# Claudette McGowan

> Claudette McGowan is a angel investor at Protexxa (Toronto) backing Apps and Hospital. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Protexxa](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protexxa)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudette-m-4bb38128/
- Website: https://x.com/CMMcgowan

Claudette McGowan is a angel investor at Protexxa in Toronto focused on Apps and Hospital. Claudette McGowan is based out of Toronto, Ontario, and is the Chief Executive Officer of Protexxa and Co-Founder of The Firehood and Founder of Cyber Nations Foundation. Claudette McGowan worked at Bank of Montreal as a Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Technology Employee Experience. Claudette McGowan attended the Athabasca University.Claudette McGowan has been awarded honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Carleton University in recognition of her distinguished career as a global information technology leader.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Hospital | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Communities | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Grant | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PragmaClin | PragmaClin is revolutionising neurological disease monitoring by utilising cutting-edge digital tools to manage movement disorder assessments from the comfort of one's own home. | $15K | Angel | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Areto Labs | Areto Labs creates culture-building apps & bots that can be integrated into digital community platforms. | $21.7K | Grant | Mar 08, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Protexxa

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Protexxa is a B2B SaaS cybersecurity startup that links the dots between individual cyber hygiene and company risk.

1 contacts available at Protexxa.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claudette McGowan | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudette-mcgowan |

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## FAQ

### What does Claudette McGowan invest in?

Claudette McGowan invests primarily in Apps, Hospital and Software startups, most often at Angel and Grant stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Claudette McGowan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Claudette McGowan closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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