# Mohan Markandaier

> Mohan Markandaier is a seed investor at Good News Ventures backing Training and Education. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Good News Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/good-news-ventures)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohanmarkandaier/

Mohan Markandaier is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. He co-founded his first company Pulse Voice in 1996 where as a CEO his focus was on Sales/Marketing and responsible for overall strategic vision and growth of the company.Mohan’s expertise include identifying market opportunities and developing technology solutions toaddress the challenges. Currently, Mohan is actively involved in providing capital and mentorship to early and mid-stage companies in high growth technology space. He also serves on the Board of Director at York Angel Investors.Mohan graduated from University of Toronto with a degree in Engineering.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Education | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Impro | Impro is a technology platform that enables action-based coaching at scale. | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Good News Ventures

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

At Good News Ventures, we invest in early stage technology companies founded by true grit entrepreneurs. We back passionate and determined founders as they develop their impressive ideas into prominent businesses. We admire those who embrace the risk and uncertainty and aren’t afraid to break with convention.We invest in all sectors including AI,IoT, big data, B2B, cloud/SaaS, mobile, marketplaces, finance, healthcare, applications, infrastructure, networking, security, space technology, storage.Our partners provide significant value in strategic advice and networking. We have put together exceptional roster of advisors who have various background and can help entrepreneurs take ideas from a concept to a business through mentorships and guidance.We focus on providing exceptional value for the founders and remarkable returns for investors. We evaluate risk vs rewards and ensure potential returns are in line with our investment philosophy.The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark—Michelangelo

4 contacts available at Good News Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marat Mukhamedyarov | Founding partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marat-mukhamedyarov |
| Mohan Markandaier | Founding partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohan-markandaier |
| Mona Kung | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mona-kung |
| James DeGreef | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-degreef |

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## FAQ

### What does Mohan Markandaier invest in?

Mohan Markandaier invests primarily in Training and Education 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 Mohan Markandaier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mohan Markandaier closed in Jun 2022. 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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