# Brad Johns

> Brad Johns is a funding round investor at Yaletown Partners backing Cyber Security. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yaletown Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaletown-venture-partners)
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsbrad/

Brad Johns is a Partner at Yaletown Partners and manages Yaletown's investment in Chaordix, nFluids, Pretio Interactive, and Zanttz. He brings 24 years of operating, business development, private equity, and venture capital experience in the Information Technology and Energy sectors to Yaletown.As the Vice President of Business Developmentfor Moneta Energy Services, private natural gas storage, and marketing company, Brad was responsible for identifying, negotiating, and acquiring assets for conversion into natural gas storage facilities. Brad has also worked in private equity, as a Partner with Moneta Capital Partners, and in venture capital as a Vice President of Launchworks. Brad brings significant IT and Oil and Gas experience to the team. As the Senior Partner at Moneta Capital Partners, he was responsible for the IT and Oil and Gas Technology portfolios. As part of the founding team at Calgary-based Launchworks, Brad contributed to the firm’s strong performance returns in a challenging market environment. Brad also has extensive operational experience in the IT sector, including a decade as engineer and manager with Nortel, and as an executive with two technology startups.Brad has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Queen’s University, a Masters in Engineering from McMaster University, and an MBA from INSEAD, consistently ranked among the top ten business schools globally.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 50% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Video | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Netskrt | Netskrt revolutionizes the Internet experience by extending the reach of internet video to the outskirts of the network. Traditionally, rail and air passengers have limited access to the internet content they want to watch. With the Netskrt mCDN, they can use their existing internet video subscriptions just like they do at home. | $7.3M | Series A | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Userful | Userful delivers a unifying platform for operational awareness and response. Userful InfinityAI enables anomaly and critical event detection, visualization, communication, and experience into a human-centric workflow. Operating at the convergence of mission-critical control rooms, observability and security, critical event management, andworkplace experience, Userful enables organizations to move from fragmented signals to shared strategic situational awareness with effective response. As enterprises grow, Userful's Infinity Platform expands in scale, scope, reach, and intelligence—supporting global operations with software-defined visualization, enterprise workflows, and AI-enabled application that bring clarity to complexity. | $7.3M |  | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| Userful | Userful delivers a unifying platform for operational awareness and response. Userful InfinityAI enables anomaly and critical event detection, visualization, communication, and experience into a human-centric workflow. Operating at the convergence of mission-critical control rooms, observability and security, critical event management, andworkplace experience, Userful enables organizations to move from fragmented signals to shared strategic situational awareness with effective response. As enterprises grow, Userful's Infinity Platform expands in scale, scope, reach, and intelligence—supporting global operations with software-defined visualization, enterprise workflows, and AI-enabled application that bring clarity to complexity. | $7.9M | Series B | Apr 25, 2022 |  |
| Passportal | Passportal provides simple yet secure password and documentation management tailored for the operations of an MSP. The Ocular™ platform is cloud-based and offers channel partners automated password protection and makes storing, managing, and retrieving passwords quick and easy from virtually any connected device. Passportal also provides a suite ofvalue added service products including Docs, Blink™ and Site™ all which promote compliance with industry regulations and help protect businesses from data breaches, cyber security threats and network vulnerabilities. |  |  | May 10, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerate Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerate-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BDC ICE Fund (Cleantech)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-ice-fund-cleantech) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Birchcliff Partners LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchcliff-partners-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bluesky Equities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluesky-equities-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crédit Mutuel Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cr%C3%A9dit-mutuel-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InBC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inbc-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Yaletown Partners

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Yaletown Partners specializes in investing in software, data, and device technologies. It invests in technology companies that improve industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes, and accomplish strong exit premiums.With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growingpresence in Toronto, Yaletown is led by a national team that contributes almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and a network of extensive industry relationships.

5 contacts available at Yaletown Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Johns | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-johns |
| Hans Knapp | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-knapp |
| Michael Sfalcin | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sfalcin |
| Salil Munjal | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salil-munjal |
| Brad Zumwalt | Special Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-zumwalt |

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## FAQ

### What does Brad Johns invest in?

Brad Johns invests primarily in Cyber Security, Internet of Things and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brad Johns last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brad Johns closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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