# Alex Tong

> Alex Tong is a seed investor at Information Venture Partners backing Artificial Intelligence. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Information Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/information-venture-partners-2)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextong/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alexktong

Alex Tong is a seed investor at Information Venture Partners in Toronto focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Alex Tong is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Seguin Ventures. Previously Alex served as a Venture Partner at early stage FinTech and enterprise software VC firm, Information Venture Partners. Alex joined as the first investment team hire in 2016 and was rapidly promoted over the course of his seven-year tenure there. Alex invested acrossthree funds during his tenure, and internally led or supported investments in BigID, Cinchy, Coconut Software, Jirav, LendingFront, Lydia.ai, Nue, Procurify, Strike Graph and Verafin (acq. Nasdaq), among others. He served on many of Information VP’s portfolio company boards as a director or observer. Prior to joining Information Venture Partners, Alex worked at Hootsuite (backed by Accel, Insight Partners) as its first team hire in corporate development. Hootsuite is an enterprise social media management software company now used by over 80% of the Fortune 100 companies. Alex worked cross-functionally with its leadership team on numerous growth initiatives, including formulating partnerships that drove increased product adoption and revenue from both its small and medium-sized business customers and customers across its four key enterprise verticals. Alex maintains a strong connection to the Hootsuite ecosystem as an angel investor or advisor to select high-potential startups.Prior to Hootsuite, Alex worked at CIBC in its leveraged finance group. Alex began his career at BMO Capital Markets, in Toronto, with the mergers and acquisitions and the financial institutions group. Alex graduated with First Class Honours and holds a BBA from Simon Fraser University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 56% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Midship | Midship is an AI-powered application that automates the extraction of data from various documents | $4.2M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Rilevera | Rilevera engages in automating cyberthreat detection rule management. | $3M | Seed | Oct 31, 2025 |  |
| howie | howie an email-based scheduling assistant, uses artificial intelligence to automate the scheduling and rescheduling of your meetings. | $6M | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Kick | Accounting software that does the work for you | $9M | Seed | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| Strike Graph | Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 18, 2023 |  |
| Strike Graph | Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Hypercard | First consumer credit card powered by employers. |  | Seed | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Spare | Spare is a mobility management software company that enhances public transit services through on-demand and shared transportation solutions. The platform integrates various modes of transport, enabling efficient and accessible mobility for all users. Their platform uses advanced algorithms and data analytics to optimize routes, reduce wait times,and improve overall efficiency for transportation services. By optimizing transportation services and promoting shared rides, Spare Labs reduces traffic congestion and emissions, supporting more sustainable urban mobility. | $18M | Series A | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Strike Graph | Strike Graph simplifies security certifications, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR, so companies can focus on driving their business forward. Its innovative, easy-to-use platform adapts to a company’s specific needs and then integrates with common business systems and infrastructure to automatically collect evidence for auditorreview. Strike Graph empowers companies to create trust, pass audits, and close enterprise deals at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional methods. | $8M | Series A | Sep 14, 2021 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BAMCAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaangels-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rise-of-the-rest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/costanoaventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Information Venture Partners

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Information Venture Partners is an entrepreneur friendly, Toronto-based, early stage, venture fund focused on North American enterprise and financial technology companies. As pioneer investors in SaaS companies, they understand the key success factors in building enterprise software, analytics platforms and the social enterprise companies. Their2-decades of experience with global financial institutions has also provided us a unique lens on identifying and growing financial technology companies.The fund was founded in 2001 as RBC Venture Partners (the venture capital affiliate of Royal Bank of Canada), and in 2014, with the strong support of leading institutional limited partners, established its independence as Information Venture Partners. Their philosophy hasn’t changed through the cycles and many fads of venture capital. They don’t chase trends, they identify disruptive opportunities. They exist to assist great entrepreneurs with brilliant visions solving significant and difficult problems on the road to mutual success.They seek out the best companies in their areas of focus, in Canada and the U.S. While they are often the first institutional investors in their companies, they actively seek like-minded, quality co-investors equally committed to the success of their investees. For the right opportunity, they will invest in growth stage venture-backed companies.Information Venture Partners brings its decades of experience, expansive advisor network, proprietary tools and common sense to their investments. They make certain that they do not manage their portfolio companies, the entrepreneurs and leadership teams they back, do. They commit to support them as much and as often as needed; they are there for their companies.

5 contacts available at Information Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Unsworth | Co-Founder and General Partner | — |
| Kerri Golden | CFO | — |
| Alex Tong | Venture Partner | — |
| Jane Podbelskaya | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-podbelskaya |
| Robert Antoniades | Co-Founder, General Partner | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Tong invest in?

Alex Tong invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Alex Tong?

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### When did Alex Tong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Tong closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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