# Stuart MacDonald

> Stuart MacDonald is a seed investor in Toronto backing SaaS, Software and Travel. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/stumacdonald

Stuart MacDonald is a Venture Advisor of Narrative.Fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Travel | 1 | 33% |
| Tourism | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sherpa° | We're sherpa° and we’re passionate about freedom of movement. Our mission is to help travellers move freely around the world and to shift the way the world's leading travel providers approach border crossing. Through unmatched industry knowledge and expertise, we help our partners—from airlines to cruise lines to online travelagencies—open new ancillary revenue streams to help them reduce costs and operational risk while enhancing the customer journey and growing consumer confidence in travel.More than simply providing a product or service, we're moving travel forward. Away from stress and confusion, and towards ease and connection. So travellers can move freely wherever life takes them. This is the future of international travel. | $8.5M |  | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| Sherpa° | We're sherpa° and we’re passionate about freedom of movement. Our mission is to help travellers move freely around the world and to shift the way the world's leading travel providers approach border crossing. Through unmatched industry knowledge and expertise, we help our partners—from airlines to cruise lines to online travelagencies—open new ancillary revenue streams to help them reduce costs and operational risk while enhancing the customer journey and growing consumer confidence in travel.More than simply providing a product or service, we're moving travel forward. Away from stress and confusion, and towards ease and connection. So travellers can move freely wherever life takes them. This is the future of international travel. | $8.5M | Series A | Apr 30, 2021 |  |
| Swept | Swept is a tech company that develop software solutions for the janitorial industry. Swept was founded by Matt Cooper and Michael Brown in August 2014 and is based in Nova Scotia. | $600K | Seed | Feb 12, 2016 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Narrative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/narrative-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TSVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsvcap) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Globalive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globalive-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [N49P](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/n49p) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Relay Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/relay-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Stuart MacDonald invest in?

Stuart MacDonald invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stuart MacDonald last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stuart MacDonald closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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