Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
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
President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.
Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Lover, Menace, & @shopify CPO.
http://www.HarleyF.com
Co-Founder of Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga), Director of Zynga Toronto. Startup mentor, advisor and investor.
Founder @gonabit • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Serial Entrepreneur • uWaterloo Engineer • Founder, Product CEO, @coursemodo • Tech Startups Advisor: web, mobile, education, gamification, bigdata
Finance, Biz dev & Corp dev at @freshbooks. Former GP at @real-ventures
http://startupcfo.ca
Founder @lighthouse-labs-1 • Worked at @accenture • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario and @richard-ivey-school-of-business
Founder at @guardly. Worked at @blackberry-partners-fund and @rbc-venture-partners. JOLT EIR/Mentor. Strong technical/design background.
http://www.startuplifeblog.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
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/
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
Founded, Lime Foundry; boutique agency specializing in social content marketing. Social media pioneer. Author, speaker, entrepreneur.
http://www.tarahunt.com
Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
Founder @homesav • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @lehman-brothers, Xbridge, Savvio and TradeOut• Studied at @wharton-school, @mcgill-university
Co-founder & Partner, @oxoncapital
Worked at @yahoo, @ogilvyone
http://www.marsdd.com/author/nmonk/
Legal Process & Innovation - @cooley. Previously Legal @startx, Ops @eshares, Co-founder @lawgives. Licensed attorney in California/Ontario (@stanford-university alum)
CEO of VentureLynx. Past 15 years in entrepreneurship as CEO (3x), angel (10x), director (4x). Worked at Bain, MBA INSEAD.
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
Worked at Association of American Universities (President 06-11) @uc-berkeley (Chancellor 97-04), @university-of-texas-at-austin (President 93-97) •
Consultant. Investment Professional. Advisor. Mentor.
Opportunities Evaluated, Innovation Managed, Problems Solved, Ideas Developed Into Businesses.
President & COO at @well-ca. EVP Online & Digital at Indigo.ca. General Manager Kijiji Canada. Country Manager eBay Canada. Bain & Company Chicago & Toronto.
Worked at @wave-accounting, @ibm • Studied at @ryerson-university
Co-founded AdParlor. Grew to $100M run rate boot-strapped. Sold to AdKnowledge in 2011. Still CEO. Having Fun.
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.
Mentor @mars-discovery-district, @jolt-accelerator-1, Next 36, and Ivey. CIO @mars-discovery-district
http://www.marsdd.com/blog/author/mzimmerman/feed/
Co-Founder & CTO at Organimi.
Mentor at University or Waterloo's VeloCity, Communitech's HyperDrive & Startupify.me
VP Engineering Polar Mobile. Past Waterloo, Ximian #13, Novell/SuSE, Mozilla. Experienced engineering leader. Grows teams, scales process and ships software.
Founder @locomobi, @anai-global-media, experienced start up specialist and mentor
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
Founder Year One Labs, Co-Founder/CEO Scalability, Founder Hockeystick.co, Founder Flow Ventures, Angel
http://www.flowventures.com
Co-founder at SVbstance, founder at smartswise, partner at UNFINISHED, former CEO THINK Global School. Advisor and friend.
CEO + Founder Timecounts. President, Connect the Dots Collective. Created Twestival and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day.
TechCrunch columnist, web/app developer, award-winning novelist, creator of Scanvine and WikiSherpa.
http://techcrunch.com/author/jon-evans/
Entrepreneur and Independent Business & Technology Strategist
http://blog.latimer.ca
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.
Yes, that is my real name. Digital video strategist. Founder of Kingmaker. Advisor to @vidyard. My goal in life is not to die.
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/
CTO at @Mercatusinsight, @rypple, @redknee. Advisor at @kiinzel, @realsociable, @devbbq, @printchomp, @parkbench, Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
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
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
Startup Executive. Board Member. Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. Builder of Great Teams and Great Products. Strategic Business Transformation.
Partner at Heartland Capital Partners Corp.
President at Castlegar Management LTD.
Director of Biz Dev @xoom. Junkie for tech in developing countries. Always asking how it works.
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
Head of Business Development @yellow-pages-group
Experienced digital strategist with a proven track record of creating strategies and implementing changes for companies and new ventures in Canada and abroad.
Creativity meets hustle
Founder @my-studio-assistant, @nuvisto-inc • Studied at @carleton-university, @university-of-toronto
Inbound Marketing Manager @uberflip
http://blog.francoismathieu.ca
Founder @seiffert-media-advisors • Worked at NBCUniversal, NBA, Fox. Studied at Michigan Law.
http://www.seiffertmedia.com
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Founder @designedux• Worked at @savvica, @desire2learn-inc • Studied at @university-of-western-ontario, @university-of-nottingham
VP Strategy @aplaceformom (@warburgpincus portfolio company). Previously @olympics 2010 @mckinsey @INSEAD MBA. Advisor to great leaders & companies.
Co-founder and Managing Director @digiflare
SFO, BOS & YYZ experience. MBA/MSIS from @BU. Analytical prowess. Operator. Connector. All about Team
Entrepreneur, Investor & Techie passionate about innovation and good design. Internet, mobile, payments and customer loyalty.
Studying Technology and Innovation in Education @harvard. Founder of @death-happens. Internal Medicine MD. Documentary filmmaker.
Entrepreneur, Advisor to startups, Consulting growth companies
Co-founder @fitzii. Global experience from UK, Sweden, Silicon Valley and Canada. MBA from Rotman School of Management (Valedictorian)
https://blog.fitzii.com
Studied at @university-of-toronto, @mcgill-university
http://ad.am/
Lead Designer & Founder @tailoredux. Building businesses through Design.
http://medium.com/@mustefaj
Management & Strategy Consultant. Founder @data-deck, @absolu-media & CMG. Developer of strategies in Healthcare & Technology.
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
CTO of @cloudcor. Proficient in launching successful initiatives. I'm quick learner & progressive thinker, building disruptive innovations.
http://cloudcomputing.livejournal.com
Founder @doradus-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Full-time thinker, part-time savant. Founder @fondly , @groudu , @ticket-elephant • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
Founder @premiumwebsitebrokers-com • Studied at @mcgill-university
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Founder InstaElite • Top 1% iOS developer; 15+ apps in top 200 ranks • Bitmaker Labs alumni
CEO of Strategic Analysis Corp. Small business finance and operations expert with 10+ startup/growth companies. B.Sc & MBA from IESE Business School 2001.
Retail & ecommerce business side guy. Well connected to legacy B&M retail.
Founder of @jetpronto; Partner, Chat for LinkedIn; Created @wurdzee; Graphic Design; Software Development; Marketing; Fortune 500 experienced; PhD in Awesome
https://miahlightbody.com/blog
Dad. Founder & Product guy at Lifemap.
Previously Investment Banker in the US & Canada with over $6Bln in transactions.
Entrepreneur, marketer & DIY investor | Currently freelancing & hustling, Advisor at the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada).
https://medium.com/@explicitivity
Founder, Better Capital • 8+ years of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking experience • Worked at TD Securities, Scotia Capital • Ivey Business School MBA.
Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @saint-mary-s-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
Worked at @communitech-waterloo • Studied at @university-of-waterloo, @wilfrid-laurier-university
Social Media, Content Marketing, HR Technology, Recruiting, Employer Brand, Entrepreneur, Blogger, Speaker, Founder @StratifyCo @socialhrcamp
http://jeffwaldman.ca/
Worked at @ibm • Studied at @queen-s-university
Angel Investor