# Will Hutchins

> Will Hutchins is a debt financing investor at Espresso Capital backing Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Espresso Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espresso-capital-partners)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willhutchins/

Will Hutchins is a debt financing investor at Espresso Capital in Toronto focused on Software and Information Technology. Will Hutchins is based out of Toronto, Ontario and is the Head of Originations & Managing Director of Espresso Capital. Will previously worked at TD Securities as a Director, Technology, Media and Communications Investment Banking. Will Hutchins attended the University of Ottawa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Video | 1 | 11% |
| EdTech | 1 | 11% |
| Big Data | 1 | 11% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 5 | 56% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. | $38M | Series B | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| MOOT | MOOT is an innovative ecommerce technology company with a mission to provide end-to-end solutions to retail brands, looking to scale their direct-to-consumer offering, both multi-channel and internationally. The company’s proprietary technology typically services brands that have outgrown the capabilities of the likes of Shopify and WooCommerce. | $17.9M | Debt Financing | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Kythera | Kythera Labs, a leading provider, specializes in offering a comprehensive data management and analytics platform designed to process various forms of healthcare data. Leveraging the power of machine learning, Kythera Labs diligently searches for signals within the data to report and predict behavioral patterns of patients, practitioners, healthsystems, and payers.The company plays a crucial role in assisting healthcare information companies in developing enterprise-scale products to cater to their customers' needs. Additionally, Kythera Labs extends its services to diverse healthcare organizations, including hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, technology companies, and government entities, aiding them in understanding their market performance and individual entities within it.Powered by a cloud-based, machine learning-driven platform, Kythera Labs benefits from a vast sample size of over 300 million US patient-lives. This allows them to provide unparalleled scalability and speed, surpassing other healthcare data and analytics technologies in terms of efficiency. By combining their clients' data with their own, Kythera Labs delivers an exceptional and actionable view of healthcare events with unmatched fidelity and affordability.The experienced team at Kythera Labs has been solving problems for decades, utilizing proven data science concepts and innovative technologies to facilitate decision-making and foster growth for healthcare organizations. Their approach is rooted in humility and curiosity, recognizing that the journey is just as important as the destination. Trust is held in high regard at Kythera Labs, and the team strives to cultivate it every day, understanding its pivotal role in driving innovation. |  | Seed | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| CREtelligent | CREtelligent provides property conditions, valuations, flood zone, natural hazards, environmental and general property reports and services. | $10M | Debt Financing | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| boclips | boclips aggregates over 2 million rights ready video clips onto a single cloud based platform. Proprietary algorithms then map these clips to the curricula and courses used by education providers around the world - ensuring relevant search results for courseware designers, instructors and students. All videos are rights-ready for education andupdated daily - so there’s no confusion and no delays. | $9.6M | Debt Financing | Nov 03, 2021 |  |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. | $15M | Debt Financing | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| Inference Solutions | Inference Solutions is a global Intelligent Virtual Agent platform provider that enables businesses to leverage the latest conversational AI technology with unmatched choice and flexibility. More than 550 organizations across every vertical use Inference's code-free IVA platform, Inference Studio, to rapidly design and deploy advancedself-service applications over voice, chat and messaging. Inference is resold through leading telecommunications carriers, Unified Communications and Contact Center providers, and is the trusted choice for dozens of service providers seeking to drive more revenue and differentiate themselves with value-added-services. | $8M | Debt Financing | May 13, 2020 |  |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. | $2.5M | Debt Financing |  |  |
| Thentia Cloud | Thentia Corporation is an industry leader in using proprietary technology to help regulatory bodies efficiently fulfill their regulatory obligations. Thentia services a wide variety of clients throughout Canada and the United States using cutting-edge software and industry-leading expertise in regulatory standards. |  | Debt Financing |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BDC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Spring Mountain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spring-mountain-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Ascent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-opentext-enterprise-apps-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Espresso Capital

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Espresso Capital has provided over 230 early and growth stage technology companies with founder-friendly capital since 2009. It offers lines of credit and term loans to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses without dilution, board seats, or personal guarantees. Its mission is to keep founders in control with fast, fair, and flexiblecapital.

5 contacts available at Espresso Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gordon Henderson | Managing Director, Portfolio Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gordon-henderson-bbc6 |
| James Langford | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-langford-2e4d |
| Steven Michau | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-michau-7eae |
| Will Hutchins | Head of Originations & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/will-hutchins |
| Alkarim Jivraj | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alkarim-jivraj |

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## FAQ

### What does Will Hutchins invest in?

Will Hutchins invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Video startups, most often at Debt Financing and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Will Hutchins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Will Hutchins closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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