# Top 20 Travel Angel Investors in Canada in June 2026

## Peter M. Kern
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Travel, Mobile, E-Commerce

Peter M. Kern has been a director of Expedia since completion of the IAC/Expedia Spin-Off.Peter Kern is a Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, LP, a private equity firm.Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Kern was Senior Managing Director and Principal of Alpine Capital LLC.Prior to Alpine Capital, Mr. Kern founded Gemini Associates in1996 and served as President from its inception through its merger with Alpine Capital in 2001.Prior to founding Gemini Associates,Peter Kern was at the Home Shopping Network and Whittle Communications.Since April 2013,Peter Kern has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc., a publicly-traded Spanish-language media company.Mr. Kern also serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including Televicentro of Puerto Rico, LLC, Luxury Retreats International Holdings, Inc. and Cine Latino, Inc.Mr. Kern holds a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

## Rasool Rayani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Content

Rasool is a serial entrepreneur with experience in the software, healthcare, and CPG industries. He continues to maintain his passion for technology as an active angel investor with a focus on b2b, consumer saas and health tech. Rasool maintains an active role with CEO’s as a board member, mentor and advisor. He currently serves on the boards ofthe Victoria Foundation, VIATEC, and Checkfront Software.

## Lasse Järvinen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Serial Entrepreneur and Investor in Internet Businesses and Marketplaces | Board Professional | Co-Founder at DealGuru and Bonusway

## Stephen Curry
- Type: Angel
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series C, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, E-Commerce, Travel

Stephen Curry currently works as the Founder and Partner at Unanimous Media. He previously worked at Slyce.io as co-founder. Stephen Curry attended Davidson College in 2006.

## Mikko Nurminen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Software

Mikko has 10+ years of experience from managing high-growth online businesses, including that of website platform Kotisivukone.fi, sold to Fonecta in January 2013.

## Neil Wainwright
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Podcast

Neil Wainwright is the Founder and CEO of UpHabit.

## Jesse Kaplan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Travel

Jesse Kaplan

## Stuart MacDonald
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Travel

Stuart MacDonald is a Venture Advisor of Narrative.Fund.

## LP Maurice
- Type: Angel
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Software

LP Maurice is the CEO & Co-founder of Busbud, an e-commerce startup focused on intercity bus travel that makes it easy to book bus tickets in 80+ countries. Busbud was named one of the 3 most innovative companies in Canada in 2014 according to PwC. LP holds an MBA from Harvard University, a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from theUniversity of Montreal and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from HEC Montreal.

## Mike Liverton
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Software

Mike Liverton

## Andrew Wilkinson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Andrew Wilkinson is the Co-Founder of Tiny. He attended Ryerson University.

## Lauri Sommarberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Travel, Software

Lauri Sommarbergis the Co-Founder and Board Member of LVS Brokers.

## Micheal Hyatt
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Jimmy G.
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Travel, Information Technology

Jimmy G.

## Rajiv Khaneja
- Type: Angel
- Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Travel

Rajiv Khaneja is the Founder at AdButler

## Andrew Kitchell
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Vacation Rental, SaaS

Andrew Kitchell is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Lyric and Wheelhouse. He is a former CEO & Founder at Beyond Pricing and Founder, Product Design at 30 Words. Mr. Kitchell studied at Duke University.

## Jeffery H. Boyd
- Type: Angel
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Travel, Health Care, Internet

Jeffery Boyd currently works as the founder and managing director for Brothers Brook, LLC.  He previously worked at Booking Holdings Inc., formerly The Priceline Group Inc as the Chairman. Jeffery attended Cornell Law School.

## David Arnsdorf
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Marketing, Cloud Computing

David Arnsdorf - Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Pomme Natural Markets

## Jamie McDonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Accounting, E-Commerce

Entrepreneur, investor.

## Steven Myhill-Jones
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Travel

Steven Myhill-Jones