# Geoffrey Hoguet

> Geoffrey Hoguet is a seed investor backing Information Technology and News. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffrey-hoguet-922a54117/

Geoffrey Hoguet is a seed investor focused on Information Technology and News. Geoffrey Hoguet

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AppliedXL | AppliedXL is an event detection company where journalistically-minded people work together to anticipate the news. They develop technology that links disparate data points to surface early signals that drive action. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 21, 2022 | https://www.appliedxl.com/ |
| Workwolf | Workwolf is a recruitment services company that combines human recruiters with proprietary AI and psychometric technology to deliver predictive hiring intelligence at disruptive pricing. The company addresses a fundamental inefficiency in the $150B+ recruitment industry: traditional agencies charge 15-25% of candidate salary for subjectiveassessments with no performance accountability. Workwolf’s technology-enabled model delivers measurable quality improvements at significantly lower cost per hire. The proprietary technology platform includes two core components: Smart Resume Screening for contextual qualification matching, and Packfinder™ psychometrics for role-specific performance prediction. Unlike generic assessment tools, Packfinder™ models are calibrated using client performance data, creating organization-specific predictions that improve with scale. The business model starts at fees as low as 4% of annual salary for high-volume roles, rather than percentage-based fees of 15-25%, creating favorable unit economics for high-volume clients while maintaining strong margins through technology leverage. This pricing structure aligns incentives around retention rather than salary inflation. Target customers are mid-market companies with consistent hiring volume (2+ hires/month) across multiple locations—particularly retail, hospitality, healthcare, logistics, and call centers. These segments offer predictable demand and benefit most from Workwolf’s pattern recognition capabilities across distributed operations. The platform generates compounding data advantages: each hire provides performance outcome data that refines predictive models, creating a defensible moat as the system processes more hiring decisions within and across client organizations. Workwolf is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | $1M | Angel | Oct 15, 2017 | https://workwolf.com/ |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boston Globe Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-globe-media) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DataPower Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/datapower-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Statnews](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/statnews) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Geoffrey Hoguet invest in?

Geoffrey Hoguet invests primarily in Information Technology, News and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### How do I contact Geoffrey Hoguet?

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### When did Geoffrey Hoguet last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Geoffrey Hoguet closed in Mar 2022. 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?

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