# Jay Rhind

> Jay Rhind is a Series A investor at Creative Destruction Lab backing Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Creative Destruction Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creative-destruction-lab)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayrhind

Jay Rhind is a Series A investor at Creative Destruction Lab in Vancouver focused on Software and Financial Services. Jay Rhind is the Partner at Rhino Ventures.Jay Rhind attended UBC Sauder School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Banking | 1 | 10% |
| FinTech | 1 | 10% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyFO | MyFO created a digital assistant to help organize and securely store financial information. They specialize in banking infrastructure, fintech, enterprise software, big data, and analytics. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 18, 2024 |  |
| FISPAN | FISPAN is the market leader in ERP-banking. Our turn-key platform makes it simple for banks to offer commercial banking services embedded in any business application. FISPAN powers best-in-class commercial banking experiences by removing friction and adding value to how the bank’s clients operate their business. | $2M | Series A | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Twig Fertility | Twig Fertility operates as a fertility clinic and reproductive health company. | $6M | Series A | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| FISPAN | FISPAN is the market leader in ERP-banking. Our turn-key platform makes it simple for banks to offer commercial banking services embedded in any business application. FISPAN powers best-in-class commercial banking experiences by removing friction and adding value to how the bank’s clients operate their business. | $13.9M | Series A | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Side Door | Side Door is an online booking and ticketing platform, giving audiences instant access to intimate and unique events. | $3M | Seed | Jul 05, 2021 |  |
| Showbie | Showbie combines all of the essential tools for assignments, feedback, and communication in one easy-to-use platform. Showbie's features were designed with teachers and students in mind. Teachers can get set up and start using Showbie's powerful platform within minutes. Teachers who use Showbie love how it transforms their classroomsinto engaging, collaborative, and organized learning environments. Showbie's suite of tools make it easy to give rich, differentiated feedback to students, so everyone gets the help they need to succeed. Showbie allows students to share files and ideas with each other, ensuring everyone is on the same page and encouraging collaboration. Showbie lets teachers work with their peers and easily engage with families. Teachers can set up groups to work directly with colleagues, share best practices, or discuss the needs of particular students. Parents can easily be part of the conversation too; teachers can set up groups just for families where they can post class updates and even permission slips. Because of its easy-to-use, intuitive design, it's no surprise that teachers love Showbie. A 2018 Showbie survey (http://ow.ly/T30r30l0H5j) found that 98% of teachers said it was easy to use and implement and 97% said it helped them improve feedback and speed up grading. With more than 3 million users worldwide, Showbie is poised to become the leading platform for the digital classroom. | $5.8M | Series A | Feb 04, 2021 |  |
| Showbie | Showbie combines all of the essential tools for assignments, feedback, and communication in one easy-to-use platform. Showbie's features were designed with teachers and students in mind. Teachers can get set up and start using Showbie's powerful platform within minutes. Teachers who use Showbie love how it transforms their classroomsinto engaging, collaborative, and organized learning environments. Showbie's suite of tools make it easy to give rich, differentiated feedback to students, so everyone gets the help they need to succeed. Showbie allows students to share files and ideas with each other, ensuring everyone is on the same page and encouraging collaboration. Showbie lets teachers work with their peers and easily engage with families. Teachers can set up groups to work directly with colleagues, share best practices, or discuss the needs of particular students. Parents can easily be part of the conversation too; teachers can set up groups just for families where they can post class updates and even permission slips. Because of its easy-to-use, intuitive design, it's no surprise that teachers love Showbie. A 2018 Showbie survey (http://ow.ly/T30r30l0H5j) found that 98% of teachers said it was easy to use and implement and 97% said it helped them improve feedback and speed up grading. With more than 3 million users worldwide, Showbie is poised to become the leading platform for the digital classroom. | $3.8M | Series A | Aug 20, 2020 |  |
| Fatigue Science | We provide our clients with the only technology for quantifying fatigue based on objective data. It allows companies and individuals to see and understand how fatigue is affecting their workplace safety, performance and productivity. |  | Series A | Feb 10, 2020 |  |
| FISPAN | FISPAN is the market leader in ERP-banking. Our turn-key platform makes it simple for banks to offer commercial banking services embedded in any business application. FISPAN powers best-in-class commercial banking experiences by removing friction and adding value to how the bank’s clients operate their business. |  | Series A | Aug 14, 2019 |  |
| FISPAN | FISPAN is the market leader in ERP-banking. Our turn-key platform makes it simple for banks to offer commercial banking services embedded in any business application. FISPAN powers best-in-class commercial banking experiences by removing friction and adding value to how the bank’s clients operate their business. |  | Seed | Aug 29, 2018 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ATB Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atb-private-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aventrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Azure Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azure-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FINTOP Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JP Morgan Chase](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jpmorgan-chase-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Creative Destruction Lab

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a no-fee/no-equity organization that delivers an objectives-based mentoring program for massively scalable, pre-seed stage, science- and technology-based companies. Its nine-month program allows founders to learn from experienced entrepreneurs, increasing their likelihood of success. Founded in 2012 byProfessor Ajay Agrawal at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, the program has expanded to thirteen sites across seven countries: Seattle, Oxford, Paris, Atlanta, Estonia, Wisconsin, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Berlin, Melbourne and Halifax.

5 contacts available at Creative Destruction Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Mulet Lind | Associate Director, Quantum Machine Learning | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-mulet-lind |
| Dennis Kavelman | Founding Partner and Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-kavelman |
| Frederic Bastien | Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederic-bastien |
| Mark Dobbin | Founding Partner and Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-dobbin |
| Nils Herrmann | Stream Lead AgriFood | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nils-arne-herrmann |

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## FAQ

### What does Jay Rhind invest in?

Jay Rhind invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jay Rhind last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jay Rhind closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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