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