# Tom Newton

> Tom Newton is a pre-seed investor at Shopify backing Internet and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shopify](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shopify)
- Location: George Town, Cayman Islands
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomnewton
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/tomnewton
- Website: https://x.com/tomnewton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomnewton

Tom Newton is a pre-seed investor at Shopify in George Town focused on Internet and Software. Tom Newton is the VP of Engineering of Shopify. He previously worked at Gamesys as a Board Member. Tom Newton attended Queen's University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |
| Construction | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bidmii | Bidmii is a community where homeowners can easily hire reliable and trusted contractors to complete their projects, and contractors can easily connect with qualified homeowners allowing them to focus on getting the job done. Through its automated marketplace, bidmii provides fair market pricing, payment security, and project control. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Shopify

VC Fund · Ottawa, Canada

Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Merchants can use the software to design, set up, and manage their stores across multiple sales channels, including web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, brick-and-mortar locations, and pop-up shops. The platform also provides merchants witha powerful back-office and a single view of their business.Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services including marketing, customer engagement, payments, and shipping tools to simplify the process of running an online store for small merchants. They launched an application programming interface (API) platform and App Store that allows developers to create applications for Shopify online stores and then sell them on the Shopify App Store.The Shopify platform was engineered for reliability and scale, making enterprise-level technology available to businesses of all sizes. Shopify currently powers over 800,000 businesses in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by brands such as Tesla, Red Bull, Nestle, GE, Kylie Cosmetics, and many more.

5 contacts available at Shopify.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bharati Balakrishnan | Country Head & Director, India | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bharati-balakrishnan |
| Bram Sugarman | Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at Shopify | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-sugarman |
| Brennan Loh | Director of Marketing Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brennan-loh |
| Brittany Forsyth | SVP of HR | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brittany-forsyth |
| Daniella Bellaire | Head of Global Sales Craft | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniella-bellaire |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Newton invest in?

Tom Newton invests primarily in Internet, Software and Real Estate startups, most often at Pre-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 Tom Newton?

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### When did Tom Newton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Newton closed in Dec 2021. 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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