Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
Entrepreneur, Investor, Venture Philanthropist.
http://www.hedgewood.com/archived_essays.html
Founder @gonabit • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Angel Investor @YAI, @GTAN; Managing partner @MogulCapital
Director, @mint-pharmaceuticals-inc
General Partner, @medina-singh-partners, LLC
Studied @carnegie-mellon-university, Columbia MBA
Managing Director at Zynik Capital Corp. • Founder & Executive Chairman at @noble-iron & Texada Software Inc. • Studied at @harvard-university University & @stanford-graduate-school-of-business
Serial Entrepreneur.
Recently: Big Viking Games/co-founder/ceo, Kontagent/co-founder (Analytics).
Sold: @bubbleshare (Disney), MyDesktop (WebMediaBrands).
http://simplyalbert.blogspot.com
Marketing technology entrepreneur, CEO of @influitive, co-founder of @eloqua.
Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, Mentor, World Changer, WEF Tech Pioneer, TED Speaker
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
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
Investor in @chango, @fixmo, @kontagent, @rypple, @bumptop, @xtreme-labs, Local Response, @guardly, @influitive, @locationary, @top-prospect, Uken Games and @well-ca
Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver
Co-founder/CTO @nitobi-software (acq'd by @adobe). Worked on @phonegap-1 and @robotreplay (acq'd by @foresee-results). PhD, investor, father, and lover of beer.
Partner at Foundation Capital.
President @bionym • Former COO @top-hat • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @top-prospect • Investor @tulip-retail • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Cofounder @adelphic, Investor, Mentor.
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
Venture Advisor, CEO, tech catalyst, innovator, foodie, music aficionado, and passionate startup guy who thrives on meeting people and helping startups kick ass
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
co-founder @rypple, sold to Salesforce. co-founder Workbrain, sold to Infor. co-founder Creative Destruction Lab. SVP @salesforce.
Co-Founder, @neverblue-media., bootstrapped to mid 8 figures rev in 4 years then exited. Angel Investor.
Professor at @university-of-toronto; co-founder os Sysomos, worked at AT&T Research, Columbia University
Founder, @pure-energy-partners, a cleantech special forces outfit. 20yr+ cleantech investor & entrepreneur. Fmr advisor to Immelt on ecomagination. Harvard Law
Entrepreneur.
Partner/owner in several businesses, looking to invest in start ups.
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
Investor in @xtreme-labs.
Partner at @greenowl-mobile. Investor in mobile startups. Extensive corporate M&A and international experience.
CEO of @tribehr (Sold to NetSuite 2013), CEO of @lewis-media (Sold 2009), CEO @onmyblock-ca, and Co-Founder @simple-machines-forum. UWaterloo Computer Engineer.
http://www.josephfung.ca
Exec. Chairman and Co-founder of LX Ventures. We build businesses by launching, integrating and acquiring early-stage, high-growth technology companies.
A lawyer by training + an early adopter by nature = a savvy, engaged angel
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand
Founder @aware-marketing-group • Worked at @shifthub, @polyconcept-north-america • Investor @shifthub, @mavensay
http://www.gotomarketguy.com
CEO Brick Street Software. EVP/CTO KANA Software. co-Founder / CTO Rubric Software (sold to KANA). @carnegie-mellon-university CS PhD. MIT VI-3. Former lispm hacker.
http://blog.cmaeda.com/
Founder @sysomos • Studied at @University of Toronto
Managing Partner at BNOTIONS.
Investor, Product Design, Business Development, Digital Strategy. Focused on the emerging tech space.
Cofounder of StartupNorth (@startupnorth), Captual (acq by @desire2learn). Seed investor in GoInstant (acq by @salesforce) and more!
http://www.startupnorth.ca
Strategy/CorpDev, BD & Product Leader. Mobile Payments & Digital Commerce Exec. Capital Markets Innovation at CIBC World Markets. Ex- Head of Emerging Payments and Digital Commerce at Loblaws. Ex-MasterCard, ex-AOL, ex-eBay, ex-Nokia. Active Angel.
Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.
Entrepreneur, Investor
Founder: @the-working-group @postageapp-2,
Investor: @Greengage Mobile @omx @OrganicsLive @BigTerminal @rayku @rocketr @shoplocket
It's a daily operation
Entrepreneur, Executive, & Investor focused on Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, IT Security, and IT Infrastructure.
CEO of @fan-si, CEO of @hitgrab Inc., CEO of @social-stork Inc. High-school drop-out. Toured in a rock band for 4 years... straight.
http://joelauge.tumblr.com
CEO of @top-hat.
General Partner at VERDEXUS, a Venture 2.0 boutique providing hands on investments by serial executives.
http://RandallJHoward.com
Founder @close-com, @cosmic-development • Investor @skycatch, @rumble-com @layer @geeklist
K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. & Angel Investor
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
CEO & Co-founder @uniiverse, the social marketplace for events. Top ranked analyst at @bcg and @credit-suisse's tech practices. Rock climbing enthusiast.
CEO, Co-Founder at ExpertFile
Tech Startup Exec, Advisor, Investor
Co-Founder of Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga), Director of Zynga Toronto. Startup mentor, advisor and investor.
Advisor to early stage technology companies. Experienced VC with prior operational roles at IBM and @microsoft
Investor in @braveinvestment, @globalive, @windmobile, @keek, @pragmatic, @locationary, @varicent, @sambadays, @brockview, @surfeasy, @millstreet, @whir, @pitchpoint
Founded two startups: GCI Network out of Mumbai that operates in the giftcard space, and PowerStores a SAAS do it yourself digital commerce platform for SMB's.
Founder @redflagdeals • Worked at @yellow-pages-group • Investor @year-one-labs, @sky-motion-research • Studied at @queen-s-university
Investor - Advisor - Mentor - Author -
http://about.me/jeffreyrobinson
http://contrariansmind.wordpress.com/
BA MA BSc(CompEng);
Dir of Engineering Jotter (sold to @saflink);
Dir of Engineering (@saflink);
CTO @careerid (taken private);
CEO @attassa (sold to @hightail-2)
After selling my company in 2011 I took some time off and spent it with family. Now I'm recharged with a new big idea and going all in again.
Senior Director, Rogers Ventures. Board Member, @scribble-technologies & @gridcentric
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
Co-founded AdParlor. Grew to $100M run rate boot-strapped. Sold to AdKnowledge in 2011. Still CEO. Having Fun.
Partner, Cognition LLP
Founder @jaguar-capital-inc • Worked at @scotiabank, @scotia-capital • Investor @shiny-ads, @medrunner-health-solutions-inc • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @university-of-western-ontario
http://www.itbusiness.ca/author/gbuckley
Director at @shopify. Previously Co-Founder at @jet-cooper (Acquired in August 2013).
http://www.sati.sh
Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university
Formerly, President, @homestars SeaBoard Group, Think Forward, Babson Entrepreneurship Alum
15 years as a VC, 30 as a founder, 5 on Dragons' Den.
Founder & CEO of INcubes Accelerator in Toronto, I help build proper infrastructures that create sustainable businesses. Startup Investor.
http://benzlotnick
I recently left my life in advertising to get closer to the consumer by building cool stuff. Now I’m the CEO of @oneup-games-1.
Director of Business development at @goldseal-management
VP Engineering Polar Mobile. Past Waterloo, Ximian #13, Novell/SuSE, Mozilla. Experienced engineering leader. Grows teams, scales process and ships software.
Journalist and author (Businessweek, NYTimes, Saveur), investor in early stage startups with Julmi, a family investment company based in Toronto.
Founder @kinetic-cafe
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
Founder/CEO Clearbridge Mobile. Ex Senior Equity Technology Research Analyst at Canaccord Genuity, Canada's largest independent brokerage.
Toronto GM @handy-1. Previously: Co-Founder @wagjag-com - Canada's largest daily deal site, Co-Founder @homehub , GM at Postmedia
Founder/CEO of iQ Food Co. moonlighting as a tech investor.
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.
CEO QoC Health Inc. Life long entrepreneur. Unique ability to combine the unlimited potential of technology with business insight, passion and creativity.
President at Castlegar Management LTD.
Principal and co-Founder, @origin-merchant-partners, former Head of M&A Genuity Capital Markets, ex MD CIBC
Co-Founder & CEO @askfortask • Graduate @university-of-toronto. Serial Entrepreneur. Love innovation and collaborative consumption.
Entrepreneur, Angel, Inventor, BODs, @flixel-photos-inc, dTaz, Atomic Reach, ex-Kobo, ex-OpenCola, ex-Microsoft, ex-Rogers, ex-Banks - http://ibinary.com/libas
http://ibinary.com/libas
President at @verticalscope Inc.
Successful executive and consultant, have invested in angel rounds and advised startups
Group Chairman CanaccordGenuity; Founder Genuity Capital Markets; Ex Chairman/CEO CIBC World Markets, Vice Chair CIBC. Board of Ivey School of Business.
Founder Turnstyle. Accomplished entrepreneur in hospitality and entertainment industry. Studied at University of Toronto.
Founder @modnique, HostedPCI • Worked at @ibm, @bidz-com • Investor @hostedpci • Studied at @york-university-1
Tech Executive, Angel, and Entrepreneur
CEO & Founder of @rumble-com / Founder of @cosmic-development / Worked at @microsoft
BizDev at Sciencescape, Partner at RRG. Developed validation platform for investors, and BizDev mentor for early stage startups
Founder and CTO of Sky Motion Research. Founding Member Discreet Logic (IPO, subsequently acquired by Autodesk). Director of Technology at Ubisoft.
Founder and CEO of Zerofootprint. Founder and former CEO of Algorithmics Incorporated. Former Yale Professor in CS and Management. Fields Institute Fellow.
Beyond investing time, energy, and money into making my own dreams come true, I believe in helping others reach theirs.
Founder @formverse-1 • Studied at @university-of-regina
Head of eCommerce Tech at Loblaw - Canada's largest retailer. Prior, founder/CTO at various start-ups: 3 acquired & 2 hit 1MM+ users. eBay, OATV, Deloitte & UC-Berkeley alum.
Change Agent, Father, Husband spent my work life in the technology services biz - passion for business improvement building great teams
Patner at NorthBay. Multiple start-ups. Worked at MIT (Broad Institute). Strong technology background. Angel investor.
CEO of Well-Ordered Labs • ex-CTO of @500px • Co-Founded @algo-anywhere • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @university-of-sydney, @university-of-buckingham
Founded Blue Spark (sold to OnX), now Ideon Media (PROFIT HOT50 twice). Ex VP Rogers Digital Media, ex BCG, Harvard and MIT degrees. Maple Leaf Angels board.
Designer + Developer.
Elliot Noss is CEO of TUCOWS and the OpenSRS network.
Designer, Consultant, Angel Investor and Advisor to Multiple Ventures.
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founding Director of @getfilmi and Principal at @design-guru. Constantly exploring the world's music through editing globetronica.org and indianelectronica.com
http://designguru.org/blog
Seasoned tech founder with multiple successful exits - Guest-Tek, Noteable!. Advisor to a number of startups in US and Canada.
Tech entrepreneur with successful track record of building companies from the ground-up; CMU M.Sc. (expected in Aug 2013); MBA from Rotman School.
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Director at @viafoura
Dynamic global business development and marketing executive with strong interpersonal and communication skills focused on building revenue
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Founder and CEO at ProgForce.com
Chi is a startup entrepreneur. He is currently the Director of Business Development at Tunezy
co-founder, chime (acq. hubspot). worked at mckinsey & microsoft.
New venture consulting and angel investor
technology lawyer
Co-founded CognoVision Inc. (acquired by Intel). PhD in Computer Science from University of Toronto.
Entrepreneur & angel investor. Founder of @thepaw-com (sold in 2011). Internet Marketing professor for fun.
Owner, Oldcorn Sports & Entertainment
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Founder, @dracogen-strategic-investments.
Co-Founder and CEO, @xe-com-inc
Co-Founder, Director, and Investor, Wifarer.
Director and Investor, @bet-smart-media.
Managing Director @sitescout, the world's leading self-serve demand side platform. Formerly, a corporate lawyer advising entrepreneurs.
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Suresh is an entrepreneur and corporate executive in healthcare industry as well as a Fund Manager and Investor in small cap equities.
http://builttosell.com/blog/
Worked at @hewlett-packard, @research-in-motion • Studied at @mcmaster-university, @university-of-guelph
Founder Property Vista • CEO at @Property Vista, CEO @transglobe-property-management
http://propertyvista.com/blog/
Coder+Biz. PPC/Ad expert ($100M's).
Co-founder of @polltogo. Engineer, former biomedical researcher.
Founded Total Debt Freedom in 2003, still on as chairman, looking for investment opportunities in real estate, and start ups.
Have started a microcredit foundation 3 years ago, recently started 2 orphanages and 3 schools in rural Bangladesh.
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo
Ivey MBA / CFA. Successfully marketed financial products and services to affluent consumers and institutional clients.
Also developed strategic plans and financial / management reporting packages.
Founded 5 for-profit & 6 not-for-profit ventures, interested in innovative new ideas based on scientific advancements. I am a university faculty & a researcher.
Marketing Expert, Growth Hacker and Full Stack Developer
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
Founded and sold Kobo, founded and sold DocSpace, rebuilt Critical Path, worked at Zip2, sold to Altavista. Worked at Microsoft, built propulsion systems 4 NASA
P.Eng. + MBA > investment banking (60 deals: equity, IPOs, M&A) > serial entrepreneur in high tech and life sciences (6 x founder) > now franchising home care
Founder @doradus-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @stone-and-paper-press
Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. VP Product & Marketing @sitescout (acquired '13). Co-founder @toyotanation (acquired '06).