# Warren Houston

> Warren Houston is a angel investor in Kelowna backing eSports and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Kelowna, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenhouston

Warren Houston is an Executive in Residence (EiR) with Accelerate Okanagan. Warren received his MBA at the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business. He also received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Western Ontario in Economics.Warren is currently a Partner with Powered by Search, a Profit Hot 50 & Branham300 Ranked SEO & Inbound Marketing Agency. Warren also co-founded Business.ca in 2001 and raised over $2 million in venture capital funding.Warren specializes in systemizing businesses, minimizing risks, sales growth, digital marketing and growing businesses organically. Warren has a strong passion for baseball and basketball and enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 kids.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eSports | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Ad Retargeting | 1 | 100% |
| Brand Marketing | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PLAYR.gg | PLAYR.gg was a technology platform that enables enterprise brands to generate, segment, and activate first-party customer data. The brand was sunset and merged into the Surf brand in February 2022 following the acquisition by Trufan, Inc. | $120K | Angel | Aug 01, 2018 | https://playr.gg |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Warren Houston invest in?

Warren Houston invests primarily in eSports, Software and Marketing startups, most often at Angel 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 Warren Houston?

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### When did Warren Houston last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Warren Houston closed in Aug 2018. 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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