# Paul Dugsin

> Paul Dugsin is a seed investor at Raiven Capital backing SaaS, Mining and Content. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Raiven Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raiven-capital)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldugsin/?originalSubdomain=ca

Paul Dugsin is a seed investor at Raiven Capital focused on SaaS and Mining. Paul Dugsin is the Founding Partner at Raiven Capital. Paul attended TRIUM Global Executive MBA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Mining | 1 | 13% |
| Content | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |
| Leisure | 1 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| Canada | 2 | 25% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevated Signals | Elevated Signals builds manufacturing operations software for regulated industries like cannabis, nutraceuticals, food, and beverage. As an alternative to rigid ERPs and fragile spreadsheets, its GMP-ready platform connects inventory, quality & compliance, planning, and costing into one easy-to-use system - empowering teams to plan smarter, actfaster, and scale with confidence.Purpose-built for complex, fast-growing operations, the platform supports vertically integrated producers, white-label and co-manufacturers, and GMP-ready, export-focused facilities that need airtight traceability and flexibility. It's used across teams: operations and QA capture production floor data in real time, while finance, compliance, sales, and planning rely on it for informed decision-making and audit readiness.It provides:- Real-time visibility into materials and processes - Embedded quality assurance and compliance - A structured but adaptable system that supports how manufacturers actually workFeatures available:- Inventory Management - Work Orders & Production Tracking - SKU & Product Management - Vendor & Procurement Management - Production Planning (New Module) - Embedded Quality Assurance (QA) - Traceability & Compliance - Role-Based Access & Permissions - Reporting & Export Tools | $5.8M | Series A | Feb 27, 2024 |  |
| Elevated Signals | Elevated Signals builds manufacturing operations software for regulated industries like cannabis, nutraceuticals, food, and beverage. As an alternative to rigid ERPs and fragile spreadsheets, its GMP-ready platform connects inventory, quality & compliance, planning, and costing into one easy-to-use system - empowering teams to plan smarter, actfaster, and scale with confidence.Purpose-built for complex, fast-growing operations, the platform supports vertically integrated producers, white-label and co-manufacturers, and GMP-ready, export-focused facilities that need airtight traceability and flexibility. It's used across teams: operations and QA capture production floor data in real time, while finance, compliance, sales, and planning rely on it for informed decision-making and audit readiness.It provides:- Real-time visibility into materials and processes - Embedded quality assurance and compliance - A structured but adaptable system that supports how manufacturers actually workFeatures available:- Inventory Management - Work Orders & Production Tracking - SKU & Product Management - Vendor & Procurement Management - Production Planning (New Module) - Embedded Quality Assurance (QA) - Traceability & Compliance - Role-Based Access & Permissions - Reporting & Export Tools |  | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Vertical Harvest | Vertical Harvest will be a Wyoming based agri-business that will enhance the local economy by operating year round to sell, for profit, fresh, locally grown produce to the community through multiple venues at a competitive, consistent price. | $8.4M | Series A | Apr 13, 2022 |  |
| KnowWake | KnowWake makes navigation on the water as simple, intuitive, and easy as WAZE. The boater's guide to the waterways with posted wake zones and over 35,000 thousand points of interest on the water are easily located on iOS and Android. KnowWake uses shared information from our community in real time for an even better boating experience. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Shopistry | Shopistry enables today's fastest growing brands with a complete toolkit to embrace headless commerce without the typical costs of development or need to re-platform. Deliver tailored customer shopping experiences that grow sales across channels on an architecture with full flexibility and control as you grow. | $2M | Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |
| Scopio | Scopio is an Online Community connecting photographers and visual artists to each other and to potential customers building the world's largest source of visual talent. Talented diverse artists from 190 countries have built profiles on Scopio, where they sell their images, tell their stories, and get hired for their visual art talent. Scopiopowers its platform using AI to give access to anyone, anywhere to participate. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Vertical Harvest | Vertical Harvest will be a Wyoming based agri-business that will enhance the local economy by operating year round to sell, for profit, fresh, locally grown produce to the community through multiple venues at a competitive, consistent price. |  |  |  |  |
| Whizmo | Whizmo is a fintech and digital wallet platform focused on providing secure mobile money services, digital payments, remittances, and financial inclusion solutions for unbanked and underserved communities worldwide. The platform enables users to send money, pay bills, make purchases, and manage finances without relying on traditional bankingsystems. |  | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Centre Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centre-street-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DV Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dv-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Garage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garage-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Raiven Capital

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Raiven Capital is a new cross-border early-stage venture capital firm.

2 contacts available at Raiven Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Dugsin | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-dugsin |
| Supreet Manchanda | Founding Partner, Raiven Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/supreet-manchanda |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Dugsin invest in?

Paul Dugsin invests primarily in SaaS, Mining and Content startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Paul Dugsin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Dugsin closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 8 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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