# Sean Brownlee

> Sean Brownlee is a Series A investor at Rho Canada Ventures backing Software and Analytics. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rho Canada Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rho-canada)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanbrownlee

Sean Brownlee is a partner of Rho Canada Ventures. With nearly 15 years of operational and venture experience, he is passionate about collaborating with entrepreneurs and helping them grow their ventures to become leaders in their spaces. He joined Rho Canada Ventures in 2012 and focuses on investments in the areas of SaaS (Software as aService), cloud, mobility and clean technology. Prior to Rho, Sean worked for nearly a decade in Boston at JMH Capital and 3i Corporation, a leading internationally focused venture capital firm. He has been involved in the early-stage financing of many technology companies that have achieved successful exits through M&A and IPO.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 45% |
| Analytics | 3 | 27% |
| SaaS | 2 | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 18% |
| Business Intelligence | 2 | 18% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 55% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. | $10M | Series B | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. | $10M | Series B | May 04, 2021 |  |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. |  | Series A | Aug 07, 2020 |  |
| ThinkData Works Inc. | Data is more available than ever, but varied sources, inconsistent formats, and an evolving compliance landscape make it difficult to manage. Maximizing return on your data investments requires the right strategy and toolset. ThinkData Works unlocks the value of data to grow your business. Connect seamlessly to any source, catalog your assets, anddeliver data while retaining visibility and control. Flexible data connections, robust metadata management capabilities, and secure, reliable tools to deliver data where it needs to be — inside or outside your organization. Purpose-built to handle the complexities of data variety, our unified cloud platform cuts overhead, fuels innovation, and drives revenue growth. | $5.9M | Series A | Jun 25, 2020 |  |
| Relogix | Relogix is trusted by top Corporate Real Estate professionals who need to make data-driven business decisions to inform their real estate strategy and measure impact. Our flexible workplace insights platform, Conexus, and state-of-the-art IoT occupancy sensors are proven to transform the workplace experience. We’re always looking for the nextinnovation in workplace technology, leveraging two decades of CRE and analytics expertise to help our clients understand and optimize their global real estate portfolios. | $4M | Series A | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Auvik Networks | Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner ofthe Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc. | $14.6M | Series C | May 15, 2018 |  |
| Upchain | Upchain is a provider of instant-on, cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) and product data management (PDM) solutions. Upchain started in 2015 with the goal of changing what Product Lifecycle Management means for users across the supply chain. Existing solutions were built for multi-national companies, and suppliers down the chain wereleft out in the cold. They knew there was a better way. Their vision is a completely interconnected supply chain from the first nut to the final bolt, where collaboration is the default setting, and where mission-critical data is simultaneously accessible and secure. They think the process doesn’t have to be as hard as it is, and they intend to make it a whole lot easier for everyone. | $7.4M | Series A | Feb 23, 2018 |  |
| Sportlogiq | Sportlogiq is a venture-backed startup that develops sports statistics solutions. Using feeds from current broadcast cameras, the company uses player tracking and activity recognition to analyze player movement and provide context to game analysis. Sportlogiq was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. | $5M | Series A | Aug 29, 2017 |  |
| Auvik Networks | Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner ofthe Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc. | $10.8M | Series B | Aug 10, 2017 |  |
| Auvik Networks | Auvik’s cloud-based network management software keeps IT networks around the world running optimally. By automating and simplifying network management, Auvik helps rocket an IT team’s efficiency and capacity, while protecting the business from network risk. Auvik is one of the fastest growing North American technology companies, and is winner ofthe Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte Fast 500, and recognized as the #1 ranked Canadian company in the FT Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies 2020. Visit www.auvik.com or follow @AuvikNetworks on Twitter. Auvik is a registered trademark of Auvik Networks Inc. | $6M | Series A | May 15, 2013 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Celtic House Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celtic-house-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [First Ascent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-opentext-enterprise-apps-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [OpenView](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/openview-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spring Mountain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-mountain-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AQC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-qu%C3%A9bec-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Rho Canada Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Rho Canada Ventures is a division of Rho Capital Partners focusing on early-stage investing in Canada’s most innovative technology companies.The Rho Canada Ventures team comprises a unique combination of entrepreneurial, operational, and venture investment experience in the United States and Canada. With a combined 80 years of experience, RhoCanada Ventures offers entrepreneurs the expertise to turn Canadian innovators into global leaders. Rho Canada Ventures' portfolio companies are a diverse group of investments that span new media, mobile applications, wireless infrastructure, semiconductors and materials, and software.

5 contacts available at Rho Canada Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeff Grammer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-grammer |
| Roger Chabra | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roger-chabra |
| Sean Brownlee | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-brownlee |
| Sean Brownlee | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-brownlee-2 |
| Jeff Martin | Partner and General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-martin-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Sean Brownlee invest in?

Sean Brownlee invests primarily in Software, Analytics and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sean Brownlee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sean Brownlee closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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