Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Toronto.
Founder @inovia-capital, @sit-europe • Worked at @telesystems-ltd, @msbi-inc • Studied at @university-of-laval
http://chrisarsenault.wordpress.com
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
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, Mentor, World Changer, WEF Tech Pioneer, TED Speaker
CEO of OMERS Ventures. Looking for early stage seed and A round deals in the Technology,Media,Telecom,Clean Tech,and Life Sciences space in North America.
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
Investment Manager at the Investment Accelerator Fund
Partner @ Plazacorp Ventures, Investor in Residence @ VentureLab, Venture Resource @ TheNext36, Board Avisor
Co-founder & Partner, @oxoncapital
Partner at Foundation Capital.
Director at Investment Accelerator Fund @ MaRS Discovery District
Managing Partner at Relay Ventures. Early stage VC focused on All Things Mobile.
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
Partner at @founders-fund.
http://www.geofflewis.org
Investor in @payfone, @viewdle, @clearfit, @influitive, @tribehr, @shoplocket, @mojio, @bionym @touchbistro, @kira-talent-1 . Team member of @relay-ventures
Senior Associate at OMERS Ventures
vc @inovia - excited about ideas
http://www.inoviacapital.com
uwaterloo (''06 / comp sci-bioinformatics)
ivey ('10 / mba)
rbc, psi, fidelity (engineering gigs)
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
Finance, Biz dev & Corp dev at @freshbooks. Former GP at @real-ventures
http://startupcfo.ca
Managing Partner at @brightspark
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
ICT Accelerator Expert & Investor, Agile Operations Consult-Global Markets, GP ROCK.WORKS & ROCKCORRY VENTURE PARTNERS #Dapps #Bitcoin #Fintech
http://ArthurTCorry.com
Managing Partner at Espresso Capital.
Advisor to early stage technology companies. Experienced VC with prior operational roles at IBM and @microsoft
Director at OMERS Ventures
Investor in Reqwireless - the company @google bought to start their Canadian branch. Invested 150k in our seed round.
Partner at Plazacorp Ventures
Senior Director, Rogers Ventures. Board Member, @scribble-technologies & @gridcentric
15 years as a VC, 30 as a founder, 5 on Dragons' Den.
VC at @bdc-venture-capital
http://blog.mattroberts.com/
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
A Canadian venture capitalist that started life as a computer engineer.
General Partner - Mantella Venture Partners
http://mantellavp.com/blog/
Managing Director at @bridgescale Partners
Vice President at @summerhill-venture-partners
EIR at @omers Ventures . Co-founder & CEO of CognoVision (acquired by @intel). TiE Charter Member. Canadian. Think big. I believe that anything is possible.
Investor, Founder, Advisor: @IPCapital, @adaptics; Investment/biz role at R Group, @credit-suisse, @ibm; MBA/MS at MIT
Telecom, media, early stage technology investments
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
Investor in @firmex, @nulogy, @digital-menubox, @unoapp, @freshii, @varicent, @granify, @VenaSolutions,@dealer-com
Venture Partner Infinite Ventures
Entrepreneur, Executive, & Investor focused on Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, IT Security, and IT Infrastructure.
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.
Founder @blue-pear-ventures, @datavation • Investor @unicorn-media, @britecase
VC/PE Professional. Experienced Entrepreneur. Medical Miracle.
A triple threat.
Growth capital firm that bring their own funds and affiliated co-investors to partner with dynamic management teams empowering them to build the next big thing.
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.
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Toronto-based VC focused on B2C and B2SMB
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo
Analyst, OMERS Ventures
Investor in @xactly, @blast-radius, @cirba, @coveo. Advisor to @clip-mobile.
http://www.digitalpuck.ca
Marketing Expert, Growth Hacker and Full Stack Developer
Investor in @mail-com, @openlane.
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
Ivey MBA / CFA. Successfully marketed financial products and services to affluent consumers and institutional clients.
Also developed strategic plans and financial / management reporting packages.
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Dynamic global business development and marketing executive with strong interpersonal and communication skills focused on building revenue
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Seasoned VC and Advisor
Have started a microcredit foundation 3 years ago, recently started 2 orphanages and 3 schools in rural Bangladesh.
Vice President at iGan Partners
Venture Capital Investor, Dad, foodie, cottager, full of tweets
http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/davidunsworth
Early-stage digital investor, Rookie Dragon, spa owner ( Vida ) and family guy.