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