# Marc Altshuller

> Marc Altshuller is a seed investor at Varicent Software (Toronto) backing Mobile and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Varicent Software](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varicent-software)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-altshuller-7404aa1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/maltshuller

Marc Altshuller is a seed investor at Varicent Software in Toronto focused on Mobile and Apps. Marc Altshuller is the President and CEO at Varicent. He attended Schulich School of Business - York University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 4 | 80% |
| Apps | 3 | 60% |
| Health Care | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Coffee | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plasticity Labs | Plasticity offers predictive workforce analytics and reporting on the health, happiness and productivity of people and teams. Based on the findings of the Workforce Analytics, customers can turn on the complete platform which includes personal behavioral training to optimize people and build better habits aimed at improving the predictedperformance scoring and helping people to better handle the realities of work and life. Plasticity is the only workforce analytics engine that combines explicit employee data, company performance data, and open data to understand and predict the full range of effects on the employee's ability to perform at their best. Connect your HRIS, HCM, or CRM and start actually measuring the ROI of people and culture, health and wellness, and learn how the weather might effect your next quarters results. |  |  | Jan 15, 2016 |  |
| Tacit Innovations | Tacit Innovations is a fast growing technology company that is quickly being recognized as a relevant player transforming the way restaurants engage and service their customers. The company’s capabilities take advantage of mobile technologies and cutting edge platform development to enable innovative, progressive, relevant and easy to use customerexperiences. |  | Seed | Aug 11, 2014 |  |
| Ritual | Ritual is a social ordering app that taps into networks of co-workers and colleagues for fast and easy pick up and pay at a wide variety of local restaurants and coffee shops.With Ritual, users can mobile order and pay at all their favorite local eateries and coffee shops and have it ready to pick up when they arrive. By also uniquely givingfriends and colleagues the ability to add their own food orders onto an existing order, Ritual gives customers the choice of either picking up themselves or having their food brought right to their desk. This ‘social ordering’ saves customers time and drives incremental orders for merchants. The best and busiest quick service restaurants and coffee shops in major cities across North America are using Ritual to give them a competitive, technological edge, driving profitability, and a more personalized way to connect with their customers. |  | Seed | Jul 10, 2014 |  |
| Plasticity Labs | Plasticity offers predictive workforce analytics and reporting on the health, happiness and productivity of people and teams. Based on the findings of the Workforce Analytics, customers can turn on the complete platform which includes personal behavioral training to optimize people and build better habits aimed at improving the predictedperformance scoring and helping people to better handle the realities of work and life. Plasticity is the only workforce analytics engine that combines explicit employee data, company performance data, and open data to understand and predict the full range of effects on the employee's ability to perform at their best. Connect your HRIS, HCM, or CRM and start actually measuring the ROI of people and culture, health and wellness, and learn how the weather might effect your next quarters results. |  | Seed | Jan 27, 2014 |  |
| PumpUp | PumpUp is a positive community to share and achieve your health goals. The PumpUp community is a safe and supportive space to share your journey toward a healthy body and healthy mind. Share your challenges and triumphs, track your fitness, and receive unparalleled support from a global community of like-minded people. PumpUp equips you withthe tools you need to live a healthy lifestyle in a positive way. With millions of inspiring people cheering you on, it’s never been easier to become the best version of you! PumpUp is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in San Francisco. |  | Angel | Sep 30, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BrandProject](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brand-project) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hedgewood](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hedgewood) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mantella Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mantella-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mistral Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mistral-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vast Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vast-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Varicent Software

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Varicent Software Incorporated provides incentive compensation management (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions for finance, sales, human resources and IT departments. Varicent's solution includes Enterprise (250 payees or more) and Business Editions (50 to 250 payees) for companies who face different compensation andmanagement challenges. Varicent for Enterprises helps organizations to streamline compensation processes, reduce errors, meet compliance requirements and drive improved sales performance. Varicent Business Edition is a flexible solution built to create and administer variable pay programs, automate commission calculations, and quickly distribute personalized payout results to sales teams. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

5 contacts available at Varicent Software.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Hartlen | Vice President of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-hartlen |
| Chris Mitchell | Board Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-mitchell-2aa1 |
| Dan Shimmerman | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-shimmerman |
| Jeff McMahon | Director, Lead2Revenue | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-mcmahon-5867 |
| Marc Altshuller | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marc-altshuller |

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## FAQ

### What does Marc Altshuller invest in?

Marc Altshuller invests primarily in Mobile, Apps and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Marc Altshuller last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marc Altshuller closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 5 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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