# Top 15 Social Network Angel Investors in Canada in June 2026 ## Mo Larbi Bennis - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Consumer, Nightlife, Enterprise Mo Larbi Bennis ## Tanveer Ali - Type: Angel - Location: Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Sports, Marketplace, Sponsorship Tanveer Ali - Executive Director @ Olympic Industries ## Steve Olechowski - Type: Angel - Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce Steve Olechowski is Founder and CEO of Blinkfire Analytics. ## Satish Kanwar - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Mobile Apps, Art 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. ## Rob Glaser - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Internet 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. ## Mike Edwards - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Art, Apps Mike has a wealth of experience in building and scaling consumer technology companies in private and public markets ## Boris Wertz - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet 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. ## Fahim Saleh - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Ride Sharing, Social Media Fahim Saleh ## Nadav Ben-Chanoch - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Nadav Ben-Chanoch ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence 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. ## Jon Oringer - Type: Angel - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Jon Oringer is the founder and chairman of Shutterstock. ## Jim Fletcher - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Mobile, Apps, News 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. ## Tihomir Bajic - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, CRM, Sales Tihomir Bajic is the CEO of LTSE Software. ## Antoine Martin - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Apps Antoine Martin - Co-founder & CEO @ Zenly ## Stewart Butterfield - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps 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.