# R Stewart Thompson

> R Stewart Thompson is a seed investor at Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial backing eSports. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/old-kent-road-okr-financial)
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rstewartthompson
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vaangelsceo

R Stewart Thompson is a seed investor at Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial in Calgary focused on eSports and Software. R Stewart (Randy) Thompson is the Founder & Managing Partner of Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial.He attend to the The University of British Columbia in 1986.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eSports | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Ad Retargeting | 1 | 100% |
| Brand Marketing | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PLAYR.gg | PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data. The brand was sunset and merged into the Surf brand in February 2022 following the acquisition by Trufan, Inc. | $825K | Seed | Dec 16, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Atrium Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atrium-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Broad Street Bulls](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broad-street-bulls) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valhalla Private Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valhalla-private-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-alberta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial

VC Fund · Calgary, Canada

Old Kent Road Financial provides investors and start-ups with opportunities through a new Canadian fund. OKR Financial lends capital to companies that need growth capital long before their public sector commitments will be available to them.Old Kent Road Financial has already provided capital to six companies since July 2016, with an additional32 companies currently being reviewed.

5 contacts available at Old Kent Road (OKR) Financial.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bhavik Chauhan | Vice President, Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhavik-chauhan |
| Bill Green | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-green-b626 |
| Jason Neale | Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-neale |
| Jerome Joseph | Business Development Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-joseph |
| R Stewart Thompson | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-stewart-thompson |

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## FAQ

### What does R Stewart Thompson invest in?

R Stewart Thompson invests primarily in eSports, Software and 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.

### When did R Stewart Thompson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for R Stewart Thompson closed in Dec 2018. 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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