Marcus Daniels
CEO and Founding Partner @ Highline Beta
Toronto, Canada
Marcus Daniels is a startup accelerator leader, digital product entrepreneur, seed capital investor and corporate innovation platform architect that helps new ventures win in global markets.Co-founder & CEO of HIGHLINE, a VC-backed acceleration platform that helps digital startups achieve product-market fit, establish global connectivityand secure institutional capital. Focused on delivering a "Speed to Seed" brand promise through specialized accelerator products, timely investments and programming in Vancouver-Toronto-NYC-SF. HIGHLINE's foundation was derived from the Extreme Startups-GrowLab merger and has 35 active portfolio companies with 4 meaningful exits.Founder & Executive Chairman of MeshSquared Ventures, an investment & education company with ownership positions in accelerators (HIGHLINE) and media (Toronto Standard). Also, a Limited Partner (LP) investor in the Rothenberg Ventures Fund based in SF with positions in SpaceX & AngelList.Prior to HIGHLINE Marcus was the Managing Director of Extreme Startups, a VC-backed startup accelerator where he evolved it into a three staged model and led 9 investments. Former COO at TrendHunter.com, the world's #1 Trendspotting website with over 2 billion views & an innovation partner to Fortune 500 brands. Past VP Operations & Product at Frameworks, a leading retail QSR business intelligence software & eLearning company. Started the eLearning division at AME Learning, a global financial education company. A digital native that started tech ventures in 1989 that led to co-founding Fluid eNovations, an award winning web marketing agency.He has significant board of director experience that includes HIGHLINE, Canadian Association Business Incubation, Extreme Startups and Youth In Motion (Canada's Top 20 Under 20). Community involvement includes: Dell Center for Entrepreneurs Advisory Council, Board of Advisors for Venture for Canada, StartupNext (Google for Entrepreneurs)mentor, SXSW mentor and co-chair of Enactus Toronto chapter. A frequent speaker on growing digital startups, seed investing/VC and corporate innovation accelerators. Also, he has architected digital strategy curriculum for University of Toronto.Marcus holds an MBA from Queen's School of Business, a BA in Psychology & Economics from McGill University and completed the Venture Capital Executive Program from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
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Industries Marcus Daniels invests in
Stages Marcus Daniels invests in
Countries Marcus Daniels invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $50k–$4.3M
- Pre-Seed
- $1M–$1.1M
- Series A
- $3.3M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (38%)
- SaaS 3 (19%)
- Marketing 3 (19%)
- FinTech 2 (13%)
- Big Data 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (63%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (25%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
Country
- Canada 10 (63%)
- Mexico 1 (6%)
- United States 1 (6%)
Investments
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| Lounn offers an online platform designed to streamline the process of obtaining financing for businesses. By submitting a single application, companies can access various financing offers quickly and without any cost. This service aims to simplify the often complex and time-consuming task of securing business financing by connecting companies withmultiple financing options through a simple, fast, and secure online process. With a focus on the financial services industry, Lounn caters to the needs of businesses looking for efficient ways to obtain the financial support they need to grow and succeed. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 13, 2025 | ||
| Flora Fertility is dedicated to empowering the next generation of parents by putting the control of reproductive health outcomes back where they belongs—in your hands. It aims to revolutionize how women's health and family building are approached, making fertility care more accessible, transparent, and personalized. By reimagining thefinancial and medical aspects of family planning, we help you navigate the journey to parenthood with greater confidence, ease, and support, ensuring that your fertility choices align with your personal goals and circumstances. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Walnut Insurance is a technology firm that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. It has removed the barriers that previously prevented businesses from incorporating insurance into their product. Walnut provides the core infrastructure and access to a diverse set of insuranceproducts that can be embedded into or alongside consumer experiences, similar to how embedded payment and lending work. | $3.3M / Series A / Aug 08, 2024 | ||
| Walnut Insurance is a technology firm that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. It has removed the barriers that previously prevented businesses from incorporating insurance into their product. Walnut provides the core infrastructure and access to a diverse set of insuranceproducts that can be embedded into or alongside consumer experiences, similar to how embedded payment and lending work. | $3M / Seed / Dec 14, 2022 | ||
| ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $15M / Series A / May 19, 2022 | ||
| ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $4.3M / Seed / Feb 23, 2021 | ||
| Walnut Insurance is a technology firm that provides embedded insurance infrastructure to retailers, financial services providers, and consumer platforms. It has removed the barriers that previously prevented businesses from incorporating insurance into their product. Walnut provides the core infrastructure and access to a diverse set of insuranceproducts that can be embedded into or alongside consumer experiences, similar to how embedded payment and lending work. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Nov 01, 2020 | ||
| ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Mar 16, 2020 | ||
| Meta is a social-technology company that offers a wide ecosystem of applications and hardware. Its Family of Apps includes platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Threads, which allow people to communicate, share content, and form communities. On the hardware side, Meta’s Reality Labs develops virtual and augmented reality devices, including Meta Quest headsets and smart glasses. Meta also builds artificial intelligence tools, notably Meta AI, powered by its Llama large language models, and envisions long-term digital spaces in the form of a metaverse. | $3M / Seed / Jan 16, 2014 | ||
| Granify is an Edmonton-based company backed by several of the strongest venture capital firms in Canada and the US. They are at the intersection of artificial intelligence and e-commerce, providing a SaaS solution that enables online retailers to maximize their sales by using cutting edge big data and machine learning technologies. They are a smallbut growing team of eager entrepreneurial individuals that enjoy working in a fun, creative, and agile environment. | $1.5M / Seed / Nov 06, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Highline Beta
Highline BETA is a startup co-creation company that launches new ventures with leading corporations and founders. Through startup co-creation, the firm helps to identify industry opportunities and to launch and co-invest in a new startup. It invests in startups through corporate accelerator programs and in co-creations with corporate partners.Highline BETA was founded in 2017 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Highline Beta Contacts
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Benjamin Yoskovitz
CPO and Founding Partner
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Gary Fung
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Lauren Robinson
General Partner
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Marcus Daniels
CEO and Founding Partner
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Roberto Cervantes
Director of Venture Strategy, Business Design
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FAQ
What does Marcus Daniels invest in?
Marcus Daniels invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Marketing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Marcus Daniels's check size?
Marcus Daniels typically joins rounds of $50k–$4.3M at Seed, $1M–$1.1M at Pre-Seed and $3.3M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marcus Daniels participates in.
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When did Marcus Daniels last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Marcus Daniels closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 16 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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