# Lee Lau

> Lee Lau is a seed investor at Alignvest Management Corporation backing Software and Wearables. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alignvest Management Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alignvest-management-corporation)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Lee Lau is a Partner and Co-Founder of Alignvest Management Corporation. Mr. Lau co-founded ATI Technologies in 1985 and built the company into one of the world’s largest supplier of graphic chips and add-in boards to the personal computer industry. In addition to managing the company, Mr. Lau was ATI’s largest shareholder, first employee andresponsible for innovation and development of all products. Mr. Lau helped build ATI into a TSX and NASDAQ listed global market leader, with annual sales in excess of $2.2 billion and over 3,000 employees. ATI was sold in 2006 to Advanced Micro Devices for cash and stock consideration of $5.3 billion. Since then, Mr. Lau has managed his family office investing in a variety of alternative asset products. Prior to founding ATI, Mr. Lau held various design engineering positions with Mitel, Motorola and Plessey.Mr. Lau holds a Masters in Engineering and a BASc from the University of Toronto.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $788k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Wearables | 2 | 29% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 29% |
| Eyewear | 1 | 14% |
| Big Data | 1 | 14% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OTI Lumionics | They are a small company in the heart of Toronto, Canada working to unlock the full potential of OLED technology. OTI Lumionics Inc. was founded in 2011 by an award winning team of researchers and engineers from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto. | $55M | Series B | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Springdel | Springdel delivers advanced Android and IoT device management designed for frontline operations at scale. Its EdgeOps platform enables organizations to control and secure thousands of mission-critical devices in real time, even without constant network access. With features like system-level kiosk mode, offline geofencing, remote control, andmulti-tenancy, Springdel ensures stable and autonomous device performance. The company was founded by MDM experts to solve the challenges that traditional UEM solutions cannot handle at scale. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Lumotune | We are creating a platform to transform the world’s glass into digital displays. | $400K | Convertible Note | Aug 13, 2014 |  |
| Nymi | Nymi is leading the way towards true digital transformation by creating Workplace Wearables that integrate humans with their digital network in a manner that is safe, secure, and simple. Our leading-edge connected worker platform delivers humancentric applications for worker health and safety, enterprise security, data integrity, compliance, andincreased productivity--even in the most challenging environments.We're also a great place to work. Nymi is a winner of the Best Workplaces in Canada 2019 - Less Than 100 Employees. | $1.4M | Seed | Aug 01, 2013 |  |
| North | North builds a technology that is human-centric and believes that people and technology go hand in hand. The company thus is building technologies discreetly built into fundamental parts of our lives that already exist. With over 400 people spanning four offices across North America, it is a crew of futurists, engineers, and designers and is alwayslooking to add more innovators to the team. | $788K | Seed | Dec 01, 2012 |  |
| Springdel | Springdel delivers advanced Android and IoT device management designed for frontline operations at scale. Its EdgeOps platform enables organizations to control and secure thousands of mission-critical devices in real time, even without constant network access. With features like system-level kiosk mode, offline geofencing, remote control, andmulti-tenancy, Springdel ensures stable and autonomous device performance. The company was founded by MDM experts to solve the challenges that traditional UEM solutions cannot handle at scale. |  | Pre-Seed |  |  |
| Lumotune | We are creating a platform to transform the world’s glass into digital displays. |  | Angel |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anzu Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anzu-partner) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LG Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Relay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relay-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Samsung Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-venture-investment-705d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UDC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/udc-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alignvest Management Corporation

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Alignvest Management Corporation is a leading international alternative investment management firm that seeks to deliver exceptional risk adjusted returns for our clients by identifying and exploiting market discontinuities and attracting the very best talent to build industry leading platforms.

5 contacts available at Alignvest Management Corporation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Lau | Partner and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-lau |
| Andy Moysiuk | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-moysiuk |
| Celia Chan | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celia-chan |
| Cheryl Davidson | Vice President of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheryl-davidson |
| Razor Suleman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/razor-suleman |

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## FAQ

### What does Lee Lau invest in?

Lee Lau invests primarily in Software, Wearables and Internet of Things startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lee Lau's check size?

Lee Lau typically joins rounds of $788k–$1.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lee Lau participates in.

### When did Lee Lau last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lee Lau closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 7 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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