Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
Founder & CEO of INcubes Accelerator in Toronto, I help build proper infrastructures that create sustainable businesses. Startup Investor.
http://benzlotnick
Co-Founder, @neverblue-media., bootstrapped to mid 8 figures rev in 4 years then exited. Angel Investor.
Managing Partner at Relay Ventures. Early stage VC focused on All Things Mobile.
Investment Manager at the Investment Accelerator Fund
Partner at @real-ventures Entrepreneur angel investor husband father of 5 hockey player
http://jscournoyer.com
http://www.jscournoyer.com
MD@Golden Venture Partners -mobile focused seed and early A VC fund. Investor in @wattpad, @yesware, @guardly, @tempo-ai @influitive @top-hat @mparticle
Founder @inovia-capital, @sit-europe • Worked at @telesystems-ltd, @msbi-inc • Studied at @university-of-laval
http://chrisarsenault.wordpress.com
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.
Venture Partner Infinite Ventures
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
Been in a startup, ran a seed fund and now a VC, but an entrepreneur at heart. A Canadian who lived in the Silicon Valley and took it back home with him.
http://onceabeekeeper.com
Investor in @xtreme-labs.
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Founded BrandProject to help talented founders build disruptive consumer brands. (Founder CEO Virgin Mobile, President LEGO, GM Nike, Dr Pepper 7UP, Colgate)
http://www.brandproject.com/blog
@DMACMullin Modern Gentleman, Investor, Troublemaker, & thrives on continuous innovation.
http://www.darrellmacmullin.com
http://darrellmacmullin.tumblr.com
Director at Investment Accelerator Fund @ MaRS Discovery District
Founder @brandproject • Worked at @cadbury-schweppes, @diageo • Investor @brika-1, @surfeasy • Studied at @queen-s-university, @southern-methodist-university
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
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.
General Partner - Mantella Venture Partners
http://mantellavp.com/blog/
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.
Investor in @vizibility, @iotum.
Designer, Consultant, Angel Investor and Advisor to Multiple Ventures.
Founded niche sports publishing company (sold to Madawaska); created influencer network analysis; ex-McKinsey consultant, MBA; Innovation leader at PWC Canada
Chi is a startup entrepreneur. He is currently the Director of Business Development at Tunezy
President of Freycinet Investments Ltd; Previously CEO & controlling shareholder of Artez Interactive - sold to FrontStream Payments & Arsenal Capital Aug 2013.
Founder, CEO and President, @jmir-publications Co-Founder and CSO @trendmd • Studied at @harvard-university MPH. Professor in Health Policy, Medical Informatics
3 x Exited Entrepreneur and Active Angel Investor.
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
Designer + Developer.
Co-Founder & CEO @askfortask • Graduate @university-of-toronto. Serial Entrepreneur. Love innovation and collaborative consumption.
Managing Director at Ryerson Futures,
Executive Director, DMZ Investments 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
BizDev at Sciencescape, Partner at RRG. Developed validation platform for investors, and BizDev mentor for early stage startups
Co-Director of University of Toronto Early Stage Technology Program - Investing in UofT entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur. Angel Investor. VP Product & Marketing @sitescout (acquired '13). Co-founder @toyotanation (acquired '06).
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
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.
Associate at investment banking and growth capital firms in Toronto. MBA from University of Toronto. Worked at IBM. Passionate about shareholder value creation.
Associate at Ryerson Futures Inc out of the Digital Media Zone Incubator in Toronto.
Dynamic global business development and marketing executive with strong interpersonal and communication skills focused on building revenue
Marketing Expert, Growth Hacker and Full Stack Developer
A managing Partner at Playground, a web agnostic design and development company in Toronto. Working to build strong startups.
http://ryantylerthomas.tumblr.com/
Founder @stone-and-paper-press
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
CEO of 3 REITs. Computer Science from CMU, Harvard MBA. Solid business background with BCG, JPMorgan and Lazard
Founded the first local benefit community power generation co-operative.
Assembled a team of commmunity power professionals.
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur, Investor & Techie passionate about innovation and good design. Internet, mobile, payments and customer loyalty.
Worked at @hewlett-packard, @research-in-motion • Studied at @mcmaster-university, @university-of-guelph
Tech entrepreneur with successful track record of building companies from the ground-up; CMU M.Sc. (expected in Aug 2013); MBA from Rotman School.
Founding editor and host of culture/tech magazine D! -- Previously media+marketing exec at Bertelsmann and @sony.
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo