# Gerry Pond

> Gerry Pond is a seed investor at Mariner Innovations backing Software and Human Resources. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mariner Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariner-innovations)
- Location: Saint John, Canada
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-pond-240a2313/
- Website: http://marinerpartners.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gerry.pond

Gerry Pond is a seed investor at Mariner Innovations in Saint John focused on Software and Human Resources. Gerry Pond is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Mariner Innovations. He previously worked at Aliant Telecom as a President. Gerry Pond The University of New Brunswick.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$788k |
| Series A | $3.9M–$6.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 43% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 29% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 4 | 57% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alongside | Alongside improves the way job seekers and employers discover each other. Companies can create a job ad, distribute it to multiple boards for maximum exposure with just one click, review and collaborate with others and make the best hire – all in one place. | $5.9M |  | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Alongside | Alongside improves the way job seekers and employers discover each other. Companies can create a job ad, distribute it to multiple boards for maximum exposure with just one click, review and collaborate with others and make the best hire – all in one place. | $6.3M | Series A | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Smart Skin Technologies | Smart Skin Technologies is commercializing a unique touch sensitive material that has applications in many verticals. The company is currently focused on developing patent pending pressure sensing technology for use industrial and applications in sports. | $8.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| Porpoise | Porpoise is an employee engagement platform for companies that have corporate responsibility initiatives and are looking to automate involvement, measurement and reporting. Porpoise makes it simple to recognize, capture, and amplify the social impact that employees are making on behalf of your company, finally giving your marketing departments thecontent they need to deliver great campaigns, and HR managers the data to track and manage employees engagement programs and targeted initiatives.Spend less time managing your impact and giving programs, and more time accelerating the impact! | $500K | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Smart Skin Technologies | Smart Skin Technologies is commercializing a unique touch sensitive material that has applications in many verticals. The company is currently focused on developing patent pending pressure sensing technology for use industrial and applications in sports. | $3.9M | Series A | Jan 17, 2014 |  |
| R17 | R17 (was RUMAnalytics) measures, monitors, diagnosis and optimizes websites for speed. Faster websites have higher conversion rates, lower bounce rates, higher search engine rankings, lower bandwidth costs and a better user experience on personal computers and mobile devices.They created R17 to make the internet faster. R17 combines theworld's foremost experts on performance optimization with easy-to-understand analytics, actionable recommendations and mind-blowing CDN technology. | $400K | Convertible Note | Jul 15, 2013 |  |
| LeadSift | LeadSift is an intent data provider that mines publically available information to identify when individuals are taking relevant actions outside of your owned channels. They work with some of the fastest-growing B2B software companies in The World, helping them drive tangible results with intent. | $788K | Seed | Nov 16, 2012 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-valley-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-brunswick-innovation-foundation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LongShot Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longshot-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sparkland Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sparkland-cap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Mariner Innovations

VC Fund · Saint John, Canada

The largest independently-owned Information Technology company .

2 contacts available at Mariner Innovations.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gerry Pond | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerry-pond |
| Robert Justason | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-justason-east-valley-ventures |

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## FAQ

### What does Gerry Pond invest in?

Gerry Pond invests primarily in Software, Human Resources and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gerry Pond's check size?

Gerry Pond typically joins rounds of $500k–$788k at Seed and $3.9M–$6.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gerry Pond participates in.

### When did Gerry Pond last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gerry Pond closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 7 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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