# Haig Farris

> Haig Farris is a pre-seed investor at Yaletown Partners backing Life Science. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yaletown Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yaletown-venture-partners)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Haig Farris is a pre-seed investor at Yaletown Partners focused on Life Science and Biotechnology. A pioneer of the venture capital industry in Canada, Haig co-founded Ventures West in 1968 and spent twenty-five years working to establish the venture capital industry in Canada. Since retiring from the firm he founded, Haig has become one of the most active and successful technology angel investors on theWest Coast. He has been instrumentalin the creation, growth, and success of dozens of technology companies and careers spanning four decades. Haig has served as co-founder, chair, and director of many high-profile companies, university and industry associations, and has been honoured by the Science Council of BC and the BC Technology Industries Association with awards for lifetime achievement and contribution to technology on Canada’s West Coast.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Bioinformatics | 1 | 100% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Epistemic AI | At Epistemic AI we are building the next generation of tools to accelerate biomedical research with AI and NLP.We are a group of senior scientists and engineers from the likes of Google, New York University, Stanford and more. We are dedicated to enabling advances in biomedical research and practice with AI and NLP.We are creating a movement ofpeople enthusiastically committed to a new vision for the future of biomedical research and we hope you want to join us. |  | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Yaletown Partners

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Yaletown Partners specializes in investing in software, data, and device technologies. It invests in technology companies that improve industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability, to help accelerate their growth, shorten exit timeframes, and accomplish strong exit premiums.With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growingpresence in Toronto, Yaletown is led by a national team that contributes almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and a network of extensive industry relationships.

5 contacts available at Yaletown Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Johns | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-johns |
| Hans Knapp | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-knapp |
| Michael Sfalcin | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-sfalcin |
| Salil Munjal | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salil-munjal |
| Brad Zumwalt | Special Limited Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-zumwalt |

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## FAQ

### What does Haig Farris invest in?

Haig Farris invests primarily in Life Science, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Haig Farris last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Haig Farris closed in May 2019. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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