# Howard Riback

> Howard Riback is a startup investor at Ventures West (Vancouver). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ventures West](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-west)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/howard-riback/12/b40/639

Howard Riback is a startup investor at Ventures West in Vancouver. Howard Riback has been with Ventures West since 1991 and heads up the company's accounting and administrative team. Howard provides financial and legal support to the investment officers including financial due diligence, deal negotiation, documentation and public market liquidations. He is responsible for overseeing the extensiveadministrative services that back up and support the firms investment operations including accounting, investor reporting, legal documentation of investments and divestments, valuations, financial statement preparation, cash flow management, quarterly reports, securities custody, and knowledge management.Before joining Ventures West in 1991, Howard held a senior financial position with one of the largest property development and management companies in Vancouver and was directly involved with many acquisitions. Prior to that, Howard was Manager, Taxation Services with Coopers & Lybrand.

## About Ventures West

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Ventures West is one of Canada's largest privately owned venture capital companies. In addition to providing capital, they contribute a wealth of resources to each investment.With 10 professional technology investment managers, and one of the most productive Entrepreneur-In-Residence programs in Canada, the Ventures West team has over 120years of technology venture investing and hands-on operating experience.Ventures West has a unique set of capabilities - a long and successful track record in venture capital investing, management depth, extensive contacts in North American technology, financial, and venture capital industries, and the ability to form investor syndicates.

4 contacts available at Ventures West.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Berkowitz | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-berkowitz |
| Sam Znaimer | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-znaimer |
| Howard Riback | General Partner and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-riback |
| Kenneth Galbraith | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenneth-galbraith |

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