# Timothy lee

> Timothy lee is a seed investor at GrowthWorks Capital backing FinTech and Consumer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GrowthWorks Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/growthworks)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-h-lee

Timothy lee is a seed investor at GrowthWorks Capital focused on FinTech and Consumer. Timothy Lee is Chief Investment Officer at GrowthWorks, a venture capital firm that has been investing in technology companies since 1992. Tim has over 18 years of experience helping high-growth companies across many technology sectors. Prior to joining the company in 2005, Tim was a General Partner with another Canadian venture capital firmwhere he was involved with a number of notable exits including Cambrian Systems, ElectroPhotonics, DWL, Icera and xkotoTim holds a BA from the University of Toronto, an MBA from York University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Consumer | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 33% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lightning Reach | Founded during the pandemic, Lightning helps people in financial hardship to receive super fast support and recover from shocks. The company works with charities and public sector institutions to accelerate support to people in financial hardship - providing a quick and secure platform to easily verify financial need and process grants within 3days instead of 5+ weeks. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Morega Systems | Morega Systems Inc. is a software and consumer product company with advanced media mobility solutions for the digital home. Utilizing advanced transcoding, transcrypting and QoS aware streaming capabilities, Morega provides a complete solution for premium service operators and hardware vendors with high value applications such as side-loading,place-shifting and targeted ad insertion.Morega is dedicated to creating rich, new, media experiences for consumers through the introduction of innovative consumer products, software and applications that enable seamless content mobility for both premium and personal media content. | $10M | Series B | Jul 28, 2010 |  |
| Morega Systems | Morega Systems Inc. is a software and consumer product company with advanced media mobility solutions for the digital home. Utilizing advanced transcoding, transcrypting and QoS aware streaming capabilities, Morega provides a complete solution for premium service operators and hardware vendors with high value applications such as side-loading,place-shifting and targeted ad insertion.Morega is dedicated to creating rich, new, media experiences for consumers through the introduction of innovative consumer products, software and applications that enable seamless content mobility for both premium and personal media content. | $10M | Series A | Aug 01, 2007 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Celtic House Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celtic-house-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Big Issue Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-issue-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Joseph Rowntree Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-rowntree-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Treebeard Trust](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/treebeard-trust) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [UnLtd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GrowthWorks Capital

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Invest in our experienceGrowthWorks* offers you more: more accountability, more experience and more proven know-how to make the most of your investment.A principled approach to adding valueOver the last 20 years, we've built GrowthWorks into one of Canada's venture capital management companies. We've done that by managingfunds that rigorously follow core principles: structure strategic investments in growth-oriented companies, value portfolio assets conservatively, build vital industry connections and minimize risk through diversification. It's a simple formula that delivers powerful results.Regional know-how. National ReachAt GrowthWorks, we offer regionally based retail venture capital funds (RVCs) right across Canada.GrowthWorks specializes in the management of and growth of regionally based venture capital funds. The funds under management include the following RVCs: Working Opportunity Fund, GrowthWorks Commercialization Fund and GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture Fund.Partners in performanceWe have specialized teams in each of our core sectors to identify and structure investments in potential winners. These skilled teams also help create success by helping the companies that GrowthWorks managed funds invest in to grow with strategic management support and advice. This way, the companies get guidance from experienced leaders. In turn, the funds’ investors know that these companies receive direction to help them thrive.

5 contacts available at GrowthWorks Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Timlin | VP, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-timlin |
| Timothy lee | Chief Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/timothy-lee |
| Chris Moyer | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-moyer |
| Christopher Morris | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-morris-3 |
| David Levi | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-levi |

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## FAQ

### What does Timothy lee invest in?

Timothy lee invests primarily in FinTech, Consumer and Software 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 Timothy lee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Timothy lee closed in Oct 2023. 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?

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