# Mike Walkinshaw

> Mike Walkinshaw is a debt financing investor at TIMIA Capital backing Real Estate and B2B. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TIMIA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timia-capital)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Mike Walkinshaw is a debt financing investor at TIMIA Capital focused on Real Estate and B2B. Mike has over 20 years of industry experience. His most recent position was as the CFO of a major Canadian venture capital group, Chrysalix, where he’d been since 2002. In that capacity, he was a board member for a variety of companies, including H2scan, FatSpaniel, and Akermin.For over five years, Mike was with Ballard Power Systems, theworld’s leading developer and manufacturer of PEM Fuel Cells. He held a number of roles within the organization and was the Manager of Product Strategy and a Product Manager for the Nexa Power Module, the world’s first commercial fuel cell module, and the precursor to many of Ballard’s current products. Prior to Ballard, he spent six years with Price Waterhouse in Vancouver, gaining his Chartered Accountant status and helping small entrepreneurial businesses grow.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Estate | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Local | 1 | 20% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 60% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Parkbench.com | Toronto-based Parkbench is an all-in-one sales & marketing platform for real estate professionals who want to build their brand and get more clients in a specific geographic area, all while giving back to their communities.By using the company’s technology, agents are able to help homeowners stay up to date with what’s going on in theirneighborhood, and help local businesses make more money – making them relevant again.The combination of Parkbench’s technology and sales & marketing systems provides agents with more conversations, meaningful relationships, high quality leads, and additional referrals from the people who live and work in their target market. The company is revolutionizing the real-estate vertical, not by eliminating real estate agents, but by reinventing the profession! | $731K | Debt Financing | Mar 08, 2018 |  |
| Avenue HQ | We build and maintain the website and digital marketing for your realty business, so you can stay connected with your clients—and attract new ones.As a team of marketers, engineers, and designers, we work together to give REALTORS® something they’ve never had before: The chance to market themselves online, and stand out, supported by theknowledge and tools only a team of experts can provide. | $1M | Debt Financing | Nov 10, 2017 |  |
| Rise People | Rise unifies HR + Benefits + Payroll into a simplified, personalized, all-in-one People Platform. | $1.5M | Debt Financing | Nov 06, 2017 |  |
| Fat Spaniel Technologies | Founded in 2003, Fat Spaniel Technologies is the leading independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry. Today, the company's solutions are utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs, and growing a growing number of wind power companies. Fat Spanielsolutions help optimize energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, contain risk, and increase return on investment for renewable energy power plant projects. | $18M | Series B | Jan 01, 2008 |  |
| Fat Spaniel Technologies | Founded in 2003, Fat Spaniel Technologies is the leading independent provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for the renewable energy industry. Today, the company's solutions are utilized by solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs, and growing a growing number of wind power companies. Fat Spanielsolutions help optimize energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, contain risk, and increase return on investment for renewable energy power plant projects. | $7M | Series A | Oct 16, 2006 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Element Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/element-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Applied Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/applied-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ignition Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ignition-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pacific Corporate Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-corporate-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About TIMIA Capital

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

TIMIA Capital is a specialty finance company focused on providing growth capital to B2B and SaaS companies.

5 contacts available at TIMIA Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Greg Smith | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-smith-f20c |
| Greg Smith | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-smith |
| Mark Bakker | Director of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-bakker |
| Andrew Abouchar | Chief Credit Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-abouchar |
| Mike Walkinshaw | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-walkinshaw |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Walkinshaw invest in?

Mike Walkinshaw invests primarily in Real Estate, B2B and News startups, most often at Debt Financing 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.

### When did Mike Walkinshaw last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Walkinshaw closed in Mar 2018. 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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