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Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in Canada (September 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in Canada Retail startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Canada Retail startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Roham Gharegozlou
Angel
3 United States, Canada, Italy Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $470k–$30M
Thomas Pentz
Angel
3 United States, Canada Series A, Seed, Angel Apps, FinTech, Internet $2M–$87M
Russell Cook
Angel
2 United States, Canada Seed, Series C, Series D Wellness, Logistics, Health Care $750k–$1B
Harley Finkelstein
Angel
2 Canada, United States, Sweden Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketplace $2.7M–$39M
Markus Frind
Angel
2 Canada, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Retail, E-Commerce, FinTech $1M–$22M
Andreas Penna
Angel
2 United States, Brazil, Canada Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning $400k–$34M
Tom Williams
Angel
1 United States, Canada, India Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services $1.3M–$57M
Anna Sinclair
Angel
1 Canada Seed, Angel Energy, Retail, Apparel
Brenda Irwin
Angel
1 Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Communities, SaaS, Music $433k–$2.3M
James Appleyard
Angel
1 Canada Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Machine Learning, B2B $3.1M–$7M
Jamie True
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Video, Retail $510k–$3M
Ryan Tedder
Angel
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Food and Beverage, Retail, Consumer $1.7M–$87M
Aubrey Graham (Drake)
Angel
1 United States, Canada Series A, Seed, Angel Mobile, Fashion, FinTech $3M–$555M
Kevin Pan
Angel
1 Canada Series A Retail, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods
Darren Farber
Angel
1 Canada, United States Series B, Seed, Series A Software, Health Care, SaaS
Arjun Sethi
Angel
1 United States, India, Canada Seed, Series A, Series B Software, FinTech, Financial Services $875k–$88M
Chris Rickett
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
Don Tapscott
Angel
1 Canada, Hong Kong Seed, Series A News, Retail, Shopping
Jon Claydon
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Canada Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Software, SaaS, Mobile $510k–$3M
Caroline Somers
Angel
1 Canada Seed, Angel Retail, Fashion, Shopping
Ben Narasin
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Mexico Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Financial Services, Mobile $1.1M–$17M
Greg Kidd
Angel
1 United States, Spain, United Kingdom Seed, Series A FinTech, Mobile, Payments $385k–$9.5M
Arlene Dickinson
Angel
1 Canada, United States Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Food and Beverage, Health Care, Wellness $150k–$20M
Michael Rubin
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Australia Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical $3M–$42M
Craig Hunter
Angel
1 Canada Seed, Series A Retail, Lifestyle, Home Decor
Simon Whitfield
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, Cycling, Consumer $1M–$1.2M
Ryan Holmes
Angel
1 Canada, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, B2B $300k–$4M
Danny Zhang
Angel
1 United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Web3, Retail $2.6M–$3.9M
Lev Ekster
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Colombia Seed, Series A, Series D E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Retail $1.4M–$40M
Miles Teller
Angel
1 Canada, United States Series A Retail, Apparel, Shopping $3M–$15M
Farhan Thawar
Angel
1 Canada, Israel, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, SaaS $2.4M–$8.5M
Mike McCauley
Angel
1 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Apps, Sales $788k–$12M
Jonathan Ehrlich
Angel
1 United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A E-Commerce, Software, SaaS $1.2M–$22M
Jason Green
Angel
1 United States, Canada Series B, Series C, Series A Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS $2M–$157M
Kevin Lin
Angel
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games $228k–$25M
Dan Capelle
Angel
1 United States, Canada, South Korea Pre-Seed, Angel, Post-IPO Equity Retail, Hardware, Software
Joanne Wilson
Angel
1 United States, Canada, Poland Seed, Series A, Angel E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail $500k–$8.8M
Jordan Banks
Angel
1 Canada, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $1M–$7.8M
Matt Mullenweg
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Series A Software, Mobile, Apps $525k–$17M
Manny Bahia
Angel
1 Canada Seed Fashion, Retail, Marketplace $307k–$1M
Basem Hanna
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
Kevin Liles
Angel
1 United States, Canada Series A, Seed Music, Retail, Apparel $4M–$12M
Suraj Gupta
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
Reetu Gupta
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
Mona Patel
Angel
1 Canada Seed Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
Dejana Dua
Angel
1 Canada Angel Retail, Fashion, Shopping
Greg Wolfond
Angel
1 United States, Canada Seed, Series A Internet, Software, Delivery $1.1M–$7M
Brad Badeau
Angel
1 Canada Seed Analytics, Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics
Matt Chapman
Angel
1 United States, Canada Series A, Series C, Series D Health Care, Retail, Medical
DM Patel
Angel
1 Canada Pre-Seed Retail, Software
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Roham Gharegozlou
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Canada Retail startups

Roham is founder and CEO of Axiom Zen, an award-winning venture studio that specializes in emerging technology. Axiom Zen’s first public blockchain project, CryptoKitties, is the world’s most successful blockchain game and the first decentralized application to effectively engage a consumer audience. CryptoKitties has been covered by Fortune,Bloomberg, and the BBC, accounting for roughly a quarter of the Ethereum network’s traffic within a week of launch and introducing hundreds of thousands of new users to blockchain technology. Axiom Zen was named first among Canada’s Most Innovative Companies by Canadian Business. Their products have touched 200+ million consumers and are used by the world’s leading companies, including Facebook, Microsoft, and NASA, as well as by eminent academic institutions and government organizations. They pride themselves in diversity of talent: a team of ~80+ creatives includes published authors, over a dozen former founders, diversity from 20+ national origins, and decades of collective experience at startups and Fortune 500s alike. Axiom Zen has been working with Bitcoin and various forms of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies since 2014. Axiom Zen is also the team behind ZenHub, the world’s leading collaboration solution for technical teams using GitHub; and the developer of Timeline, named Apple’s Best App of January, Editor’s Choice in 10 countries, and Best New App in 88 countries. Axiom Zen is the creator of Toby, recognized as Top Chrome Extension of the year by both Google and Product Hunt, and the parent company of Hammer & Tusk, a leader in the world of immersive experiences (AR/VR). Axiom Zen's work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and Fast Company. History Prior to founding Axiom Zen, Roham served with the Rising Tide Fund bas

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $890k–$17M; Pre-Seed $470k–$19M; Series A $4M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Code — Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide.
  • Folks Finance — Folks Finance is a permissionless DeFi lending platform where users can lend and borrow crypto across chains, access loans, and manage digital assets in one unified liquidity protocol.
  • Edgen — A multi-chain, modular and open-source protocol providing the tools for developers to create the next generation of social apps.
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Thomas Pentz
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 3 investments in Canada Retail startups

Thomas Wesley Pentz, born November 10, 1978, better known by his stage name Diplo, is a Grammy-nominated American DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. He founded and managed the record company Mad Decent and co-founded the non-profit organization Heaps Decent. Among other jobs, he has worked as a schoolteacher in Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project, Major Lazer. His 2013 EP Revolution debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200.During his rise to fame, Diplo worked with British musician M.I.A., an artist who is credited with giving him exposure in his early career. Later, he and fellow M.I.A. producer Switch created a Jamaican dancehall project titled Major Lazer. Since then, Diplo has worked on production and mixtape projects with many other notable pop artists, such as Britney Spears, Beyoncé, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Usher, Snoop Dogg, CL and G-Dragon. His alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs. He is the co-producer of several tracks on Madonna's 2015 album Rebel Heart (2015) and he collaborated with Skrillex to create the group Jack Ü.Source:

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, FinTech, Internet
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$6.5M; Series A $8M–$87M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Certifyde — Certifyde uses real workflow data to recommend the right AI strategy, then orchestrates delivery across every team. Org-level outcomes. Individual AI fluency. Measured at every step.
  • CXIP Labs — Welcome to CXIP Labs, makers of Holograph, a multichain digital asset protocol.
  • Stationhead — Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.
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Russell Cook
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in Canada Retail startups

Russell is the Co-Founder & President of FitOn, Founder of AllTrails (sold to Spectrum Equity), former SVP Operations / Angel Investor @ Postmates (sold to Uber) and former CTO of beRecruited (sold to The Raine Group). He studied electrical engineering, computer science and economics while attending Duke University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Wellness, Logistics, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series C, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Seed $750k–$13M; Series C $50M–$125M; Series D $80M–$1B
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pacaso — Pacaso offers luxury vacation homes for co-ownership. It's the modern way to buy and own a vacation home.
  • Rain — Rain Instant Pay Earned Wage Access grants you a chance to get an advance on your salary before thepay date right into your bank account. Get your Salary Today!
  • Serve Robotics — Why move a 2-pound burrito in a 2-ton car? Meet Serve, the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery.
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Harley Finkelstein
Angel · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · 2 investments in Canada Retail startups

Harley Finkelstein is the Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea and the President of Shopify. He previously worked at C100 as a Board Member. Harley Finkelstein attended the University of Ottawa and Concordia University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $2.7M–$10M; Pre-Seed $4.1M–$5M; Series A $13M–$39M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Paraform — Paraform connects world class teams with elite recruiters for faster, smarter, hiring.
  • Stilla AI — An AI teammate for the whole company. Secure, permissioned, multiplayer by design.
  • Polar — Polar is the Merchant of Record for developers building AI-era software: payments, subscriptions, and usage-based billing, with global tax handled for you.
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Markus Frind
Angel · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 2 investments in Canada Retail startups

Markus Frind is the Proprietor at Frind Estate Winery. He Attended British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$16M; Series A $12M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Symend — Enterprise debt collection software built on behavioral science. +10% recovery, -50% OpEx, 10x ROI. $50B+ recovered. Trusted by Fortune 500 telecoms and banks.
  • Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
  • Tastry, Inc. — Tastry is the first-principles AI model for human taste, smell, and texture preference. We predict what consumers will love before it is made.
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Andreas Penna
Angel · Miami Beach, Florida, United States · 2 investments in Canada Retail startups

Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $400k–$8.6M; Series A $5M–$34M
  • Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
  • Rain — Rain Instant Pay Earned Wage Access grants you a chance to get an advance on your salary before thepay date right into your bank account. Get your Salary Today!
  • Public — Invest in stocks. Learn from others. Public lets you invest in stocks with any amount of money and see what others invest in.
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Tom Williams
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Tom Williams

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 116
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M; Series A $7.9M–$32M; Series B $10M–$57M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
  • Delphia — Delphia puts your data to work for you.
  • North One — NorthOne is an online Business Account with built-in features to make business banking fast and easy. No overdraft fees. No minimum balance. No hidden fees.
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Anna Sinclair
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Anna Sinclair is based out of Canada and is the Founder and Creative Director of Sinclair Creative Agency. Anna previously worked at BridgingTheGap Ventures as a Vice President Strategic Partnerships. Anna Sinclair attended Georgian College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Retail, Apparel
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Apricotton — Comfy bras made for tween, pre-teen, and teen girls that are adjustable to a girl's body as she goes through puberty. The best bras, sports bras, bralettes, and scrunchies for girls in middle school and high school. Designed in Canada.
  • ToroMatcha — Matcha Energy Drinks. Available in stores & Online.
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Brenda Irwin
Angel · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Brenda Irwin joined the Providence Health Care Board in 2012.Brenda is the founder of Angel Links Capital, managing investments for private investors across a range of sectors, including health and wellness. Previously, she was a venture capitalist for 13 years as a member of BDC Venture Capital’s life sciences team. Before entering the worldof finance, Brenda enjoyed a career as a middle school science teacher.Her other non-profit experience includes tenure as vice-president for the Take A Hike, Youth At Risk Foundation while it went through a decade of program growth and community expansion. She is dedicated to mentorship and finds time to explore British Columbia’s beauty when training for triathlons. Brenda has a BSc from the University of Guelph and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Communities, SaaS, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $433k–$2.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vanhawks — How to make money, enjoy sports, improve personal finance, and enjoy apps
  • LUCID — LUCID curates and creates personalized therapeutic music using biometrics, psychometrics, and AI to improve mental health and wellness.
  • Social Nature — Earn cash back on natural products at Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Sprouts & more. Get free product trials (100% cash back) and high-value cash back offers. 1.2M+ members, paid in 48 hours.
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James Appleyard
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

James Appleyard is an experienced technology investor and operator, with a desire to combine strong investment outcomes with human progress. Having spent the past decade helping build the fundraising technology company Artez Interactive into an international success, with presence in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and the U.K, the company'ssale in 2013 has enabled him to focus on supporting other entrepreneurs. A graduate of The London School of Economics and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, James has contributed to building a number of innovative companies and other organizations.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $3.1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hubba — Hubba is a software company that uses a combination of machine learning and personal curation to match brands with buyers. It also serves as a commerce network designed to empower independent companies to connect on business opportunities to grow their business.Hubba allows buyers to discover new products to meet their customer demands. Throughthis, brands get increased distribution for their products. Currently, Hubba powers over 75,000 small-medium businesses.It was founded in January 2011 and is based in Toronto, ON.
  • WatrHub — WatrHub is a data and intelligence company that delivers predictive intelligence on infrastructure opportunities in the US and Canada. WatrHub is the only source of predictive market information on how, when, and why these water infrastructure investments will be made. Its AI engine transforms millions of public documents into actionable salesleads and market insights. Manufacturers subscribe to WatrHub to secure their next water utility clients and bring their advanced, efficient technologies to aging water infrastructure.It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
  • Mosaic Manufacturing — Mosaic Manufacturing provides three-dimensional printing technology solutions. It was founded in June 2014 and is based in Ontario, Canada.
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Jamie True
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Jamie is the CEO and driving force behind LifeWorks. Combining energy and positivity, he is deeply passionate about technology and how it can be used to create positive change in our world today.With a proven track record of growing technology companies from the ground up, Jamie set up his first business at the age of 17 which merged with itslargest competitor in June 1997. He co-founded and invented Interclubnet PLC, creating an online trading platform that most major football clubs worldwide used to buy and sell players akin to a Bloomberg terminal "X-tranet". In August 2000 the company floated on AIM with a market capitalisation of £30 million. Turnover in Year 1 totaled £8.1Million.In January 2004, Jamie launched a 9 patented service called ONSPEED which became the largest Internet accelerator in Europe. The group subsequently floated under a holding company called Z Group PLC in June 2005 for £25 million on AIM.In Jan 2010, Jamie started Grapple mobile, a patented mobile application platform. Grapple won the most Innovative Mobile Agency of 2012 and 2013 and was successfully acquired by Monitse PLC (MONI) AIM for up to £39million in Sep 2013.Jamie founded WorkAngel in 2013, the powerbrand that drives employee engagement, retention and satisfaction for some of the largest companies in the World. WorkAngel merged with Ceridian LifeWorks in 2016 with Jamie serving as the CEO of LifeWorks.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Video, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $510k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reach7 — Reach7 is a Twitter & Instagram engagement platform used by global brands and agencies. Start targeting your social audience and reach your audience in any market with social translations. The Reach7 Platform enables advanced audience targeting and audience segmentation across any market. Our social campaigns bring the power of big socialdata directly to your fingertips. Our unique Reach7 Ranking let's you know who's most relevant to your campaign and when they should be engaged with. Professional Features: - FREE Social Campaigns: Add keywords, hashtags and competitors accounts to find the most relevant people to start segmenting audiences. - Advanced People Search: Filter your results by location, influencers and search across millions of biographies to quickly find the people most relevant to your campaign. - Full Online Footprint: View full contact details including all their online profiles. This means you can discover someone on Twitter and export their Linkedin, Facebook, Klout score and even work details. - Twitter Leads & Lists: Bringing quality results on a daily basis means you now have a full list of potential customers or followers that are engaged with your brand. By adding them to a list you can filter their content and activity to stay engaged longer and convert leads. - Instagram Content Discovery: Quickly becoming the most popular social network - Instagram support allows you to find the best content by adding keywords. Reach7 Instagram monitoring will find the best content and deliver it to you daily. - Social Translations: Languages is at the core of our platform allowing anyone to connect a localised social account and immediately start building a new audience in a foreign market with no teams on the ground. Founded in London in 2014, Reach7 is quickly growing into the go to platform for marketing professionals. Our unique technology is allowing businesses to expand their social reach into any market.
  • Smartzer — Easily create beautiful, shoppable interactive videos. Boost engagement, sales and collect in-depth analytics easily with Smartzer's software.
  • Salesfloor — Tulip is the #1 clienteling solution for omnichannel retail. Drive world-class customer experiences, increase customer loyalty, and boost sales.
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Ryan Tedder
Angel · Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Ryan Tedder is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$20M; Series A $7M–$87M; Venture - Series Unknown $4M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Slate Milk — Slate is a line of delicious, lower sugar, higher protein, lactose free chocolate milks and lattes for healthy-minded people.
  • Drafted — Drafted.ai is an AI-powered platform that creates personalized home floor plans and layouts based on user inputs, including room count, style, and preferences.
  • Cove Soda — Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage. Their organic kombucha is made with ingredients to meet the standards of Organic Canada and the NON-GMO Project. This results in a wholesome product that is sustainable and in harmony with their values. They believe it’s important to give back wheneverpossible.Cove Kombucha offers organic loose leaf tea which is low in sugar, organic verified with fermentation for over a month, enabling the consumer to get a beverage full of probiotics that are good for the stomach. The company's mission is to inspire a healthy lifestyle by providing access to healthy (and delicious) beverages for everyone.
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Aubrey Graham (Drake)
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Aubrey Graham (Drake) is the Founder of OVO Sound.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Fashion, FinTech
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$5.2M; Series A $10M–$555M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MoonPay — MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.
  • Bullrider — There's cannabis then there's Bullrider. Legacy in the making since 2004. Cannabis dispensary selling and delivering legal weed in Brampton, Canada from 67 Shelby Road.
  • StatusPro — Completely rewrite the rules of the game and leave your legacy in the latest NFL and NFLPA-licensed VR experience, NFL PRO ERA 25
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Kevin Pan
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

"Kevin Pan is an Associate of Sequoia Capital China. Prior to joining Sequoia in 2006, Kevin was a Vice President with China International Capital Corporation Ltd. (CICC), the leading investment bank in China. Kevin was involved in global and domestic equity offerings, M&A and financial advisory services. Prior to his investment bankingcareer, Kevin worked with the Private Equity Group of CICC. Kevin holds an MA and two BA degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University." (Source:

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Consumer Goods
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ShopperPlus — ShopperPlus is an e-commerce platform selling office supplies, electronics, lifestyle, kitchen utensils, and various other categories. The platform tailors targeted product recommendations based on individual purchase patterns and seasonality, with more than 30 percent of goods produced in Canada. Besides providing 24-hour customer support, thecompany also ensures that all orders filed before 2 p.m. are shipped on the same day, guaranteeing next-day delivery for at least half of its customers.
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Darren Farber
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Darren Farber

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cove Soda — Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage. Their organic kombucha is made with ingredients to meet the standards of Organic Canada and the NON-GMO Project. This results in a wholesome product that is sustainable and in harmony with their values. They believe it’s important to give back wheneverpossible.Cove Kombucha offers organic loose leaf tea which is low in sugar, organic verified with fermentation for over a month, enabling the consumer to get a beverage full of probiotics that are good for the stomach. The company's mission is to inspire a healthy lifestyle by providing access to healthy (and delicious) beverages for everyone.
  • Beacon Software — Beacon Software acquires and supports software businesses, focusing on companies that serve established market niches and have demonstrated customer retention and operational stability. The company operates as a long-term holding organization, providing portfolio companies with operational support across areas such as engineering, artificialintelligence, sales, marketing, fintech, and business operations. Its model emphasizes maintaining the existing culture, customer relationships, and day-to-day autonomy of the businesses it acquires while helping them improve processes and scale sustainably. Beacon also offers shared resources, advisory expertise, and operational partners who work closely with management teams to address technical and organizational challenges. Through its platform, the company seeks to help software businesses strengthen their operations, develop products, and pursue long-term growth.
  • Beacon Software — Beacon acquires and grows essential businesses with permanent capital and a centralized operating platform.
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Arjun Sethi
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Arjun Sethi is the Co-CEO of Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. He attended the University of Maryland.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, India, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 233
  • Round size: Seed $875k–$8.5M; Series A $4M–$24M; Series B $16M–$88M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ego AI — ego is an applied AI research lab building personal agents indistinguishable from humans.
  • Kraken — Kraken is more than just a Bitcoin trading platform. Come see why our cryptocurrency exchange is the best place to buy, sell, trade and learn about crypto.
  • Circuit & Chisel — Circuit & Chisel is an agentic AI platform that enables agents to make transactions between autonomous agents.
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Chris Rickett
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Chris Rickett, co-founder of Digital Main Street.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoodGood — GoodGood is creating a better kind of local commerce, helping neighborhoods discover specialty treats, niche beverages, and your next oh-my-god-I'm-obsessed favorite craft items.
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Don Tapscott
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Don Tapscott, CEO of The Tapscott Group, is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored 16 books including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything which has been translated into over 25 languages.Don has been advancing ground-breaking concepts for over 3 decades. His1992 bestseller Paradigm Shift helped coin the seminal management concept, and in 1995 his book The Digital Economy changed business thinking about the transformational nature of the Internet. Two years later he helped popularize the terms “Net Generation” and “the Digital Divide” in Growing Up Digital.Don’s most recent and perhaps most ambitious book is co-authored with his son, startup CEO and bitcoin governance expert Alex Tapscott. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology behind bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World has been a bestseller in Canada since its release in May 2016, and has been featured in nearly every major publication in North America since then. Blockchain Revolution is also in the process of being translated into 12 languages. In 2015, Don became a member of the Order of Canada, and was ranked the 4th most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. He is Adjunct Professor at the Rotman School of Management, an Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario.It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more prolific, profound, and influential in explaining today’s technological revolutions and their impact on the world.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: News, Retail, Shopping
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SHOP.CA — SHOP.CA is the first multi-merchant marketplace built for Canadians, and managed by Canadians.In June of 2012 the site launched and now has millions of products, across 28 categories, and includes over 5000 brands.SHOP.CA provides Canadians with the brands, products and services they need and want from trusted retailers, manufacturers andservice providers, all through one universal shopping cart and one account. Through a cloud based Marketplace-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, SHOP.CA makes it easy for approved partners to list, price and sell their products and services they have online and/or offline to Canadians, through a single destination.By integrating social elements into the eCommerce platform and user experience, SHOP.CA engages and rewards Canadians for every purchase and for social activities that lead to purchases.
  • Forkast.News — Covering stories of blockchain and emerging technology at the intersection of business, economy, and politics. From Asia, to the world.
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Jon Claydon
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Jon Claydon

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $510k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zumo — Zumo is a revolutionary new way for people and businesses to interact with money. When we say revolutionary, we mean it. Zumo’s not elitist. It’s not exclusive. It’s not only for the one percent. Zumo is smart money for everyone.Zumo allows you to buy, send and store crypto simply and securely. Zumo lets you exchange crypto seamlessly withtraditional currency and pay for goods and services anywhere with our Convertible Debit Card.ZumoPay is a safe and easy way for brands to accept payments in crypto currency, with lower transaction fees than traditional payment solutions.ZumoKit is our Wallet as a Service, Software Development Kit (SDK), giving you the ability to setup and manage your own cryptocurrency payments infrastructure.
  • Be Nosy — Nosy is wearable tech with data play that helps you breathe purified air anywhere at any time. Our state of the art patented technology developed by former Dyson engineers is more effective at protecting you from pollution, viruses and allergens than any other solution in the market. While our particles and breathing sensor technology will help youknow exactly what is going into your body.
  • Togather — Create your event on Togather, the UK's most trusted events booking platform, choose from our roster of over 1,500 of the best and most passionate creators...
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Caroline Somers
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Caroline Somers - Chair @ Capital Angel Network

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Shopping
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Granite Networks — Granite Networks is committed to respecting the privacy of individuals and recognizes the need of people with whom we do business, clients, customers, and employees for the appropriate management and protection of any Personal Information that you agree to provide to us.
  • Rent frock Repeat — Pecah138 merupakan situs game online resmi di Indonesia tahun 2025, dinobatkan menjadi link terbaik sepanjang masa kategori mobile game generai Gen-Z masa kini.
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Ben Narasin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Ben Narasin is the Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital. He attended International Christian University, Babson College, and Harvard University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Mexico

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $1.3M–$2.2M; Series A $5.8M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SoleSavy — Drop alerts, free raffle management, and release strategies for sneaker enthusiasts. Track 500+ stores and buy at retail with the SoleSavy DROPS app.
  • Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 250,000 trade shows and conferences.
  • ProductWind — ProductWind is the only retail influencer marketing platform that helps enterprise brands drive social content, SEO and reviews to ramp online retail sales faster.
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Greg Kidd
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Greg Kidd is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Know Labs.Greg is a co-founder and partner of Hard Yaka. As an investor, Greg provided first money at Twitter, Square, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Solana. Other early investments include Ripple, Uphold, and Brave.After working at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton,Greg took his first company public on the NASDAQ with $250 million in revenue and 3,200 staff globally. He later served in the payments division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and as a director at the financial regulatory consulting firm Promontory Financial Group. Greg also served as Chief Risk Officer at Andreesen Horowitz and Google Ventures backed startup Ripple. Greg graduated from Brown University and earned an MBA from Yale University and an MPA in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Mobile, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Spain, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $385k–$8M; Series A $2.7M–$9.5M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Empyr — Figg is a leading card-linked marketing platform uncovering value for advertisers, banks and publishers with data-driven solutions.
  • Meld — Access stablecoins and digital assets anywhere
  • Cashmere — Secure multisig solana wallet, built for teams. Send, receive, and grow your digital assets directly from your Cashmere Vault.
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Arlene Dickinson
Angel · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Dickinson, owner and CEO of Venture Communications, a company she grew from a small, local firm to one of the largest independent agencies in Canada, is also the CEO of District Ventures and Youinc.com. Companies all aimed at helping market, fund and grow entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies. She is a two times best-selling author,accomplished speaker and is best known to Canadians as one of the venture capitalists on the award-winning CBC series’ Dragons’ Den.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Wellness
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Round size: Angel $200k–$420k; Pre-Seed $150k–$1.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.5M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cyder — Cyder is an end-to-end loyalty platform that allows credit unions to seamlessly issue, redeem, and integrate white-labeled rewards into everyday banking.
  • Aku Spike — Aku delivers a high-end self acupressure experience anywhere, anytime. Stress relief, relaxation, and treatment for sore back, neck aches, joint pain and more.
  • Vertiball — The precision massager that makes your back accessible in a way like never before. Our patent pending suction mounting system to mount onto walls and other flat surfaces. The technology allows you to place the device at specific heights giving you complete control over your sore, tense muscles.
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Michael Rubin
Angel · Bethesda, Maryland, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Michael P. Rubin is based out of Bethesda, Maryland and is the Founder and CEO of Northpond Venture. Michael previously worked at Sands Capital as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Sands Capital Ventures. Michael P. Rubin attended the Northcentral University. Michael P. Rubin has received Albert Potts Research Award and Beem Fisher Research Awardin their career.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 37
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$20M; Series A $9.5M–$42M; Series B $10M–$32M
  • Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Phia — Build your closet seamlessly, and find the best prices instantly.
  • Fanable — Fanable is a Web3 marketplace specialized in Pokémon, comic books, and collectibles, allowing users to purchase, sell, and engage with their favorite products in both physical and digital forms.
  • Cove Soda — Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage. Their organic kombucha is made with ingredients to meet the standards of Organic Canada and the NON-GMO Project. This results in a wholesome product that is sustainable and in harmony with their values. They believe it’s important to give back wheneverpossible.Cove Kombucha offers organic loose leaf tea which is low in sugar, organic verified with fermentation for over a month, enabling the consumer to get a beverage full of probiotics that are good for the stomach. The company's mission is to inspire a healthy lifestyle by providing access to healthy (and delicious) beverages for everyone.
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Craig Hunter
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

CEO at Dwelling.co, angel investor in 60+ companies. Previously was early Uber (first 50), first GM at Ritual ($160m+ raised), CEO at Bitmaker (acquired by General Assembly), and VP Growth @ ChefHero ($12m+ raised).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Lifestyle, Home Decor
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Aside — Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform.
  • Fable — Fable Home dinnerware brings people together for love, laughter, and storytelling by delivering gorgeous cutlery, tableware, and glassware at affordable prices.
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Simon Whitfield
Angel · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Simon St. Quentin Whitfield (born 16 May 1975 in Kingston, Ontario) is a retired Olympic triathlon champion from Canada.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Cycling, Consumer
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$1.2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vanhawks — How to make money, enjoy sports, improve personal finance, and enjoy apps
  • Social Nature — Earn cash back on natural products at Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Sprouts & more. Get free product trials (100% cash back) and high-value cash back offers. 1.2M+ members, paid in 48 hours.
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Ryan Holmes
Angel · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Ryan Holmes is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, and is the Interim CEO, Founder and Director of the Board of Hootsuite. Ryan previously worked at Aritzia as a Board of Directors. Ryan Holmes attended the University of Victoria. Ryan Holmes has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 34
  • Round size: Seed $657k–$4M; Angel $551k–$1M; Pre-Seed $300k–$1.4M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Favs — The Memory Company
  • Funnel — Our revolutionary CRM property management software saves both time and money for agents and owners while making leasing more efficient.
  • Go Oil — Go Oil is car maintenance made easy. Our service vans come to you and change your car's oil, rotate your truck's tires, replace your SUV's battery and more
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Danny Zhang
Angel · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

believer and executor of data-centric, metrics-driven engineering developmentmath/science ==> profitable productdeliver; deliver; deliver.Specialties: 1) c++ / java / perl / python2) search / search advertising platform (E2E) / hadoop / data pipeline / linear optimization / solr /lucene3) no life, when I am at work;4) no work, when I am enjoying my life.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Web3, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.6M–$3.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lifo — We empower creators
  • Hemera — Hemera Protocol is a decentralized account-centric programmable indexing network that is designed to serve as a public goods data infrastructure unlocking the full potential of data networks in web3.
  • ShopperPlus — ShopperPlus is an e-commerce platform selling office supplies, electronics, lifestyle, kitchen utensils, and various other categories. The platform tailors targeted product recommendations based on individual purchase patterns and seasonality, with more than 30 percent of goods produced in Canada. Besides providing 24-hour customer support, thecompany also ensures that all orders filed before 2 p.m. are shipped on the same day, guaranteeing next-day delivery for at least half of its customers.
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Lev Ekster
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Lev Ekster is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Bowlero Corporation . Lev Ekster attended New York Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Colombia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$5.3M; Series A $3.6M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tributi — Tributi is a Colombian fintech start-up backed by Y Combinator. It is drastically reducing tax compliance friction for individuals in Latin America by automating tax filing preparation.
  • Elroy Air — Expanding the reach of express logistics via aerial cargo systems - safely, efficiently and autonomously.
  • cadence — The next generation of refillable travel containers for your personal care and toiletries. Patent-pending, leakproof and highly durable capsules made from recycled ocean-bound plastic. Sustainable and easy to use.
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Miles Teller
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Miles Teller

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Apparel, Shopping
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Series A $3M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cove Soda — Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage. Their organic kombucha is made with ingredients to meet the standards of Organic Canada and the NON-GMO Project. This results in a wholesome product that is sustainable and in harmony with their values. They believe it’s important to give back wheneverpossible.Cove Kombucha offers organic loose leaf tea which is low in sugar, organic verified with fermentation for over a month, enabling the consumer to get a beverage full of probiotics that are good for the stomach. The company's mission is to inspire a healthy lifestyle by providing access to healthy (and delicious) beverages for everyone.
  • Koio — Koio is a modern luxury footwear brand. Discover our collection of timeless leather sneakers and slides. Handcrafted in Italy.
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Farhan Thawar
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Farhan Thawar is the VP Engineering at Shopify. Attended University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, Israel, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $2.4M–$8.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mantle — A next generation platform for modern founders, powered by AI.
  • Ten Key Labs — Mantle is a next generation ownership and equity management platform for modern founders, powered by AI.
  • Redefine — Redefine is the first AI based CI optimization platform that seamlessly integrates with your existing CI environment, allowing you to accelerate your software development cycle and reduce cloud-costs. By combining code-analysis and ML, redefine optimizes your build and reduces feedback time by over 90% for developers.
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Mike McCauley
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Mike McCauley was co-founder of BufferBox (acquired by Google), a network of automated package delivery lockers. One year after its founding, BufferBox was awarded the 2012 Velocity Venture Fund, and went through the Y Combinator program in Silicon Valley. Mike is now Product Manager of early stage Google X projects and is based in Silicon Valley.Most recently he co-founded a start-up fund to help early-stage tech firms in the Waterloo Region in 2014. Mike completed a BASc, Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2011 and is passionate about sharing his expertise as a founder with others.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Sales
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $788k–$4.5M; Pre-Seed $886k–$2.1M; Series A $11M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reebee — Reebee is the simplest way to browse your flyers.FEATURES INCLUDE:- Current Flyers - An up to date section illustrating deals you can access in store TODAY!- Upcoming Flyers - A sneak preview of deals soon to come.- Location Services - Only relevant flyers from your area are displayed.- Message Us - This app was built for you, we wouldlove to hear what you think!
  • CareGuide — We believe good people deserve the best care. Connect with housekeepers, nannies, pet sitters, and elder \ care providers with ease. Trusted and secure.
  • Tulip Retail — Tulip is the #1 clienteling solution for omnichannel retail. Drive world-class customer experiences, increase customer loyalty, and boost sales.
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Jonathan Ehrlich
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Jonathan Ehrlich is the Founding Partner of Roar Ventures. He previously worked at Bulletin as a Board Member. Jonathan Ehrlich attended Ivey Business School at Western University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.2M; Series A $5.4M–$22M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • NiaHealth — Get advanced at-home biomarker testing, proactive healthspan diagnostics, and expert guidance to elevate your health. HSA-eligible.
  • Properly — Properly is your hassle-free partner to buy and sell homes in Canada.
  • Luxury Presence — Luxury Presence helps realtors thrive online with beautiful, award winning real estate agent websites and marketing. Trusted by 20+ of the WSJ Top 100 agents.
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Jason Green
Angel · San Mateo, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Jason Green is a Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital. He was a Member of Board of Directors at Yammer. He attended Harvard Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$20M; Series B $10M–$157M; Series C $11M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zippedi — Zippedi serves age-old retail business problems. The company is using AI-powered robots to automate inventory management and retail execution. They provide retailers and CPG manufacturers with the most accurate, actionable data to help them increase sales, labor efficiency, and customer satisfaction and lifetime value.
  • G2 — Compare the best business software and services based on user ratings and social data. Reviews for CRM, ERP, HR, CAD, PDM and Marketing software.
  • Oyster — Hire, pay, manage, and take care of your globally distributed team with confidence. Try Oyster for free today!
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Kevin Lin
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 134
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Origin Lab — Origin Lab licenses premium content from game studios and 3D universes - delivering structured, multimodal data for AI training.
  • Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
  • Asterix — Hybrid is the future
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Dan Capelle
Angel · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Grew up in Canada, studied Psychology at McMaster in Hamilton, Ontario, I then moved to Asia, being based out of Taiwan for 13 years. I've traveled to over 30 countries doing business development, to develop retail and ecommerce partnerships. My interests are in health tech, wellness, ecommerce, and electronics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Hardware, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, Canada, South Korea

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Jowua — Jowua specialised in accessories for automobiles, power charging, and lifestyle. It is a provider of accessories for Tesla vehicles. They develop products to enhance the Tesla driving experience.
  • Gist Technology — GIST: See what your friends buy. Share what you love. Discover product recs backed by real purchases and real people.
  • SMRT1 Technologies Ltd — SMRT1 Technologies is a technology company based in Nelson, British Columbia. We specialize in interactive touchscreens and kiosk solutions that provide a frictionless, convenient, data-rich and engaging customer experience for automated retail.
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Joanne Wilson
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Joanne Wilson is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gotham. Joanne Wilson attended Simmons College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Mobile, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, Poland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 91
  • Round size: Seed $725k–$3.3M; Angel $500k–$2M; Series A $1.5M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Redstamp — We’re full-service. And we don’t just say that: we back it up, from brand conceptualization and design all the way to SEO and print campaigns. Our services are top-shelf, our work is top-quality, and our people are top-notch. We’re based out of Vancouver, helping us get that perfect blend of Canadian nice and urban know-how that’ll serve yourbusiness and build your brand. You tell us what you want, and we’ll nail it. Rest your weary head: we’ve got it.
  • Funnel — Our revolutionary CRM property management software saves both time and money for agents and owners while making leasing more efficient.
  • littleBits Electronics — LittleBits is an open source library of over 60 electronic modules that snap together with magnets allows users to view, download, and share designs and make their own Bits through the use of prototypes. Deluxe kit, Smart home kit, Arduino coding kit, Synth kit, hardware development kit, and workshop set are some of the electronics learning modulesprovided by littleBits.LittleBits was launched by Ayah Bdeir in 2011 and is operated from New York, United States.
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Jordan Banks
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Jordan Banks is the Co-Founder at Thunder Road Capital. Jordan Banks attended York University - Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: Canada, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3.1M; Series A $4.3M–$7.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Lumotune — We are creating a platform to transform the world’s glass into digital displays.
  • More Labs — smart supplements for people who want more out of life
  • Peloton Innovations — Updated for 2026, find the best betting sites in Liberia for thrilling gaming and great odds. Join the action today!
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Matt Mullenweg
Angel · Houston, Texas, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Matt Mullenweg is the CEO at Automattic Inc. Matt Mullenweg attended the University of Houston.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $525k–$6.1M; Series A $3M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scorbit — Scorbit develops a platform for pinball players and pinball machine owners and operators.
  • Samepage — Building your second brain for product leaders
  • Entrepreneurs First — We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.
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Manny Bahia
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Manny Bahia

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fashion, Retail, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $307k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE LNK — Our mission: to empower independent brands to chase their dreams. By simplifying the buying process and bringing together fashion shoppers & artisans.
  • The Saree Room — The Saree Room
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Basem Hanna
Angel · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Basem Hanna is the Founder, Chairman, President & CEO. He previously worked at Ledn Inc. as an Advisor. Basem Hanna attended Ivey Business School at Western University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE LNK — Our mission: to empower independent brands to chase their dreams. By simplifying the buying process and bringing together fashion shoppers & artisans.
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Kevin Liles
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Kevin Liles, CEO, and Co-Founder at 300 Entertainment. He attended Morgan State University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Retail, Apparel
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Burb — Burb is a cannabis culture brand with retail stores serving the Greater Vancouver Area. Shop Burb's latest ready-to-wear and accessories online. Secure & Easy Checkout with fast worldwide shipping.
  • Stationhead — Stationhead is the place for music fans around the world to connect, listen live, and stream together.
  • Creative Intell — Real education for the real music business
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Suraj Gupta
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Suraj K. Gupta is the Co-Founder, President & CEO at Rogue Insight Capital Ltd. Suraj attended Columbia Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE LNK — Our mission: to empower independent brands to chase their dreams. By simplifying the buying process and bringing together fashion shoppers & artisans.
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Reetu Gupta
Angel · Markham, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Reetu Gupta is the Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Rogue Insight Capital Ltd. Reetu attended the Schulich School of Business.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE LNK — Our mission: to empower independent brands to chase their dreams. By simplifying the buying process and bringing together fashion shoppers & artisans.
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Mona Patel
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Mona Patel, Founder, Vasant Cosmetics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Marketplace
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • THE LNK — Our mission: to empower independent brands to chase their dreams. By simplifying the buying process and bringing together fashion shoppers & artisans.
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Dejana Dua
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Partner

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Fashion, Shopping
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Apricotton — Comfy bras made for tween, pre-teen, and teen girls that are adjustable to a girl's body as she goes through puberty. The best bras, sports bras, bralettes, and scrunchies for girls in middle school and high school. Designed in Canada.
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Greg Wolfond
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Greg has a successful track record of bringing innovative solutions to the financial industry. In 1997 Greg co-founded 724 Solutions Inc., a wireless software infrastructure provider. He served as the company’s chief executive officer and led its IPO in 2000.In 1983 he founded Footprint Software Inc., a financial software company, which he sold toIBM in 1995. While at Footprint Software, Greg won the 1994 award for Canada’s Best Managed Private Company. In 1995 he won the award for Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and in 2000 was named Entrepreneur of the Year.Greg holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario and a double major, Biochemistry and Life Sciences from the University of Toronto.He sits on the boards of the Ontario Cancer Biomarker Network (OCBN); NoNo Inc., a company specializing in post stroke neuroprotection; and YYZ Pharmatech, which develops tools, targets, and biomarkers for pharmaceutical companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Delivery
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$2.2M; Series A $4.3M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nymi — Nymi provides a new paradigm for connecting people to their workplace on a platform, which streamlines work securely across different networks and environments. Passwordless, contactless, handsfree.
  • PasswordBox — Say goodbye to the hassle of passwords
  • Vantage — Vantage offers turnkey software solutions that allow retailers to quickly launch or expand retail media networks.We are transforming how some of the world's leading retailers and brands connect with customers. Currently used by over 10,000 brands and retailers in 127 countries around the world, Vantage manages the data and intelligence forpurchases worth over $80billion (over 130 million customer records).Vantage AI-driven analytics and digital marketing solutions help retailers (like Home Depot, Longo's, an Ren's Pets) and CPG vendors (like Lancôme, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, Kérastase, SkinCeuticals, Unilever, Reckitt-Benckiser, and Kimberly-Clark): - Attract profitable new customers - Convert browsers into buyers - Capture abandoned carts - Retain their best customers - Increase their Average Order Value
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Brad Badeau
Angel · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Brad Badeau - Founding Chairman @ Fundserv

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Analytics, Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vantage — Vantage offers turnkey software solutions that allow retailers to quickly launch or expand retail media networks.We are transforming how some of the world's leading retailers and brands connect with customers. Currently used by over 10,000 brands and retailers in 127 countries around the world, Vantage manages the data and intelligence forpurchases worth over $80billion (over 130 million customer records).Vantage AI-driven analytics and digital marketing solutions help retailers (like Home Depot, Longo's, an Ren's Pets) and CPG vendors (like Lancôme, La Roche-Posay, Vichy, Kérastase, SkinCeuticals, Unilever, Reckitt-Benckiser, and Kimberly-Clark): - Attract profitable new customers - Convert browsers into buyers - Capture abandoned carts - Retain their best customers - Increase their Average Order Value
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Matt Chapman
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

Matt Chapman of the Oakland A’s.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Retail, Medical
  • Stage:Series A, Series C, Series D
  • Geography: United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sundae — Compare offers from trusted local investors. Sell your house as-is. Pay zero fees to Sundae. Move on your timeline.
  • Carbon Health — Carbon Health Provides Smart, hassle-free Primary & Urgent Care. Book same day Adult & Pediatric appointments instantly.
  • Cove Soda — Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage. Their organic kombucha is made with ingredients to meet the standards of Organic Canada and the NON-GMO Project. This results in a wholesome product that is sustainable and in harmony with their values. They believe it’s important to give back wheneverpossible.Cove Kombucha offers organic loose leaf tea which is low in sugar, organic verified with fermentation for over a month, enabling the consumer to get a beverage full of probiotics that are good for the stomach. The company's mission is to inspire a healthy lifestyle by providing access to healthy (and delicious) beverages for everyone.
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DM Patel
Angel · 1 investments in Canada Retail startups

The Investment Co. (Seed and pre seed investor)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Software
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Retailr — The all-in-one AI platform for brick-and-mortar. Automate your restaurant's growth or build a smart retail floor with interactive digital signage.
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Retail Angel investor funding in Canada at a glance

Stats across 38 deals from 60 investors.

60
investors
in Canada Retail startups
38
deals
in Canada Retail startups
$2.7M
median round
in Canada Retail startups
13%
lead investors
lead at least one round
34%
Seed
most common funding stage

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