Map of the local innovation industry.
 Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
             Principal at Blue Hat Inc.  Supporting finance, legal, and operations needs of growing technology firms.
          
          
          
             VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
          
          
          
             CEO of Iota Security. Worked on 4 continents. Studied at London Business School MBA; UWaterloo BSc. Business and Physics. Lover of innovative technologies.
          
          
          
             Founder of Eastern Hemlock Capital, COI Pond and ListCado.  Experience in obtaining bank lending for organizations from growth up to public structured debt.
          
          
          
             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
          
             Toronto & Portfolio Ops Director @highline. McGill Alum. 6-yrs of I-Banking + M&A. Hunter of wildly passionate Founders building disruptive digital products.
          
          
          
             Founder @schedulingdirect & Glimpse | Associate @bcg | Owner @scholars-at-your-service | Canada's @the-next-36 | Studied at @wharton-school, @mcgill-university 
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Worked at @bdc-venture-capital, @bdc-financing • Studied at @george-brown-college, @rotman-school-of-management
          
          
          
             Co-Founder @lighthouse-labs-1, investor @retsly (acq @zillow), @picatic  and @careguide. Former consultant turned entrepreneur building tools for SMBs.
          
          
          
             Schulich MBA, generalist,
          
          
          
             Co-Founder of Taplytics. Business background in Finance and Product (Shaw, @siemens). Queen's Engineer 2007. Mobile Entrepreneur.
          
          
          
             HBA from Richard Ivey School of Business; strong background in selling to, solving for, and marketing to customers (Ranked "Rockstar" Business Analyst at Bell).
          
          http://dhawaltank.wordpress.com
          
             Formerly, President, @homestars  SeaBoard Group, Think Forward, Babson Entrepreneurship Alum
          
          
          
             Founder @allberta-com, Customerge • Worked at @intercell, @venturesource • Studied at @university-of-victoria
          
          
          
             Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
          
          
          
             Founder @locomobi, @anai-global-media, experienced start up specialist and mentor
          
          
          
             Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
          
          
          
             DC/LA Superconnector @forbes @MoxieStrategy @StartupGrindDC @ADmapco Creative Strategist, Media2.0Sensei, Political Wonketeer, Entrepreneurial Techie, Neuro PhD
          
          
          
             Worked at @blast-radius, @israel-ministry-of-finance • Studied at @hebrew-university-of-jerusalem
          
          
          
             MBA Ryerson University/Harvard University; Director of Finance at a toy start-up company; strong business acumen
          
          
          
             Founder @able-entrepreneurs • Studied at @carleton-university
          
          
          
             Inbound Marketing Manager @uberflip
          
          http://blog.francoismathieu.ca
          
             Umich Ross BBA, Worked @ OMERS @Ox Capital
          
          
          
             Full-time thinker, part-time savant. Founder  @fondly , @groudu , @ticket-elephant   • Studied at @wilfrid-laurier-university
          
          
          
             Oxford MBA, 5 yrs of IT consulting at Deloitte, PMP. Entrepreneurial, creative,  and analytical. Excellent interpersonal skills.
          
          
          
             Univ. Waterloo Masters, Co-founded a social media star-up, multicultural/bilingual.  Abilities:  Biz Dev, Project & Brand Management and Data Analytics
          
          
          
             Dynamic finance/marketing professional with a natural knack for investing, communications and innovation.
          
          
          
             worked at AIG, Sun Life Financial and Bank of Montreal, Queen's School of Business,
          
          
          
             Currently, in light of my recent studies I provide management support to researchers and entrepreneurs, and work as technology transfer manager to facilitate commercialization of nanotechnology based products and services, and to improve time to market. I
          
          http://www.innovativetrust.wordpress.com
          
             Founder @umyum • Worked at @new-york-university-1 • Studied at @new-york-university, @cornell-university
          
          
          
             Ivey HBA and UWO MIT Student | Finance, Ops | @wealthsimple 
          
          
          
             Business Development at MedAvail Technologies (Previously PharmaTrust), a Health-tech startup. Photographer.
          
          
          
             Math/CA Grad from  @university-of-waterloo | Currently working on @north-pine-ventures | Interested in #startups #tech #entrepreneurship #sports
          
          http://www.medium.com/@shubham
          
             Focusing on identifying and working with Technology based Startups, bringing Creativity with practicality, vision with experience. The best of both worlds
          
          http://awassoc.com
          
             1st startup in high school; computer engineering, economics, and finance education; 4 yrs of investment banking; 3 yrs working with startups
          
          
          
             Engineer (Eng Phys, Queen's). Strong Business Bkgrd (Currently BCG Consultant, Rotman MBA 2011). Ops Bkgrd (Construction, 4 years). Hobby iOS app 'Route-Out'.
          
          
          
             My startup was acquired by a public company. From programming to sales, I built it from scratch. (BSc. Comp. Science.)
          
          
          
             Co-founder of OneSet. Strong business and analytics background. MPS (UWaterloo), BBA (WLU)
          
          
          
             University of Toronto, Portfolio Management, Strategy Consulting
          
          
          
             Ivey HBA and materials science dual degree candidate 2016. Currently working with medical technology start-up Fernando Kerr. Co-founded first start-up in 2012.
          
          
          
             Co-Founder and COO @gata-labs. Former Investment Banker. CFA Charter Candidate. Queen's Commerce Alum.
          
          
          
             Global luxury retail, CPG and Big 4 experience looking to make an impact a grow a start-up.
          
          
          
             Founder of PartnerConnection and Crystal Owl Consulting • Studied at @university-of-waterloo and worked at @loblaws as an analyst
          
          http://www.loveofpatisserie.com
          
             Founder & CEO of Health-Seeds, Board Director, Senior Management experience, Start-up sales & marketing exp., Creative Destruction Lab @ U of T, MBA, PhD
          
          
          
             Waterloo Math & Laurier Business. Previous experience at BlackBerry - R&D Finance, TD Canada Trust - Technology Services, and GE Nuclear - Finance & Accounting.
          
          
          
             Passionate MBA graduate who wants to make a positive impact on the world be combining business skills with the social sector
          
          http://chasingimpactblog.com/
          
             Strong background in finance. Experience with helping emerging companies to grow. Expertise in technology and manufacturing. Good leadership and coaching skills.
          
          
          
             Ivey MBA / CFA. Successfully marketed financial products and services to affluent consumers and institutional clients.
Also developed strategic plans and financial / management reporting packages.
          
          
          
             Trilingual in English, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. Strong accounting background; interested in entrepreneurial career path and working for a start up.
          
          
          
             Innovative and entrepreneurial senior executive. Kellogg MBA. Extensive capital markets background. Data evangelist. Start-up & systems development experience.
          
          
          
             Richard Ivey School of Business MBA, Corporate Development and Strategy Professional; Experienced Product Development Manager
          
          
          
             Financial Professional, CFA. Incubated 12 companies, taken 7 public. Worked at TD Bank (Banking and eCommerce), BCE Emergis, and 2 start-ups (1 acquired by Equifax).
          
          
          
             Ayokunnu Are is an international financier and advisor who has worked in the private banking and financial services industry for over 20 years. 
          
          
          
             Executive in Finance / Real Estate with Start-up Experience.  CPA/CGA + IBM management + Cornell/Queens EMBA.  Passion for business, engineering & design.
          
          
          
             Business and Mathematics graduate, internships in Investment Banking and Private Equity
          
          
          
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             Founder @pearson-spectre • Worked at @xyz-associates, @acme-corp-3 • Studied at @mcgill-university, @devry-university
          
          http://www.jacobadams.com/blog
          
             Schulich MBA graduate ('14); Specialization in RE (with PE and VC exp.); Interned @ Cdn. pension plan (alt. investments); Management and consulting experience.
          
          
          
             Founder @netnome • Worked at @towers-watson, @grant-thornton-llp • Studied at @university-of-toronto
          
          
          
             NYU MBA with Undergrad in CS; Experienced consultant advising high-growth companies to develop business plans, product roadmaps and growth strategies.
          
          http://tripping.Lasith.Lk
          
             Founder @cygnus-connect. MBA, CFA Charterholder, former equity analyst (Macquarie), writes code, rides a bike.
          
          
          
             Co-founder of Heka, Trustee at CKI, CR at AIESEC
          
          
          
             CA, CPA with advanced knowledge in tax, finance, accounting, legal with strong co-ordination/liaison skills.
          
          
          
             CFA Level II Candidate & Data Analyst at L2 Trading 
          
          
          
             Accountant, Economist, Programmer and creator of Roshpit.ca
          
          
          
             3 years of Mergers & Acquisitions execution and modelling experience; Team player; Highly driven; Richard Ivey School of Business - HBA with distinction 2011
          
          
          
             MiM Graduate at W.P. Carey School of Business
          
          
          
             Student at UC Berkeley (Economics & Business)
          
          
          
             Founder @food-with-benefits-2 • Worked at @king-abdullah-university-of-science-and-technology-1 • Studied at @mcmaster-university
          
          
          
             Lawyer. Strategist. Entrepreneur.
          
          
          
             Edinburgh Business School MBA 2011. Worked as an engineer on development and design of several projects.
          
          http://randomnonsenseaboutthings.blogspot.ca/
          
             Economics MA looking to bring my skills into the start up world either doing data analysis, finance, or project management
          
          
          
             Journalist and web producer for the Financial Times, writer for Fast Company, former financial trader.
          
          http://twitter.com/annaknicolaou
          
             Ivey Business grad, Business Development/Sales experience with creative/marketing skills and entrepreneurial spirit.
          
          
          
             Master of Accounting Candidate, University of Waterloo, CMA Student
          
          
          
             University of Waterloo, Accounting and Financial Management Major; Ex-Canadian Forces Officer; Audit Manager at CIBC; Helped develop CIBC's trading app
          
          
          
             Queen's engineer and Mac MBA- managed a consulting start-up while completing MBA studies. An outside of the box thinker that doesn't conform to MBA stereotypes
          
          
          
             Candidate for Master of Accounting at the University of Waterloo
          
          
          
             Professional Accountant at the intersection of business and technology.
          
          
          
             Bilingual MBA & Master of Finance Operations expert, experienced in launching new companies.   As a true self-starter, I deliver results.
          
          
          
             Campus Ambassador at Nspire Innovation Network | Accounting and Finance Student at the University of Waterloo
          
          
          
             McGill BCom. and lvl II CFA candidate with global perspective and a passion for finance, sustainable business and alternative investments
          
          
          
             Waterloo Economics, Launched Website, Considerable experience with Sales while working for Ontario Energy Group
          
          
          
             Waterloo AFM '18, worked at Levi Strauss & Co. and Scotiabank
          
          
          
             Versatile finance professional, skilled in financial & strategic analysis, credit analysis, due diligence, and implementing product development initiatives
          
          
          
             Founder @pickapaw • Worked at @j-p-morgan-1, @scotiabank • Studied at @instituto-de-empresa, @schulich-school-of-business
          
          
          
             Waterloo Econ&Finance, Aspiring CFA, Finance Geek, Keen on Investment Banking, Hockey and Baseball Fanatic, Beer Connoisseur, Outgoing and Outspoken Friend
          
          
          
             A University of Waterloo Student at the School of Accounting and Finance while also completing a BSc in Biotechnology. Graduated with an IB Diploma in 2013.
          
          
          
             Worked at @deloitte-consulting @manulife-financial 
Studied Actuarial Science & Statistics & Finance at @university-of-waterloo 
          
          
          
             Aspiring CPA CA, looking for new opportunities in a start up, willing to relocate
          
          
          
             Mathematics/Financial Analysis Student at University of Waterloo, actively looking for jobs, and startup companies to join, learn, and improve:)
          
          
          
             Graduate Student at the University of Waterloo. Experience in accounting, finance,  process improvement, operations management and communications.
          
          
          
             Investor and Connector, fascinated by compounding returns, hidden gems, and new business models.
          
          http://apsleyinvestments.com
          
             Student at Richard Ivey Business School
          
          
          
             Undergraduate student at McGill; worked at KPMG, Nestle and Bank Alfalah Ltd.
          
          
          
             Founder, CEO at Konopi. V.P. at Rampart. 
Experience in Business Development, R&D, Product Development, Quality and Environmental Management.
          
          
          
             Graduate from McGill University. Internships as a research analyst and business analyst. Ran a startup event production company in university.
          
          
          
             University of Western Ontario, BSc, BA. Worked at Labatt Breweries of Canada. Strong business and analytical background
          
          
          
             8-year international Finance & Tech, CFA, tech-enthusiast, multilingual (Chinese, Japanese, sql, unix, readable java).
          
          
          
             Capital Markets professional with broad skill set, ex-VC, ex-ad agency, Top 3 Finalist in Canada's Next Top Ad Exec, yogi.
          
          
          
             A CPA, CA with a strong background in finance and business administration and a high interest in the world of entrepreneurship
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Student at Queen's School of Business
          
          
          
             Finance Grad, Univ. of Western Ontario
          
          
          
             SSB, York MBA graduate; 5 years experience in Sales and Finance at CIBC, ING Direct and Ennovent; interested in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ventures
          
          
          
             Dual Degree in Engineering at University of Western Ontario and Business at Ivey; Worked at Hatch Engineering Consulting.
          
          
          
             Finance individual with an exceelent grasp of technology and experience in the technology industry.
          
          
          
             
          
          
          
             Entering student at the Richard Ivey School of Business (HBA1). Completed two years of undergraduate degree in Financial Economics at the University of Western Ontario.
          
          
          
             University of Western Ontario, Ivey School of Business Graduate, 3 years as a finance professional, now working on a business of my own, love to explore new ops