# Frank Sobey

> Frank Sobey is a seed investor in New Glasgow backing Software and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New Glasgow, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Frank Sobey is a seed investor in New Glasgow focused on Software and Analytics. Frank Sobey has been a director of Crombie and its predecessors since 1981 and Chairman since 1998. Mr. Sobey is a director of Empire Company Limited, was Chairman of the former Oversight Committee of Empire and served as a trustee and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee of Wajax Income Fund (now Wajax Corporation) until October 5,2010. He is also Chairman of the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation. Mr. Sobey is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program (AMP)and, in 2013, received the ICD.D designation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 50% |
| Construction | 1 | 50% |
| Predictive Analytics | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Harbr | Every external contractor brings their own software and process. Let Harbr reconcile your entire portfolio's data in one central place to bring analytics and insights like never before. | $1.8M | Seed | Mar 14, 2018 | https://www.harbr.com |

1 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Innovacorp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovacorp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Frank Sobey invest in?

Frank Sobey invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

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### When did Frank Sobey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Frank Sobey closed in Mar 2018. 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.

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