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