# Irfhan Rawji

> Irfhan Rawji is a seed investor at The Logic (Calgary) backing News and Training. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Logic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-logic)
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irfhan-rawji-864177/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/IrfhanRawji
- Website: https://irfhanrawji.weebly.com/

Irfhan Rawji is a seed investor at The Logic in Calgary focused on News and Training. Irfhan is a Venture Partner with Relay Ventures, an early stage venture fund exclusively focused on mobile computing. Irfhan has been a strategic consultant, public company senior executive and investor for over 15 years. Irfhan has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia where hetaught in the areas of finance, public policy, strategy and leadership.Irfhan presently sits on the boards of Carrot Insights and The Organic Box. He is actively involved in civic affairs as a board member of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, Vice Chair of Glenbow Museum, member of the Harvard Business School Global Alumni Board, and member of the Calgary 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bid Exploration Committee.Irfhan holds an MBA with High Honors from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a BCom with High Honours from the University of British Columbia where he was a Wesbrook Scholar. He is a recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and Arnold Edinborough Award.Irfhan is based in our Calgary office.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Journalism | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Impro | Impro is a technology platform that enables action-based coaching at scale. | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| The Logic | The Logic was founded in 2018 to help build the future of the innovation economy by providing in-depth reporting on the organizations, policies and people driving transformational change. Everything they do is underscored by their commitment to making Canada a better place to live and work—by sparking important conversations about what the countrywants to be. At The Logic, they believe the best days of journalism are ahead of us, with readers—not advertisers—at their core. | $1.3M | Seed | Nov 01, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Good News Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-news-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Postmedia Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/postmedia-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tiny Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiny-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Logic

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

The Logic was founded in 2018 to help build the future of the innovation economy by providing in-depth reporting on the organizations, policies and people driving transformational change. Everything they do is underscored by their commitment to making Canada a better place to live and work—by sparking important conversations about what the countrywants to be. At The Logic, they believe the best days of journalism are ahead of us, with readers—not advertisers—at their core.

4 contacts available at The Logic.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| April Fong | Deputy Managing Editor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/april-fong |
| Catherine McIntyre | Reporter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catherine-mcintyre |
| David Skok | CEO & Editor-in-Chief | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-skok-902a |
| Irfhan Rawji | Director, Board Chair | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irfhan-rawji |

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## FAQ

### What does Irfhan Rawji invest in?

Irfhan Rawji invests primarily in News, Training and Education startups, most often at Seed 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.

### When did Irfhan Rawji last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Irfhan Rawji closed in Jun 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.

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