based out of Singapore and is the Co-Founder of Ribbon Finance. Julian previously worked at Coinbase as a Software Engineer. Julian Koh attended Cornell University. ## Santiago R Santos - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Software Santiago R Santos is the Founder of Mona. ## Omar Shakeeb - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Machine Learning Omar Shakeeb is the co-founder of Second_Lane. ## Harley Finkelstein - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Apps Harley Finkelstein is the Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea and the President of Shopify. He previously worked at C100 as a Board Member. Harley Finkelstein attended the University of Ottawa and Concordia University. ## Greg Osuri - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Machine Learning Greg Osuri - Founder & CEO @ Overclock Labs ## Marc Morin - Type: Angel - Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS 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. ## Ashif Mawji - Type: Angel - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Grocery, Big Data, Lighting Ashif Mawji is the Venture Partner at Rising Tide. He attended NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology). ## William Tunstall-Pedoe - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Machine Learning 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. ## Satish Kanwar - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Art Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough. ## Tobias ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Web3, Blockchain, Machine Learning Tobias ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ## Dennis Bennie - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Hardware, Health Care Dennis Bennie is a pioneer, entrepreneur and innovator in the Canadian technology industry. Over the past 20 years, Bennie's entrepreneurial management has powered Mission Electronics, Ingram Canada and Delrina. In 1997, he founded the XDL Venture Capital Fund, focusing on information technology opportunities. The $25 million fund hasyielded exceptional returns to date. One of its most noteworthy investments was a 1997 start-up, Delano Technology Corporation (NASD:DTEC). XDL Intervest, a $150 million fund was started in 1999 and is now fully invested. Bennie currently manages an experienced team investing in private equity opportunities as the XDL Capital Group. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Bennie was CEO of Delrina Corporation, an independent software developer and publisher, which forged the new software categories of electronic forms and PC fax communications. Under Mr. Bennie's leadership, Delrina pioneered the development of PC fax software called WinFax and became a world leader in the communication software market with annual sales revenue exceeding $130 million. Listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, Delrina cultivated a reputation for leadership, growth and profitability, and completed several public offerings. In November 1995, the company was successfully sold to Symantec Corporation for share consideration valued at $560 million. Mr. Bennie entered the world of technology in 1979, when he co-founded Mission Electronics. He drove the expansion of this leading British audio equipment manufacturer to become a dominant force in the high-end stereo market. In 1982 he sold his interest in Mission Electronics and founded Aviva Software, an independent, mass-market software developer. Under his direction, the company expanded its scope to include software distribution and merged with Ingram Micro Inc. in 1986 to become Canada's largest software distributor. Residing in Toronto, Canada, with his wife Laura and three daughters, Dennis is an avid golfer and runner. A member of the World President's Organization, he also regularly serves on various charitable boards including the Toronto Hospital Board. ## Blaine LaBonte - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Big Data, Lighting Blaine LaBonte ## Jean-François Grenon - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Computer, Machine Learning Jean François Grenon brings more than 25 years of expertise in the telecom and wireless space. Prior to forming Vectrad Networks and then NTF-Capital in 2003, Jean-François was Chairman and CEO of Innova Corporation, a company he led folllowing its listing on the NASDAQ.Jean-François graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal andholds a Harvard Business School MBA.He sits on the board of several innovation driven corporations including Inter-Mobile S.A.S, a NexTFund portfolio company. ## Jonathan Ehrlich - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS Jonathan Ehrlich is the Founding Partner of Roar Ventures. He previously worked at Bulletin as a Board Member. Jonathan Ehrlich attended Ivey Business School at Western University. ## Lance Priebe - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: eSports, SaaS, Big Data Lance Priebe ## Sanders Lee - Type: Angel - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: FinTech, Big Data, Software Sanders Lee is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Hope Well. He previously worked in Groundbreak Ventures as a Founder and Partner. Sanders Lee attended the University of Augsburg. ## Sandeep Nailwal - Type: Angel - Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management. ## Richard Dai - Type: Angel - Location: San Juan, NA - Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web3, Gaming Richard Dai ## Tobias Lütke - Type: Angel - Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Tobi Lütke founded Shopify in 2004. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2008. Tobi worked on the core team of the Ruby on Rails framework and has created many popular open source libraries such as Active Merchant. ## John MacPherson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care John MacPherson ## Guillaume Glaunès - Type: Angel - Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Angel Investor ## Ethan Song - Type: Angel - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Legal Tech, Organic Food, Web Development Ethan Song has lived and worked around the world, with major stints in Shanghai, Paris and Vancouver. His independent travels and his background in theatre and engineering inspired him to merge art with science and technology, and ultimately, to co-found Frank & Oak. As the company’s CEO, Ethan oversees product design and development and thecustomer shopping experience. ## John Byard - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Hardware, Smart Home, Direct Marketing John Byard ## Troy Michelson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care Troy Michelson ## Murray Knebel - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care Murray Knebel ## Neil Vora - Type: Angel - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care Neil Vora ## Marc Baghadjian - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Apps, EdTech Marc Baghadjian is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lolly. Marc Baghadjian attended Babson College. He has invested in many seed-stage companies. ## Milad Alucozai - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical Recognized by Business Insider in 2025 as “one of the top 100 early-stage investors,” Dr. Alucozai has experience translating exceptional science and technology into scalable commercial ventures. Alongside his experience as a founder and operator, he has actively invested in over 100 startups across North America and Europe. He has often been thefirst investor to back high-growth companies like Seqera Labs. Milad began his career as a neuroscientist at the intersection of bioengineering, computational biology, and machine learning, where he commercialized platforms designed to deliver promising medicines to patients more efficiently and safely. His focus as an investor has been to accelerate the journey of groundbreaking discoveries from the lab to the market, particularly in the life sciences sector and related computational fields.Milad is a co-founder and General Partner at Pamir Ventures, an early-stage venture firm that invests in technical pioneers developing B2B companies utilizing AI in antiquated industries. He is also a co-founder of Revalia Bio, which aims to establish a human-centric infrastructure for drug discovery and development. By using non-transplantable human organs donated for research, Revalia offers the scientific community unparalleled insights into patient biology, ultimately aiding in the creation of improved treatments and cures. Throughout his operating and investing career, Milad has played a crucial role in helping founders secure hundreds of millions in capital and facilitating over $1 billion in startup-pharma partnerships. His previous roles include supporting business development at Accenture, Absci, Bit Bio, Numerate, Mekonos, and AstraZeneca. Through Digitalis Commons, he was an Expert in Residence in support of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), where he aided the US government and ARPA-H mission to enable transformative biomedical and health breakthroughs, providing health solutions through $1.5 billion in non-dilutive investments. He was a National Science Foundation Scholar and Macklin Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Neuroscience from Purdue University’s Honors Program, earned a master’s in Immunology and Public Health as a George J. Mitchell Scholar, and holds a doctorate from the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health. Additionally, he completed a Visiting Scholar appointment at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. ## Lance Tracey - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Communities Lance Tracey - Founding Partner @ Full Stack ## Will Elsaghir - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care Will Elsaghir ## Nick Romano - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Software, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning Nick is a serial entrepreneur, an accomplished CEO, senior Enterprise Technology executive, Outside Director, and Advisor delivering successful outcomes through leadership, integrity, innovation, and empowerment for over 20 years. Prior to Deeplite Nick was cofounder and CEO of several successful Canadian tech companies including Messagepoint,Prinova Software and Prinova Technologies. Nick leverages extensive experience in corporate governance, formulating and executing cross-functional strategic plans, developing go-to-market strategies including product, marketing, and sales. A revenue driven executive focused on growing and scaling companies whether organic or externally funded.Nick earned his Bachelor of Engineering and Management in Mechanical Engineering from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and was recently honored by McMaster’s Engineering Faculty as being one of their Top 150 Distinguished Alumni for the role they’ve played in shaping Canada and the world. ## Paul Graham - Type: Angel - Location: Mountain View, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Software Paul Graham ## Melissa Prescott - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: EdTech, Content, E-Learning Melissa Prescott ## Nate Smith - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Logistics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Nate Smith is an advisor at Lever. ## bumpkins profile - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Robotics blah - teh software was teh busted and they didn't want to fix it or hire someone to fix it, odd folks, these. ## Marc G. Bellemare - Type: Angel - Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Device Marc G. Bellemare is the Co-Founder and CSO of Reliant AI. He previously worked at Google as a Research Scientist. Marc G. Bellemare attended the University of Alberta. ## Jeffery Lawrence - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Dental, Software, Health Care Jeffery Lawrence ## Jody Schnarr - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Robotics, Software, Computer Vision Jody Schnarr is the Chairman and Executive Officer of Fibernetics CLEC. Jody Schnarr attended the University of Toronto. ## Anatol Von Hahn - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Privacy, Analytics Anatol Von Hahn - Advisor @ Peotic ## Howard Stotland - Type: Angel - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Recruiting, Human Resources Howard Stotland - President @ Otimo Retail ## Benjie Cherniak - Type: Angel - Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Sports, Gaming, Apps Benjie Cherniak ## Daniel Robichaud - Type: Angel - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Daniel Robichaud is often described as one of Montreal’s better known serial entrepreneurs. Leveraging more than 12 years of experience in online strategy, mobile development and business start-ups, Daniel is a recognized leader in the investment and technology industries locally, a Limited Partner in two funds as well as a member of AngelInvestors Groups.After selling his first company in 2006 to a Global Fortune 500© firm, Daniel started five other successful businesses who’ve all been sold since. Among them, Streamtheworld.com, sold to a California group, Mobilito, sold to the biggest ad agency in Canada and Radioactif, an ISP that merged with an established cable company. ## Fabio Banducci - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Fabio Banducci ## James Lochrie - Type: Angel - Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Health Care James Lochrie is an entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist and volunteer. He is the Co-founder of the global fintech company Wave. He is a Partner at Thin Air Labs, overseeing Thin Air Fund 1 and the Capital team. He has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs to help them scale their companies and #BuildWhatsNext. ## Ian Logan - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, Apps, Mobile Ian Logan is the VP Engineering at Rose Rocket, a SaaS-based Transportation Management System (TMS) specializing in workflow automation for Enterprise and SMB transport companies.He was the former VP Engineering at Drop, an intelligent app that surfaces offers & rewards based on what members are spending, creating a personalized, seamlessexperience.He was also a former Director of Engineering for Payments at Airbnb, a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique spaces around the world. Ian has led engineering teams over many years, overseeing architecture and implementation of the website and helped Airbnb grow the payments platform internationally to process dozens of different currencies and payment methods. Ian joined Airbnb as an early engineer and built out other teams related to growth and site performance engineering. In a previous life, Ian built core trading algorithms and applications for world-class investment banks. ## Yoshua Bengio - Type: Angel - Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care Yoshua Bengio (PhD in CS, McGill University, 1991), post-docs at M.I.T. (Michael Jordan) and AT&T Bell Labs (Yann LeCun), CS professor at Université de Montréal, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms, NSERC Chair, CIFAR Fellow, member of NIPS foundation board and former program/general chair, co-created ICLR conference,authored two books and over 300 publications, the most cited being in the areas of deep learning, recurrent networks, probabilistic learning,natural language and manifold learning. He is among the most cited Canadian computer scientists and is or has been associate editor of the top journals in machine learning and neural networks.