# Translink

> Translink is a VC fund in Burnaby backing Linux and Fashion. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Burnaby, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/translink/about/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/translink
- Website: http://www.translink.ca/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Translink/

Translink is a VC fund in Burnaby focused on Linux and Fashion. TransLink is Metro Vancouver's regional transportation authority.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Translink. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Translink. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/translink?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Linux | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series G | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| South Korea | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eugene Gregorio | Real Estate Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-gregorio-2 |
| Gigi Chen-Kuo | Interim Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gigi-chen-kuo |
| Kevin B. Quinn | Chief Executive Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-b-quinn |
| Mark Langmead | Director, Compass Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-langmead |
| Willy Dommen | Team Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willy-dommen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SynGenSys | SynGenSys creates product-specific libraries of synthetic genetic parts for next-generation biomedicines and biomanufacturing processes. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Ludis Analytics | Ludis Analytics is an end-to-end data science platform that helps accelerate analytics across organizations. | $2M | Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| Brandi | Brandi is a vertical commerce platform that manages the fashion shopping application Brandi, the men's shopping application Hiver, and the brand fashion platform Seoul Store, all of which are part of 'Apps strategy' for operating vertical commerce applications. The commerce platform hence diverse range of categories includingclothing, footwear, jewelery, and other fashion accessories. | $15.6M | Series A | Mar 27, 2020 |  |
| Brandi | Brandi is a vertical commerce platform that manages the fashion shopping application Brandi, the men's shopping application Hiver, and the brand fashion platform Seoul Store, all of which are part of 'Apps strategy' for operating vertical commerce applications. The commerce platform hence diverse range of categories includingclothing, footwear, jewelery, and other fashion accessories. | $17.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2020 |  |
| Nexenta Systems | Nexenta is the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS) with 6,000+ customers, 400+ partners, 46,000+ community members, 40+ patents, and 2,000+ petabytes of storage capacity under management. Nexenta has redefined the storage industry via its unique dual leadership in Open Source community collaboration andSoftware-Defined Storage innovation. Nexenta OpenSDS solutions are "100% Software." Nexenta supports any app-, cloud-, protocol-, and hardware-platform; providing organizations with the "Total Freedom" to fight against predatory vendor lock-in. Nexenta provides organizations with the benefits of Software-Defined Everything-centric Cloud Computing – from data centers to end users; from the infrastructure to apps. Nexenta enables the widest variety of legacy, Windows, web, virtual, and cloud-native apps; supporting any rich media-driven Mobile and Social Living, Internet of Things, Big Data-driven Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) and/or Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Cloud deployment – from Private and Public to Hybrid Clouds. Founded around an "Open Source” platform and industry-disrupting vision, Nexenta delivers its award-winning "software-only unified storage management" solutions with 24x7 consulting, service, support, and a global partner network, including Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Docker, HP, Micron, Openstack, Quanta, SanDisk, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware, Western Digital, Wipro, and many others. Nexenta: 100% Software. Total Freedom. All Love.For more information visit, www.nexenta.com | $7.7M | Series G | Dec 16, 2016 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DSC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsc-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Alternative Investment Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-alternative-investment-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mirae Asset Venture Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mirae-asset-venture-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SBI Investment Korea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-korea) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atinum Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atinum-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Translink invest in?

Translink invests primarily in Linux, Fashion and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Translink?

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### Who are the partners at Translink?

The team at Translink includes Eugene Gregorio (Real Estate Investor), Gigi Chen-Kuo (Interim Chief Executive Officer) and Kevin B. Quinn (Chief Executive Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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