# Top 50 Transportation Angel Investors in Canada in June 2026

## Ray Muzyka
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, IT

Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
CEO & Founder @ ThresholdImpact


## Jacky Chen
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Hardware

General Partner, Board Director @ Archangel Network of Funds
Managing Director (Canada) @ Wharton Alumni Angels


## Daniel Debow
- Relevant deals: 12
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering

Founder & CEO @ Helpful
Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


## Tobias Lütke
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial

Founder & CEO @ Shopify
Founder and CEO @ Shopify Plus


## Barney Pell
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile, IT

Associate Founder @ Singularity University
Venture Partner @ Radical Ventures
Co-Founder & CTO @ Moon Express
Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


## Jevon MacDonald
- Relevant deals: 9
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Data and Analytics, AI

Co-Founder @ Startupnorth
Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Founder @ Volta Labs


## James Lochrie
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Other

Managing/Capital Partner @ Thin Air Labs
Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


## Roger Martin
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Other, Hardware

Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director @ Martin Prosperity Institute - MPI


## Michele Romanow
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Consumer Goods, Education

Co-Founder & President @ Clearco
Director @ Freshii
Co-Founder @ Buytopia


## Rasool Rayani
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Other, Mobile, Software

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Pomme Natural Markets


## T. Chen Fong
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Internet

Fellow @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Co-Founder @ Calgary Scientific


## Joseph Fung
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Other

Co-Founder and CEO @ Uvaro
Co-Founder and CEO @ Kiite


## Harley Finkelstein
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, AI

President @ Shopify


## Marc Altshuller
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Apps, Software

Chairman @ Tacit Innovations


## Paul Geyer
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Sports, Gaming

Director @ TIMIA Capital


## Tim Draper
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial

Founder and Managing Partner @ Draper Associates
Adviser @ Bancor
Founder @ SpeedUPAfrica
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ DDF
Founder @ DFJ VinaCapital
Co-Founder & MD @ DFJ DragonFund
Founder/Partner @ VenturesLab
Founder & Partner @ Gotham Ventures
Co - Founder & MD @ Zone Ventures
Co-Founder @ ePlanet Capital
Founder @ Draper University Ventures
Co-Founder @ Draper Dragon
Founder @ Draper Fisher Jurvetson


## Boris Wertz
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Founder and General Partner @ Version One Ventures
Lead independent director @ Ether Capital
Fellow and Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Co-Founder and Investor @ Kobalt


## Michael Katchen
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

Co-founder & CEO @ Wealthsimple


## Arjun Sethi
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial, Internet

Co-Founder & Partner @ Tribe Capital
Board Partner @ Social Capital


## Bryan Rosenblatt
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Hardware

Partner @ Craft Ventures


## Alex Norman
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Financial, Internet

Venture Partner @ Entrepreneur First
Co-CEO, Founder, Business Developer @ HomeSav
Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Managing Director @ TechToronto
Canadian Partner @ AngelList


## Lance Priebe
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Gaming, Sports

Founder @ Hyper Hippo Games


## Andrew Wilkinson
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Financial

Founder @ MetaLab
Founder @ Pixel Union
Director @ Wecommerce


## Jordan Banks
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Focus: Software, IT, Other

Co-Founder @ Thunder Road Capital
President @ Rogers Media


## Satish Kanwar
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Financial, Commerce/Shopping

## Lance Tracey
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, Community/Lifestyle

Founding Partner @ Full Stack


## Meltem Demirors
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial, Software, Other

Chief Strategy Officer @ CoinShares


## Michael Litt
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Internet

Co-Founder and CEO @ Vidyard
Co-Founder and CEO @ Garage Capital


## Jean-François Grenon
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Software

Managing Partner @ NTF Capital


## Mark Pincus
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Media and Entertainment

Founder @ Reinvent Capital
Team Member @ Yerdle


## Arlene Dickinson
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Food/Beverage, Health Care

General Partner @ District Ventures Capital
CEO @ District Ventures Plus
CEO @ Venturepark Voice
CEO @ Venturepark


## Gavin Uhma
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Data and Analytics

Cofounder and CTO @ Cape Privacy
Co-Founder, CEO @ Sidestory
Founder @ Slashjoin


## Farhan Thawar
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, IT, Other

VP Engineering @ Shopify
YC Continuity Advisor @ Y Combinator


## Mike McCauley
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Hardware

Co-founder and General Partner @ Garage Capital
Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


## Gerry Pond
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Sales/Marketing, Administrative

Chairman & Co-Founder @ Mariner Partners
Co-Founder @ East Valley Ventures
Co-Founder @ Pond-Deshpande Centre
Co-Founder @ Propel ICT


## Jason Warner
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Data and Analytics

Managing Director @ Redpoint


## Patrick Lor
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Sales/Marketing, Commerce/Shopping

Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
Partner @ 500 Startups Canada


## Manny Padda
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Sales/Marketing, Community/Lifestyle

Founder @ New Avenue Capital
Co-Founder @ Liquuid


## Mike Edwards
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Commerce/Shopping, Software, Internet

Chief Executive Officer @ Pioneer Media


## Ellen Levy
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile

Managing Director @ Silicon Valley Connect
University Advisor @ Arizona State University


## Brice Scheschuk
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, IT, Mobile

Chief Executive Officer @ Globalive Capital
Co-founder, Director and Chief Financial Officer @ Globalive Communications
CFO @ Biometric Update
Associate @ Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


## Jamie McDonald
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Financial, Commerce/Shopping

## Scott Banister
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet, IT

Founder @ IRL


## Lee Lau
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Science/Engineering, Hardware

Partner and Co-Founder; Partner and Co-Founder @ Alignvest Management Corporation


## Ryan Holmes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software

Ryan Holmes is the CEO and Founder of HootSuite. Thought leader, dog lover and serial entrepreneur, he has redefined the face of social media - bringing Twitter, Facebook and other social networks out of the dorm room and into the boardroom.Holmes has grown HootSuite from a lean startup to a global leader in social media with 8 million users,including 79 of the Fortune 100 companies. A college drop-out, he started a paintball company and pizza restaurant before founding Invoke Media, the company that developed HootSuite in 2009.Today, Holmes is an authority on the social business revolution, quoted in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and called upon to speak at TEDx and SXSW Interactive Conferences. An angel investor and advisor, he mentors startups in Canada and around the world. Through HootSuite University, Holmes partners with major universities to deliver social media coursework to the next generation of business leaders.

## Tom Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Tom Williams

## Micheal Hyatt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Michael Hyatt is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of BlueCat Networks and a recipient of the Top 40 Under 40™ Award.
 BlueCat is a four-time winner of “Deloitte’s Fast 50” and has received Gartner’s highest “Strong Positive” rating. Michael also co-founded Dyadem, a highly successful software company that was acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS).Michael is a weekly business commentator on CBC Newsworld and has been featured on the cover of Canadian Business Magazine.
 He is also a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and an active participant and lender for three special charities: Kiva.org, OneProsper and Future Possibilities for Kids.

## Marc Morin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Marc, our Chief Executive Officer, co-founded Sandvine (TSX:SVC) and served as its Chief Technology Officer, developing the company's vision and technology strategy.
Prior to Sandvine, he was co-founder at PixStream which was acquired by Cisco Systems.

## Richard Cargill
- Type: Angel
- Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: AgTech, B2B, Internet

Richard Cargill is the founder of Turas Mara.

## Saturnin Pugnet
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS

Saturnin Pugnet is a founding member of Worldcoin. He is a technologist with interests for Deep Tech, particularly AI, Neurotech, Aerospace, Biotech and Energy. He is also an active investor and mentor with involvement in a large number of companies in various tech sector, geography and level of maturity. He has attended Caltech and ImperialCollege of London as a student and a researcher.

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