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
Director at Investment Accelerator Fund @ MaRS Discovery District
Partner at @founders-fund.
http://www.geofflewis.org
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
Investor in @chango, @fixmo, @kontagent, @rypple, @bumptop, @xtreme-labs, Local Response, @guardly, @influitive, @locationary, @top-prospect, Uken Games and @well-ca
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.
Partner at Foundation Capital.
Co-founder & Partner, @oxoncapital
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
Investor in @payfone, @viewdle, @clearfit, @influitive, @tribehr, @shoplocket, @mojio, @bionym @touchbistro, @kira-talent-1 . Team member of @relay-ventures
Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, Mentor, World Changer, WEF Tech Pioneer, TED Speaker
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
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 of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
vc @inovia - excited about ideas
http://www.inoviacapital.com
uwaterloo (''06 / comp sci-bioinformatics)
ivey ('10 / mba)
rbc, psi, fidelity (engineering gigs)
Senior Associate at OMERS Ventures
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.
Investment Manager at the Investment Accelerator Fund
Founded Opening Bell Investments ('04), Advisor for Avarice Investments (since '06), BA PoliSci '09 Waterloo, 10+ yrs VC/Angel exp
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
Vice President at @summerhill-venture-partners
A Canadian venture capitalist that started life as a computer engineer.
General Partner - Mantella Venture Partners
http://mantellavp.com/blog/
Managing Partner at Espresso Capital.
Partner at Plazacorp Ventures
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.
Director at OMERS Ventures
Telecom, media, early stage technology investments
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.
Venture Partner Infinite Ventures
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Managing Director at @bridgescale Partners
ICT Accelerator Expert & Investor, Agile Operations Consult-Global Markets, GP ROCK.WORKS & ROCKCORRY VENTURE PARTNERS #Dapps #Bitcoin #Fintech
http://ArthurTCorry.com
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
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.
VC/PE Professional. Experienced Entrepreneur. Medical Miracle.
A triple threat.
Associate at investment banking and growth capital firms in Toronto. MBA from University of Toronto. Worked at IBM. Passionate about shareholder value creation.
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Toronto-based VC focused on B2C and B2SMB
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Investor in @mail-com, @openlane.
Venture Capital Investor, Dad, foodie, cottager, full of tweets
http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/davidunsworth
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.
Ivey MBA / CFA. Successfully marketed financial products and services to affluent consumers and institutional clients.
Also developed strategic plans and financial / management reporting packages.
Studied at @university-of-manitoba
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
Seasoned VC and Advisor
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo
Founder @blue-pear-ventures, @datavation • Investor @unicorn-media, @britecase
Investor in @xactly, @blast-radius, @cirba, @coveo. Advisor to @clip-mobile.
http://www.digitalpuck.ca
Early-stage digital investor, Rookie Dragon, spa owner ( Vida ) and family guy.
Marketing Expert, Growth Hacker and Full Stack Developer
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Dynamic global business development and marketing executive with strong interpersonal and communication skills focused on building revenue
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.
Vice President at iGan Partners
Have started a microcredit foundation 3 years ago, recently started 2 orphanages and 3 schools in rural Bangladesh.