# Mary Karamanos

> Mary Karamanos is a seed investor at Business Development Bank of Canada backing FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada)
- Location: Mont-royal, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-karamanos-8755b64/

Mary Karamanos is a seed investor at Business Development Bank of Canada in Mont-royal focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Mary Karamanos was appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources in 2004.In this role, she works closely with other members of the senior management team and is responsible for the development and implementation of BDC’s human capital strategies, including talent management and leadership development.Over a twenty-five year career inbusiness, she has acquired extensive experience in strategic human resources in both entrepreneurial companies and large global organizations in the retail, consumer goods and financial sector.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mako Financial Technologies | Mako Fintech, a financial technology platform that automates wealth management processes. Mako's mission is to democratize the digitalization of wealth management by providing each firm with an automation solution adapted to its unique workflow processes and delivering it at a disruptively lower cost. | $1.6M | Seed | Aug 03, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Business Development Bank of Canada

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

BDC offers financing, consulting services, subordinate financing and venture capital. They focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). BDC's services are available across Canada in both official languages through a network of more than 100 offices. Its head office is in Montreal.

5 contacts available at Business Development Bank of Canada.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chantal Belzile | Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chantal-belzile |
| Jack Fraser | Partner - Late Stage Growth Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-fraser |
| Louise Paradis | Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louise-paradis |
| Mary Karamanos | Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-karamanos |
| Mary Karamanos | Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-karamanos-21f1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Mary Karamanos invest in?

Mary Karamanos invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mary Karamanos last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mary Karamanos closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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