# Don Tapscott

> Don Tapscott is a seed investor at Blockchain Research Institute (Toronto) backing News and Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blockchain Research Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchain-research-institute)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dontapscott/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dtapscott
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Tapscott/138563552862522

Don Tapscott is a seed investor at Blockchain Research Institute in Toronto focused on News and Retail. Don Tapscott, CEO of The Tapscott Group, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored 16 books including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything which has been translated into over 25 languages.Don has been advancing ground-breaking concepts for over 3 decades. His1992 bestseller Paradigm Shift helped coin the seminal management concept, and in 1995 his book The Digital Economy changed business thinking about the transformational nature of the Internet. Two years later he helped popularize the terms “Net Generation” and “the Digital Divide” in Growing Up Digital.Don’s most recent and perhaps most ambitious book is co-authored with his son, startup CEO and bitcoin governance expert Alex Tapscott. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology behind bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World has been a bestseller in Canada since its release in May 2016, and has been featured in nearly every major publication in North America since then. Blockchain Revolution is also in the process of being translated into 12 languages. In 2015, Don became a member of the Order of Canada, and was ranked the 4th most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. He is Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management, an Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario.It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more prolific, profound, and influential in explaining today’s technological revolutions and their impact on the world.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forkast.News | Forkast.News is a digital media platform covering blockchain and emerging tech at the intersection of business, economy, and politics. | $1.7M | Seed | May 18, 2021 |  |
| SHOP.CA | SHOP.CA is the first multi-merchant marketplace built for Canadians, and managed by Canadians.In June of 2012 the site launched and now has millions of products, across 28 categories, and includes over 5000 brands.SHOP.CA provides Canadians with the brands, products and services they need and want from trusted retailers, manufacturers andservice providers, all through one universal shopping cart and one account. Through a cloud based Marketplace-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, SHOP.CA makes it easy for approved partners to list, price and sell their products and services they have online and/or offline to Canadians, through a single destination.By integrating social elements into the eCommerce platform and user experience, SHOP.CA engages and rewards Canadians for every purchase and for social activities that lead to purchases. | $15.4M | Series A | Jun 15, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AMTD Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amtd-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CMCC Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cmcc-global) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blockchain Research Institute

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Blockchain Research Institute.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Don Tapscott | Co-founder and Executive Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-tapscott |

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## FAQ

### What does Don Tapscott invest in?

Don Tapscott invests primarily in News, Retail and Shopping startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Don Tapscott last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Don Tapscott closed in May 2021. 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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