# Howard Stotland

> Howard Stotland is a seed investor at Otimo Retail (Montréal) backing Mobile and Recruiting. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Otimo Retail](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otimo-retail)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2015
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-stotland-6977941

Howard Stotland is a seed investor at Otimo Retail in Montréal focused on Mobile and Recruiting. Howard Stotland - President @ Otimo Retail

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wirkn | Wirkn is the largest end-to-end mobile, chat and video based employment marketplace - connecting millennials with shift-based work. Wirkn uses artificial intelligence to better match candidates to jobs, and employers to better candidates. With the Wirkn platform, candidates can discover and apply to jobs via dynamic videos that allowcandidates to showcase their personal brand to prospective employers. Store managers will have access to a pool of qualified candidates on demand, within the palm of their hand to fill new roles and address seasonal demand. Not only to we help get more activates working, but we offer payday advances to help facilitate greater financial liquidity. Wirkn is aimed at youth, targeting the retail and hospitality industry which represents more than 15.4 million employees in North America where at least 70% of all retail jobs are part-time. | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 03, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Otimo Retail

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Otimo Retail, an investment vehicle backed by Howard Stotland, Matthew Stotland, and David Henning provides capital, strategic and operational guidance to small and mid­-sized technology providers who develop, market and sell software solutions to retail organizations.

3 contacts available at Otimo Retail.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Henning | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-henning |
| Howard Stotland | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-stotland |
| Matthew Stotland | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-stotland |

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## FAQ

### What does Howard Stotland invest in?

Howard Stotland invests primarily in Mobile, Recruiting and Human Resources startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Howard Stotland last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Howard Stotland closed in Jun 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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