# Mark Macleod

> Mark Macleod is a seed investor at SurePath Capital Partners (Toronto) backing Software and Apps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SurePath Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/surepath-capital-partners)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/startupcfo
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/startupcfo
- Website: http://www.startupcfo.ca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.macleod.330

Mark Macleod is a seed investor at SurePath Capital Partners in Toronto focused on Software and Apps. Since 1999, Mark MacLeod has been helping fund, grow and exit venture-backed startups as either a CFO, advisor or VC. Mark has been involved with many high profile companies including FreshBooks, Shopify, Frank & Oak and many, many others.Mark MacLeod is the founder of SurePath Capital Partners, the premier strategic financial advisor totoday's emerging technology leaders.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $900k–$9.1M |
| Series A | $9.9M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shakepay | Shakepay is a technology company that provides financial applications for building wealth. Through an app, Shakepay allows Canadians to buy/sell bitcoin and pay their friends. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Montreal, Canada. | $35.2M | Series A | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| ChefHero | ChefHero is an online mobile and web application that allows businesses to order wholesale restaurant supplies from a network of dedicated regional suppliers. The ChefHero team brings this vision to life every day, leaving chefs with more time to do what they love: make incredible food. | $9.9M | Series A | Jul 27, 2021 |  |
| Wrk | Wrk is on a mission to make automation insanely simple. The secret behind the Wrk delivery engine is Hybrid Automation—our Wrkflows combine humans and technology to tackle each step of a business process, automatically mixing APIs, RPA, OCR and a global human workforce as needed to deliver top-quality results with none of the headaches. | $9.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Looka | Looka is an AI-powered design platform that helps entrepreneurs bring their brand to life with beautiful design — and brings the experience of sitting next to a designer online. | $900K | Seed | Jun 20, 2017 |  |
| CareGuide | CareGuide is a family of online services and our mission is simple: pair families and individuals with great care providers. With thousands of user profiles, you'll be able to find the best care provider for you, in your area, in just about any industry. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 14, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maropost Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maropost-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boost VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostfunder) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SurePath Capital Partners

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

SurePath Capital Partners is the premier strategic financial advisor to today's emerging technology leaders.

1 contacts available at SurePath Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mark Macleod | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-macleod |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Macleod invest in?

Mark Macleod invests primarily in Software, Apps and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Mark Macleod's check size?

Mark Macleod typically joins rounds of $900k–$9.1M at Seed and $9.9M–$35M 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 Mark Macleod participates in.

### When did Mark Macleod last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Macleod closed in Jan 2022. 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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