Top 20 Social Network Angel Investors in Canada in December 2024

Investor	Social Network Canada investments
Mo Larbi Bennis	2
Jim Fletcher	1
Tihomir Bajic	1
Steve Olechowski	1
Mike Edwards	1
Fahim Saleh	1
Jeff Chang	1
Jon Oringer	1
Tanveer Ali	1
Rob Glaser	1
Satish Kanwar	1
Nadav Ben-Chanoch	1
Roham Gharegozlou	1
Roger Ehrenberg	1
Troy Carter	1
Stewart Butterfield	1
Charlie Songhurst	1
Jon Oringer	1
Bob. Wertz	1
Antoine Martin	1

Mo Larbi Bennis

Investment focus

Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise
Seed, Convertible Note
Canada

Portfolio highlights

bottlebeez — bottlebeez is a multipurpose suite of mobile and web applications aimed for consumers and businesses within the hospitality and nightlife space.

Jim is a 30-year veteran of the Canadian venture capital industry. He has participated actively across all funding stages from being part of founding management through personal angel investment, institutional venture capital, corporate venture investment and a variety of public and private exits. He has also been actively involved in numerouspublic policy initiatives designed to foster a healthy Canadian environment for early-stage companies and venture capital investors.Jim has been a Managing Director with Ventures West and Chrysalix Energy Management, overseen corporate venture investing as Treasurer of MacMillan Bloedel, and was founder and CEO of China Capital, CFO of the Angus Reid Group, and a Director of many technology companies. He currently chairs the Boards of Vision Critical Communications Inc., Recombo Inc. and Tyze Personal Networks Inc., and is a member of the Advisory Board of OMERS Ventures.Jim is also actively involved in the non-profit and social enterprise sector. He was a founding partner of BC Technology Social Venture Partners, has served on many other non-profit Boards and is engaged in public policy initiatives to enhance social innovation and finance.

Investment focus

Mobile, Apps, News
Seed, Angel
Canada

Portfolio highlights

Shelfie — Shelfie is an app that connects readers and books. Shelfie lets readers digitize their paper book collections, get free or discounted ebooks of the books they own and discover their next reads.Shelfie has signed deals with over 600 publishers allowing users to download an eBook if they own a print edition for nearly 150,000 titles. Readers justtake a picture of their bookshelf (a "shelfie") and the app will identify and catalog all of their books and let them know which ones are eligible for bundling.
Summify — Summify offers a service that provides daily summaries of users’ social news feed via email, web or mobile. This service is accessible to individuals via Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader accounts. Summify is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
ePACT Network — ePACT's emergency forms automation helps you keep recreation programs running safely. Secure EHR, waivers, COVID-19 screening, contactless check-in and emergency communications ensure compliance while reducing the chaos and cost. Exclusive NRPA partner.

Tihomir Bajic is the CEO of LTSE Software.

Investment focus

Software, CRM, Sales
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Serbia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tenderly — Ethereum developer platform that enables you to build innovative blockchain products.
LeadDelta — Take your LinkedIn network to the next level with LeadDelta's CRM. Organize and manage your contacts, and collaborate with your team.
Orgnostic — Fast track to the insights behind your people data with Orgnostic, the people analytics platform for strategic HRs.

Steve Olechowski is Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Spain, Canada

Portfolio highlights

AMPY — AMPY is a wearable motion charger that captures its users’ energy from daily activities to charge their smartphones. The wearable device has won numerous awards, and the team was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in Energy. Its team is already scaling down the technology inside of AMPY to power wearable devicesAMPY was founded in 2013 by Tejas Shastry,Mike Geier, and Alex Smith. It is based in Chicago, I.L.
Selltag — Selltag offers a simple online platform for people to sell and buy items. It brings together buyers and sellers using the power of social networks. That means people can sell goods that is no longer needed or not used anymore, maybe something people have made or even digital contents to friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Pluspeople can get help from those same contacts, if the link is shared to an ad users will get more potential buyers to see it.Selltag was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Valencia, Spain.
Avail — Avail is a provider of tools and guidance that makes it easy to be a landlord. It offers a platform that helps independent landlords and property managers to navigate the rental cycle, as well as provides rental listings, tenant screening, customized leases, online payments, and maintenance requests services. Until now, landlords with less than10 units haven’t had access to online tools designed specifically for them. Avail is an intuitive app that helps advertise vacant units, request rental applications and credit reports, sign leases, and collect rent — all online. Today, 70,000 landlords use Avail because it’s the only end-to-end platform that helps in scaling from beginner to professional with tools, support, and education.

Mike has a wealth of experience in building and scaling consumer technology companies in private and public markets

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Art, Apps
Seed, Angel
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wantering — Wantering is a fashion discovery tool that allows you to discover and buy clothing from across a curated list of boutiques, flash sales sites, and major retailers all in one place.
Skyscraper — Skyscraper is an all-in-one ad management platform for bloggers. A magical way of running ads on your site that both simple and effective.
Hack Capital Ventures — Hack Capital is a software company that helps digital companies hire, train, retain, and motivate employees to do the best work of their lives. The company is building vertically integrated systems of intelligence that will help startup companies, as they grow, to manage their scale intelligently.

Fahim Saleh

Investment focus

Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Media
Seed, Angel
Canada, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Picap — Picap is a Colombian ride-hailing service provider that connects people who require a means of transportation and people with motorcycles or cars who want to share their vehicle and earn additional income in the process. Founded in 2016, Picap operates in 13 cities including Bogotá, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Neiva, Villavicencio, Cartagena, Popayán,and Ibagué.
Madlipz — MadLipz is the ultimate short-form voice over app that lets you unleash your creativity with hilarious voiceovers, AI characters, parodies, and more! Dive into a world of laughter and storytelling, and join millions of users in creating and sharing your unique voice-over masterpieces.

Jeff Chang was the Head of Growth Engineering at Whatnot. Jeff previously worked at Pastel Labs as a Founder. Attended University of California, Berkeley.

Investment focus

Software, Developer Tools, Sports
Seed
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

PopSQL — PopSQL is a developer of collaborative SQL query editing software designed to share queries and visualize data. The company's software stores SQL queries and runs regularly, grouping them into folders that can be kept private or shared among the team, track changes so it can be reverted if or when something breaks, enabling users to workcollaboratively on queries and then distribute among the team.
Skio — Skio helps brands on Shopify sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out. Easily migrate from ReCharge. Increase conversions by 72% with 1-click checkout (Shop Pay). Reduce customer tickets by 25% with passwordless login.
Offsight — Factory ready project management software for the modular and offsite construction industry. We solve the delivery, quality, traceability and communication challenges of modular, offsite and project based manufacturing.

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
Unsloth AI — Easy finetuning for AI and LLMs. Open-source and for beginners. Get faster with Unsloth.

Tanveer Ali - Executive Director @ Olympic Industries

Investment focus

Sports, Marketplace, Sponsorship
Pre-Seed, Angel
Canada, Bangladesh, United States

Portfolio highlights

Madlipz — MadLipz is the ultimate short-form voice over app that lets you unleash your creativity with hilarious voiceovers, AI characters, parodies, and more! Dive into a world of laughter and storytelling, and join millions of users in creating and sharing your unique voice-over masterpieces.
Socian Ltd — Let us make your Business Converse by bridging the gap between human and machine communication to ensure better tomorrow. Please stay tuned with us and keep supporting us. Exciting things are on the way!
OpenSponsorship — Join 19000+ brands connecting to 11000+ athletes, teams and events globally, on OpenSponsorship to drive marketing and sales using sports; proven to deliver 7x ROI.

Rob Glaser, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of RealNetworks, has long been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing, and communications. Since founding Real in 1994, Mr. Glaser has played an integral role in the transformation of the internet into the next great mass medium. In 1995, under Mr. Glaser’s direction, Real introduced the groundbreakingRealAudio, the first commercial audio streaming solution for the internet. This was followed in 1997 with RealVideo. RealNetworks’ RealPlayer is downloaded millions of times each month and is one of the most popular pieces of software ever created. In July 2012, after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Mr. Glaser returned as CEO, initially in an interim role, to help revitalize RealNetworks and return the company to sustainable growth. In line with this goal, the company has since launched several new products. By creating innovative technology and services that make it easy for people to connect with and enjoy digital media, RealNetworks and Mr. Glaser are at the forefront of the digital media revolution.Rob is also a Venture Partner at Accel.Prior to founding RealNetworks, Inc., Mr. Glaser worked for Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions, including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems. Mr. Glaser currently serves as Trustee and Managing Board Member of the Glaser Progress Foundation, which he established in 1993. Mr. Glaser is a graduate of Yale University, with a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Computer Science.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Mobile
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Scener — Watch shows and movies synced together and hang out over video chat
BLOK London — BLOK is an award-winning fitness studio for all levels. We offer over 20 different classes, designed to create an exciting and sustainable way to work out.
Looped — Looped is the ultimate virtual venue for interactive live streaming and virtual video call meet & greet experiences. Our platform connects creators and fans on a global level.

Satish Kanwar is a VP of Product at Shopify, where he oversees strategic product initiatives for over 1 million merchants globally. Satish led Shopify’s formative expansion from online stores to multi-channel commerce, accelerating merchants' sales across eCommerce, brick-and-mortar, and new sales channels. Satish previously co-founded userexperience studio Jet Cooper, which was acquired by Shopify in order to establish its product development footprint in Toronto. Satish is an active angel investor, public speaker, and advisor.He attended the University of Toronto Scarborough.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, FinTech, Art
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Peggy — Peggy is a social marketplace that allows you to discover, buy, and sell investment-worthy art. A place for the art-curious and the art-expert, for the art gallery and artist. A new way forward for the art world.
Disco — One platform to build, market, and sell live courses, workshops, and learning communities.
Stadium Live Studios — Stadium Live is a unique digital world for sports & esports fans - create, connect and play with fans around the world to shape your own stadium.

Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Partner @ Pareto Holdings

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Swaap — We we build & operate onchain trading systems.
micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.

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

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Code — Code is a Canadian payment platform provider that makes it simple for web developers to collect modest payments from consumers worldwide.
Bastion — Bastion blends the best of web2 and web3 technologies to broaden opportunities for organizations and their customers.
Story Protocol — Powering web3 narrative universes via story legos

Roger Ehrenberg is the founder and Managing Partner of IA Ventures, a firm that invests in companies creating competitive advantage through data.

Investment focus

FinTech, Advertising, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

SlamBall — SlamBall is a global sports league association. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
FL Newsletter — Fantasy Life keeps you up to date on all of the latest NFL news, fantasy analysis, sports betting tips, and hot topics around the fantasy watercooler.
Gemini Sports Analytics — The first AI cloud for sports

Troy Carter is the Founder and CEO of Venice Music. He previously worked at Atom Factory as a Founder and CEO. Troy Carter attended Fairfield University.

Investment focus

Social Media, Software, Music
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Canada, Israel

Portfolio highlights

NOVA — Connecting creatives with opportunity. Hire top creatives, grow your network, and find your dream jobs all on Nova.
Audioshake — AudioShake makes audio interactive, customizable, and accessible by using AI to separate sound recordings into their component parts and stems.
MobileCoin — Download the Sentz App to send and receive payments globally from anyone you can text in under five seconds for (basically) free!

Stewart Butterfield serves as the CEO and Co-Founder at Slack Technologies, Inc. Stewart Butterfield serves as the President of LudiCorp Research and Development Ltd. Stewart Butterfield directed the 11-member design group (creative/visual/UI, production & QA) at Communicate.com, where he acted as design lead or managed teams onmillions of dollars worth of projects for companies like HSBC and Sears Travel. He co-founded Flickr at Yahoo! Inc. Stewart Butterfield has served in the W3C's XForms working group and has been active in many other professional organizations. He has also a long consulting interaction design career, most recently with Telus, the CBC and The Economist. Stewart Butterfield founded the 5K competition, a lo-fi, high-profile design award, which has been featured everywhere from Playboy to Le Monde to USA Today. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Wantoo Networks Incorporated. Stewart Butterfield is a frequent speaker on design and technology topics at professional and academic events across Europe and North America. He was recently named to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and is a nominating judge in the Webby Awards (for Best Practice). In 2001, he was nominated for a Chrysler Design Award. In 2006, Time magazine’s put him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stewart Butterfield received a BA (Hons. with Distinction) in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and an MPhil in philosophy from Cambridge University, graduating with a First.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Financial Services
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Noded Ai — Noded Ai is preparing yourself for that customer meeting is tough. Noded brings them all together using your notes history and gives you exactly what you needed , when you need it. So you’re always prepared and one step ahead.
ModernLoop — ModernLoop creates software that organizes and manages business interviews. The company offers a software that schedules interviews, sends day-off reminders, and resolves meeting conflicts. ModernLoop was founded in 2020 by Christopher Triolo and Lydia Han.
Venue — Venue is a video conferencing platform that increases engagement and strengthens culture at large team-wide events.

Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Stelia — Stelia stands at the forefront of the AI infrastructure revolution and is driving the transition from Internet 2.0, designed for data movement, to Internet 3.0, designed for data mobility, enabling the seamless flow and processing of data across diverse environments. With its ground-breaking HyperBand platform, Stelia enables businesses toharness the full potential of AI. The company's mission is to become the backbone of the next generation of data mobility, empowering organizations across industries to accelerate innovation, optimize operations, and drive transformative growth. Stelia will be at the gravitational centre of the AI infrastructure ecosystem – a trusted partner and catalyst for change that brings together forward-thinking businesses, technology leaders, and industry experts to shape the future of AI. It was founded in 2021 and is located in London, United Kingdom.
Lodestar — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.

Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
Zamp — We take care of sales tax, so you don't have to.
NewHomesMate — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.

Boris Wertz is the Founder & General Partner of Version One Ventures. He previously worked at Ether Capital as a Lead Independent director. Boris Wertz attended the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
Canada, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Helcim Inc. — Helcim is a payments company that lets businesses accept credit cards with ease. Helcim focuses on delivering a better payment service by making it easier to sign up, providing smarter payment tools, and making it more affordable to get paid.
Agora — Agora operates as a cross-chain governance platform.
Syndicate — Infrastructure for powerful web3 products at scale

Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Bleen — Building a new outdoor home brand, starting with lawn care. It’s simple, easy to use, and personalized to your home.
Cycle App — Cycle is a horizontal platform made of flexible building blocks that you can use in customizable workflows. Your way of working shouldn't depend on your tools, they built Cycle so that product teams could ship the way that works for them.
Purchasely — In-App Subscription tool from subscription management to interface. Our Paywall builder gives Mobile Marketers full control to grow & retain subscribers.