# Paul Ortchanian

> Paul Ortchanian is a seed investor at The Holt Xchange backing Apps. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Holt Xchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holt-accelerator)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulortchanian
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/paulblast
- Website: http://reflektions.com/

Paul Ortchanian is a seed investor at The Holt Xchange in Montréal focused on Apps and Human Resources. Paul Ortchanian is the founder of Bain Public a product firm that partners with middle market and large corporations, as well as start-up organizations, to produce measurable business results. His focus is improving the performance of products with an emphasis on strategy, roadmap planning, user knowledge, UX, product leadership, team memberengagement and process improvement.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Human Resources | 1 | 100% |
| Content Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Employee Benefits | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Porpoise | Porpoise is an employee engagement platform for companies that have corporate responsibility initiatives and are looking to automate involvement, measurement and reporting. Porpoise makes it simple to recognize, capture, and amplify the social impact that employees are making on behalf of your company, finally giving your marketing departments thecontent they need to deliver great campaigns, and HR managers the data to track and manage employees engagement programs and targeted initiatives.Spend less time managing your impact and giving programs, and more time accelerating the impact! | $500K | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-valley-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FounderFuel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founderfuel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Holt Xchange

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

Holt Accelerator is a modern day brokers, accelerating deals for fintech startups between corporate clients and investors.The Holt family legacy is rooted in tradition and entrepreneurship. Their history of investing, growing, supporting, and building financial companies for the past five generations, has led them to create the FinTechaccelerator, powered by an AI solutions provider. Holt will be supported by Holdun, a 5th generation family business, Stradigi AI, one of the largest AI solutions providers in Canada, and Form Fintech, one Canada’s fastest growing Fintech communities.

5 contacts available at The Holt Xchange.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Tuff | Startup Advisor & Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-tuff |
| Brendan Dunn | Founding Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-dunn-e671 |
| Jan Christopher Arp | Founding Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jan-christopher-arp-a88c |
| Jean Amiouny | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-amiouny |
| Mike McAra | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-mcara |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Ortchanian invest in?

Paul Ortchanian invests primarily in Apps, Human Resources and Content Marketing 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.

### How do I contact Paul Ortchanian?

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### When did Paul Ortchanian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Ortchanian closed in May 2017. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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