Brett Wilson
Chairman @ Canoe Financial
Calgary, Canada
Brett Wilson is a Series A investor at Canoe Financial in Calgary focused on Cannabis and Lifestyle. W. Brett Wilson was the Co-Founder of FirstEnergy Capital. He currently worked at Canoe Financial as the Chairman.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Brett Wilson invests in
Stages Brett Wilson invests in
Countries Brett Wilson invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Cannabis 1 (100%)
- Lifestyle 1 (100%)
- Marketing 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Tokyo Smoke
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Tokyo Smoke is a modern lifestyle collective and a cultural movement. Our aim is to create an immersive physical experience, across verticals that touch our hearts, with the care, craft and expertise. Fundamentally, we believe Coffee, Clothing, and Cannabis are the lifeblood of the Creative Class. The Brand Tokyo Smoke is the touchstone for beauty,design, and quality in a society hungry for inclusive but sophisticated, designer brands. The combination of creativity, passion, and originality, has formed a sophisticated urban brand that goes beyond products. By integrating into the creative drivers of consumers, those being coffee, clothing and cannabis, Tokyo Smoke can help shape how today’s individual lives their life. This puts us in a unique position to interact with consumers within multiple touch points throughout their day.Specifically, this is what the verticals allow us to do:• Coffee: the shops function as a brand experience center to host our customers and the community• Clothing: provides a foundation to interact with our customers and ambassadors across the world and to establish the legitimacy and reach of the brand• Cannabis: brings beauty, form and function to an underserved consumer, with Tokyo Smoke as the first brand to provide an aspirational and inspirational lifestyle that transcends the Cannabis cultureCurrently, there are two coffee bars / luxury Cannabis accessory shops that function as experience centers. The line of luxury men’s clothing is available at GotStyle, in the coffee shop as well as other select retailers. The line of Tokyo Smoke Cannabis is soon to be on shelf in Washington State with a first of its kind deal about to be signed in Canada. | $3M / Series A / Jan 17, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Canoe Financial
Canoe Financial LP established operations with the acquisition of management of the publicly traded $1.4 billion Canoe EIT Income Fund. Canoe now manages approximately $3 billion in assets across a diversified range of open end mutual funds, flow-through limited partnerships, and private energy equity products.Canoe has expanded from itsCalgary head office to across Canada, including a significant presence in Toronto and offices in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Since launching its first mutual funds in February 2011, Canoe has grown its mutual fund assets to more than $1.6 billion, making it one of the fastest growing entities in the Canadian mutual fund industry.So how have they accomplished this in the highly competitive world of mutual funds?They are a focused, independent investment management firm, providing intimate access to their mutual fund managers. Canoe’s portfolio managers are proven performers in the most widely held mutual fund categories. Their portfolio management team is supported by a top customer service and sales group dedicated to ensuring that their clients receive the consistent, clear and meaningful counsel they need to make informed investment decisions.
Canoe Financial Contacts
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Brett Wilson
Chairman
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Brett Wilson
Chairman
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Darcy Hulston
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Darcy M. Lake
SVP General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
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Kim Jativa
Chief Operating Officer
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FAQ
What does Brett Wilson invest in?
Brett Wilson invests primarily in Cannabis, Lifestyle and Marketing startups, most often at Series A 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.
When did Brett Wilson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Brett Wilson closed in Jan 2017. 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.
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