Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
President @bionym • Former COO @top-hat • Worked at @mckinsey-company, @top-prospect • Investor @tulip-retail • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Founder @gonabit • Worked at @livingsocial, @adgear • Investor @dash, @flashprops • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @wilfrid-laurier-university
http://www.danstuart.me
Marketing technology entrepreneur, CEO of @influitive, co-founder of @eloqua.
Angel Investor @YAI, @GTAN; Managing partner @MogulCapital
Director, @mint-pharmaceuticals-inc
General Partner, @medina-singh-partners, LLC
Studied @carnegie-mellon-university, Columbia MBA
Investor in @chango, @fixmo, @kontagent, @rypple, @bumptop, @xtreme-labs, Local Response, @guardly, @influitive, @locationary, @top-prospect, Uken Games and @well-ca
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
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.
Serial Entrepreneur.
Recently: Big Viking Games/co-founder/ceo, Kontagent/co-founder (Analytics).
Sold: @bubbleshare (Disney), MyDesktop (WebMediaBrands).
http://simplyalbert.blogspot.com
Venture Advisor, CEO, tech catalyst, innovator, foodie, music aficionado, and passionate startup guy who thrives on meeting people and helping startups kick ass
Hudson's Bay/Lord & Taylor executive fascinated by the intersection of retail and technology. Snapchat: ryanmcraver
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
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
Partner at Foundation Capital.
co-founder @rypple, sold to Salesforce. co-founder Workbrain, sold to Infor. co-founder Creative Destruction Lab. SVP @salesforce.
COO @500px | Formerly at @extremestartups @relay-ventures @chegg. @netflix. @thomas-weisel-partners. @goldman-sachs. @accenture. | @ChicagoBooth @university-of-california-berkeley.
Entrepreneur, Investor, Venture Philanthropist.
http://www.hedgewood.com/archived_essays.html
Cofounder @adelphic, Investor, Mentor.
Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, Mentor, World Changer, WEF Tech Pioneer, TED Speaker
President, Quesnay. Former VP @american-express mcommerce; Exec @verizon led innovation, BD, & applications ecosystem. Investor: @vouchr, @lettuce, & CareatHand
A lawyer by training + an early adopter by nature = a savvy, engaged angel
Founder @sysomos • Studied at @University of Toronto
Director, Creative Destruction Lab @ Rotman; Founded, @tribehr; big fan of the Waterloo/Toronto community; built VeloCity; like early stage startups + Canada.
http://whoyoucallingajesse.com
Partner at @greenowl-mobile. Investor in mobile startups. Extensive corporate M&A and international experience.
Professor at @university-of-toronto; co-founder os Sysomos, worked at AT&T Research, Columbia University
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 @aware-marketing-group • Worked at @shifthub, @polyconcept-north-america • Investor @shifthub, @mavensay
http://www.gotomarketguy.com
Exec. Chairman and Co-founder of LX Ventures. We build businesses by launching, integrating and acquiring early-stage, high-growth technology companies.
Managing Partner at BNOTIONS.
Investor, Product Design, Business Development, Digital Strategy. Focused on the emerging tech space.
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.
Entrepreneur.
Partner/owner in several businesses, looking to invest in start ups.
Founder & CEO Freshbooks. Founder mesh conference.
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
Entrepreneur, Investor
Cofounder of StartupNorth (@startupnorth), Captual (acq by @desire2learn). Seed investor in GoInstant (acq by @salesforce) and more!
http://www.startupnorth.ca
Co-Founder, @neverblue-media., bootstrapped to mid 8 figures rev in 4 years then exited. Angel Investor.
Founder, @pure-energy-partners, a cleantech special forces outfit. 20yr+ cleantech investor & entrepreneur. Fmr advisor to Immelt on ecomagination. Harvard Law
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Investor in @xtreme-labs.
Investor in @braveinvestment, @globalive, @windmobile, @keek, @pragmatic, @locationary, @varicent, @sambadays, @brockview, @surfeasy, @millstreet, @whir, @pitchpoint
Worked at @apple, @microsoft • Investor @leanplum, @pinnatta • Studied at @queen-s-university
General Partner at VERDEXUS, a Venture 2.0 boutique providing hands on investments by serial executives.
http://RandallJHoward.com
CEO & Co-founder @uniiverse, the social marketplace for events. Top ranked analyst at @bcg and @credit-suisse's tech practices. Rock climbing enthusiast.
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.
It's a daily operation
Founder: @the-working-group @postageapp-2,
Investor: @Greengage Mobile @omx @OrganicsLive @BigTerminal @rayku @rocketr @shoplocket
K2 & Associates Investment Management Inc. & Angel Investor
Advisor to early stage technology companies. Experienced VC with prior operational roles at IBM and @microsoft
Investor - Advisor - Mentor - Author -
http://about.me/jeffreyrobinson
http://contrariansmind.wordpress.com/
Founder @redflagdeals • Worked at @yellow-pages-group • Investor @year-one-labs, @sky-motion-research • Studied at @queen-s-university
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
Tech Startup Exec, Advisor, Investor
CEO, Co-Founder at ExpertFile
Co-Founder of Five Mobile (acquired by Zynga), Director of Zynga Toronto. Startup mentor, advisor and investor.
Entrepreneur, Executive, & Investor focused on Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, IT Security, and IT Infrastructure.
CEO of @top-hat.
Founder @close-com, @cosmic-development • Investor @skycatch, @rumble-com @layer @geeklist
Founder & CEO of INcubes Accelerator in Toronto, I help build proper infrastructures that create sustainable businesses. Startup Investor.
http://benzlotnick
Founder and CEO of @silentale. Computer Science and Mathematics at @mcgill-university
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)
Formerly, President, @homestars SeaBoard Group, Think Forward, Babson Entrepreneurship Alum
Journalist and author (Businessweek, NYTimes, Saveur), investor in early stage startups with Julmi, a family investment company based in Toronto.
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.
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
VP Engineering Polar Mobile. Past Waterloo, Ximian #13, Novell/SuSE, Mozilla. Experienced engineering leader. Grows teams, scales process and ships software.
Director at @shopify. Previously Co-Founder at @jet-cooper (Acquired in August 2013).
http://www.sati.sh
Director of Business development at @goldseal-management
Partner, Cognition LLP
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
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.
Co-founded AdParlor. Grew to $100M run rate boot-strapped. Sold to AdKnowledge in 2011. Still CEO. Having Fun.
15 years as a VC, 30 as a founder, 5 on Dragons' Den.
Founder @kinetic-cafe
BizDev at Sciencescape, Partner at RRG. Developed validation platform for investors, and BizDev mentor for early stage startups
Founder @modnique, HostedPCI • Worked at @ibm, @bidz-com • Investor @hostedpci • Studied at @york-university-1
CEO QoC Health Inc. Life long entrepreneur. Unique ability to combine the unlimited potential of technology with business insight, passion and creativity.
CEO & Founder of @rumble-com / Founder of @cosmic-development / Worked at @microsoft
Founder Turnstyle. Accomplished entrepreneur in hospitality and entertainment industry. Studied at University of Toronto.
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
Toronto GM @handy-1. Previously: Co-Founder @wagjag-com - Canada's largest daily deal site, Co-Founder @homehub , GM at Postmedia
Principal and co-Founder, @origin-merchant-partners, former Head of M&A Genuity Capital Markets, ex MD CIBC
President at Castlegar Management LTD.
Co-Founder & CEO @askfortask • Graduate @university-of-toronto. Serial Entrepreneur. Love innovation and collaborative consumption.
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.
Group Chairman CanaccordGenuity; Founder Genuity Capital Markets; Ex Chairman/CEO CIBC World Markets, Vice Chair CIBC. Board of Ivey School of Business.
Tech Executive, Angel, and Entrepreneur
Successful executive and consultant, have invested in angel rounds and advised startups
President at @verticalscope Inc.
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
Founder/CEO Clearbridge Mobile. Ex Senior Equity Technology Research Analyst at Canaccord Genuity, Canada's largest independent brokerage.
Founder/CEO of iQ Food Co. moonlighting as a tech investor.
Elliot Noss is CEO of TUCOWS and the OpenSRS network.
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Designer, Consultant, Angel Investor and Advisor to Multiple Ventures.
3x Entrepreneur. Obsessed with mobile products. Founded @dateonfire, @pokerspace-com • @semacode-com Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Change Agent, Father, Husband spent my work life in the technology services biz - passion for business improvement building great teams
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
Founder and CEO of Zerofootprint. Founder and former CEO of Algorithmics Incorporated. Former Yale Professor in CS and Management. Fields Institute Fellow.
CEO of Well-Ordered Labs • ex-CTO of @500px • Co-Founded @algo-anywhere • Studied at @university-of-toronto, @university-of-sydney, @university-of-buckingham
Founder @formverse-1 • Studied at @university-of-regina
Seasoned tech founder with multiple successful exits - Guest-Tek, Noteable!. Advisor to a number of startups in US and Canada.
Designer + Developer.
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.
Founder and CTO of Sky Motion Research. Founding Member Discreet Logic (IPO, subsequently acquired by Autodesk). Director of Technology at Ubisoft.
Beyond investing time, energy, and money into making my own dreams come true, I believe in helping others reach theirs.
Patner at NorthBay. Multiple start-ups. Worked at MIT (Broad Institute). Strong technology background. Angel investor.
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.
Founder, @dracogen-strategic-investments.
Co-Founder and CEO, @xe-com-inc
Co-Founder, Director, and Investor, Wifarer.
Director and Investor, @bet-smart-media.
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
co-founder, chime (acq. hubspot). worked at mckinsey & microsoft.
New venture consulting and angel investor
Chi is a startup entrepreneur. He is currently the Director of Business Development at Tunezy
Managing Director @sitescout, the world's leading self-serve demand side platform. Formerly, a corporate lawyer advising entrepreneurs.
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Tech entrepreneur with successful track record of building companies from the ground-up; CMU M.Sc. (expected in Aug 2013); MBA from Rotman School.
Entrepreneur & angel investor. Founder of @thepaw-com (sold in 2011). Internet Marketing professor for fun.
http://builttosell.com/blog/
Director at @viafoura
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
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.
Dynamic global business development and marketing executive with strong interpersonal and communication skills focused on building revenue
technology lawyer
Owner, Oldcorn Sports & Entertainment
Co-founded CognoVision Inc. (acquired by Intel). PhD in Computer Science from University of Toronto.
Founder and CEO at ProgForce.com
Founder @doradus-technologies • Studied at @university-of-waterloo
Worked at @hewlett-packard, @research-in-motion • Studied at @mcmaster-university, @university-of-guelph
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
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
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
Founded Total Debt Freedom in 2003, still on as chairman, looking for investment opportunities in real estate, and start ups.
Marketing Expert, Growth Hacker and Full Stack Developer
Coder+Biz. PPC/Ad expert ($100M's).
Founder Property Vista • CEO at @Property Vista, CEO @transglobe-property-management
http://propertyvista.com/blog/
Ivey MBA / CFA. Successfully marketed financial products and services to affluent consumers and institutional clients.
Also developed strategic plans and financial / management reporting packages.
Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. VP Product & Marketing @sitescout (acquired '13). Co-founder @toyotanation (acquired '06).
Have started a microcredit foundation 3 years ago, recently started 2 orphanages and 3 schools in rural Bangladesh.
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.
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo
Co-founder of @polltogo. Engineer, former biomedical researcher.
Founder @stone-and-paper-press