# Brittany Forsyth

> Brittany Forsyth is a seed investor at Shopify (Ottawa) backing B2B, SaaS and Marketplace. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shopify](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shopify)
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/brittany-forsyth/11/469/684
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/britforsyth

Brittany Forsyth is a seed investor at Shopify in Ottawa focused on B2B and SaaS. Brittany Forsyth is the Vice President of Human Relations at Shopify and has been in this role since 2014. She has been with the company since 2010 and previously served as the Director of HR. Brittany is actively involved with a number of HR organizations across North America.Brittany obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree at CarletonUniversity.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wavy | Wavy empowers people leaders to create amazing company culture, wherever their teams are located. Through our Culture Management Platform and Experiences Marketplace, clients can use Wavy to plan, execute, review, and improve their events and culture and team building initiatives. | $2M | Seed | Apr 11, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Laconia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laconia) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Archangel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Laconia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laconia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Open People Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-people-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Two Small Fish Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/two-small-fish-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shopify

VC Fund · Ottawa, Canada

Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants witha powerful back-office and a single view of their business.Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services including marketing, customer engagement, payments, and shipping tools to simplify the process of running an online store for small merchants. They launched an application programming interface (API) platform and App Store that allows developers to create applications for Shopify online stores and then sell them on the Shopify App Store.The Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes. Shopify currently powers over 800,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Tesla, Red Bull, Nestle, GE, Kylie Cosmetics, and many more.

5 contacts available at Shopify.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bharati Balakrishnan | Country Head & Director, India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharati-balakrishnan |
| Bram Sugarman | Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at Shopify | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-sugarman |
| Brennan Loh | Director of Marketing Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brennan-loh |
| Brittany Forsyth | SVP of HR | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brittany-forsyth |
| Daniella Bellaire | Head of Global Sales Craft | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniella-bellaire |

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## FAQ

### What does Brittany Forsyth invest in?

Brittany Forsyth invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and Marketplace startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brittany Forsyth last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brittany Forsyth closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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