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