Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
Founder @gonabit • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand
Finance, Biz dev & Corp dev at @freshbooks. Former GP at @real-ventures
http://startupcfo.ca
Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver
Co-Founder of Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga), Director of Zynga Toronto. Startup mentor, advisor and investor.
Co-founder & Partner, @oxoncapital
EiR at @OMERSVentures. Focused on custdev & productdev. Cofounder of @influitive. Worked at @microsoft, @reactivity, @trilogy. @carnegie-mellon-university MS in HCI + UWaterloo BSc.
http://davidcrow.ca/
Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.
Serial Entrepreneur • uWaterloo Engineer • Founder, Product CEO, @coursemodo • Tech Startups Advisor: web, mobile, education, gamification, bigdata
Founder @homesav • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @lehman-brothers, Xbridge, Savvio and TradeOut• Studied at @wharton-school, @mcgill-university
Founded, Lime Foundry; boutique agency specializing in social content marketing. Social media pioneer. Author, speaker, entrepreneur.
http://www.tarahunt.com
Founder @lighthouse-labs-1 • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario and @richard-ivey-school-of-business
Founder, Change The Ratio & TheLi.st; founding ed, Mediaite & HuffPo; advisor, @loverly, @the-muse-1, VoxMedia, Gui.de, She's The First. Also: lawyer, showtunes.
http://www.changetheratio.com
Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Lover, Menace, & @shopify CPO.
http://www.HarleyF.com
B2B SaaS GTM Strategy (marketing, BD, sales). Former head of BD @ringcentral. Investor and head of BD @influitive Mentor @500startups
Studied at Wharton
http://about.me/vbelfor
http://vbelfor.weebly.com
Founder at @guardly. Worked at @blackberry-partners-fund and @rbc-venture-partners. JOLT EIR/Mentor. Strong technical/design background.
http://www.startuplifeblog.com
Worked at @yahoo, @ogilvyone
http://www.marsdd.com/author/nmonk/
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
Founder Year One Labs, Co-Founder/CEO Scalability, Founder Hockeystick.co, Founder Flow Ventures, Angel
http://www.flowventures.com
Co-founded AdParlor. Grew to $100M run rate boot-strapped. Sold to AdKnowledge in 2011. Still CEO. Having Fun.
Co-Founder & CTO at Organimi.
Mentor at University or Waterloo's VeloCity, Communitech's HyperDrive & Startupify.me
Founder @locomobi, @anai-global-media, experienced start up specialist and mentor
Professional poker player since '05 • 2012 WSOP Bracelet Winner • Advisor at @draftkings • Wentworth BCOS '05 • Luck is just noise, Success is in the signal
Startup Marketing advisor/mentor/investor. 6-time startup marketing exec including @janna-systems, @datamirror. Also former marketing exec at @ibm, Siebel.
http://www.rocketwatcher.com
President & COO at @well-ca. EVP Online & Digital at Indigo.ca. General Manager Kijiji Canada. Country Manager eBay Canada. Bain & Company Chicago & Toronto.
Legal Process & Innovation - @cooley. Previously Legal @startx, Ops @eshares, Co-founder @lawgives. Licensed attorney in California/Ontario (@stanford-university alum)
Co-founder at SVbstance, founder at smartswise, partner at UNFINISHED, former CEO THINK Global School. Advisor and friend.
Worked at Association of American Universities (President 06-11) @uc-berkeley (Chancellor 97-04), @university-of-texas-at-austin (President 93-97) •
Founder @millions-of-us, @virtual-greats • Worked at @the-next-36, @lucasarts • Investor @kira-talent-1 • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-san-francisco
Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.
Worked at @wave-accounting, @ibm • Studied at @ryerson-university
VP Engineering Polar Mobile. Past Waterloo, Ximian #13, Novell/SuSE, Mozilla. Experienced engineering leader. Grows teams, scales process and ships software.
CEO of VentureLynx. Past 15 years in entrepreneurship as CEO (3x), angel (10x), director (4x). Worked at Bain, MBA INSEAD.
Business Development at @coral-cea. Co-Founder @investment-ready-partners. Selected 70+ startups for $2.1m+ in funding in the last 24mths.
http://www.coralcea.ca
Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university
Mentor @mars-discovery-district, @jolt-accelerator-1, Next 36, and Ivey. CIO @mars-discovery-district
http://www.marsdd.com/blog/author/mzimmerman/feed/
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
Entrepreneur and Independent Business & Technology Strategist
http://blog.latimer.ca
Partner at Heartland Capital Partners Corp.
CEO + Founder Timecounts. President, Connect the Dots Collective. Created Twestival and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day.
Creativity meets hustle
CTO at @Mercatusinsight, @rypple, @redknee. Advisor at @kiinzel, @realsociable, @devbbq, @printchomp, @parkbench, Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
Yes, that is my real name. Digital video strategist. Founder of Kingmaker. Advisor to @vidyard. My goal in life is not to die.
President at Castlegar Management LTD.
Founder, Cdling. CEO, PlanetEye. >$50-million in startup financing. 5 yrs China. 20 yrs new ventures, US, Canada. MBA in Paris. Director, Startup Grind Toronto.
http://cdling.tumblr.com/
Startup Executive. Board Member. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Builder of Great Teams and Great Products. Strategic Business Transformation.
Experienced digital strategist with a proven track record of creating strategies and implementing changes for companies and new ventures in Canada and abroad.
Founded first dot com company in 1998. Have created a successful company with 55 employees and $80 million in total revenue. Sold company and now onto new ventures as well as angel and seed investing in interesting ideas.
Co-founded Pure Energies (solar PV, consumer brand); former Principal at iNovia Capital (early stage VC, digital media).
Chief Wabbit Hunter. Strong Collaborative approach to Business Growth. Speaker 140conf & Tedx speaker
Director of Biz Dev @xoom. Junkie for tech in developing countries. Always asking how it works.
TechCrunch columnist, web/app developer, award-winning novelist, creator of Scanvine and WikiSherpa.
http://techcrunch.com/author/jon-evans/
Head of Business Development @yellow-pages-group
Worked at @kiva @TheLeanLawyer-LawOffice @paper Kite Foundation • Studied at @university-of-california-los-angeles, @michigan-state-university @university-of-ottawa-1
Founder @invstg8.net, @technovica • Worked at @toronto Star, @Canadian Broadcasting Corporation • Studied at @Ryerson
CEO of Glooey, Founder Zazengo, CTO/Founder of NRG Group (IPO), General Manager Microsoft Developer Network, Lead PM Microsoft Visual C++
http://theartofwork.com/blog
CTO of @cloudcor. Proficient in launching successful initiatives. I'm quick learner & progressive thinker, building disruptive innovations.
http://cloudcomputing.livejournal.com
VP Strategy @aplaceformom (@warburgpincus portfolio company). Previously @olympics 2010 @mckinsey @INSEAD MBA. Advisor to great leaders & companies.
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Management & Strategy Consultant. Founder @data-deck, @absolu-media & CMG. Developer of strategies in Healthcare & Technology.
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
SFO, BOS & YYZ experience. MBA/MSIS from @BU. Analytical prowess. Operator. Connector. All about Team
Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
http://ad.am/
Founder @my-studio-assistant, @nuvisto-inc • Studied at @carleton-university, @university-of-toronto
Founder @designedux• Worked at @savvica, @desire2learn-inc • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-nottingham
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Inbound Marketing Manager @uberflip
http://blog.francoismathieu.ca
Studying Technology and Innovation in Education @harvard. Founder of @death-happens. Internal Medicine MD. Documentary filmmaker.
Co-founder @fitzii. Global experience from UK, Sweden, Silicon Valley and Canada. MBA from Rotman School of Management (Valedictorian)
https://blog.fitzii.com
Lead Designer & Founder @tailoredux. Building businesses through Design.
http://medium.com/@mustefaj
Co-founder and Managing Director @digiflare
Entrepreneur, Advisor to startups, Consulting growth companies
Entrepreneur, Investor & Techie passionate about innovation and good design. Internet, mobile, payments and customer loyalty.
Founder @seiffert-media-advisors • Worked at NBCUniversal, NBA, Fox. Studied at Michigan Law.
http://www.seiffertmedia.com
Worked at @ibm • Studied at @queen-s-university
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @saint-mary-s-university
Angel Investor
Social Media, Content Marketing, HR Technology, Recruiting, Employer Brand, Entrepreneur, Blogger, Speaker, Founder @StratifyCo @socialhrcamp
http://jeffwaldman.ca/
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Dad. Founder & Product guy at Lifemap.
Previously Investment Banker in the US & Canada with over $6Bln in transactions.
Full-time thinker, part-time savant. Founder @fondly , @groudu , @ticket-elephant • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder @premiumwebsitebrokers-com • Studied at @mcgill-university
Retail & ecommerce business side guy. Well connected to legacy B&M retail.
CEO of Strategic Analysis Corp. Small business finance and operations expert with 10+ startup/growth companies. B.Sc & MBA from IESE Business School 2001.
Founder InstaElite • Top 1% iOS developer; 15+ apps in top 200 ranks • Bitmaker Labs alumni
Founder @doradus-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
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Entrepreneur, marketer & DIY investor | Currently freelancing & hustling, Advisor at the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada).
https://medium.com/@explicitivity
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
http://awassoc.com