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