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