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 Foundation Capital.
Director, Strategic Investments & Initiatives @ BDC Venture Capital. Intrapreneur. Entrepreneurial VC. Venture catalyst. Startup champion.
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
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)
Founder @inovia-capital, @sit-europe • Worked at @telesystems-ltd, @msbi-inc • Studied at @university-of-laval
http://chrisarsenault.wordpress.com
Investor in @chango, @fixmo, @kontagent, @rypple, @bumptop, @xtreme-labs, Local Response, @guardly, @influitive, @locationary, @top-prospect, Uken Games and @well-ca
Partner @ Plazacorp Ventures, Investor in Residence @ VentureLab, Venture Resource @ TheNext36, Board Avisor
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.
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.
Entrepreneur, VC, Angel Investor, Mentor, World Changer, WEF Tech Pioneer, TED Speaker
Partner at @founders-fund.
http://www.geofflewis.org
Co-Founder of early stage VC, @real-ventures (Montreal, Canada) and an investor in the FounderFuel Accelerator.
VC at @atlas-venture. Co-founded @grandbanks-capital. Believe in service-based approach for entrepreneurs.
@princeton-university graduate.
Managing Partner at @brightspark
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 & Partner, @oxoncapital
Senior Associate at OMERS Ventures
Vice President at @summerhill-venture-partners
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
Managing Director at @bridgescale Partners
VP, Investments at Langara Group. Entrepreneur and advisor.
A Canadian venture capitalist that started life as a computer engineer.
Partner at Plazacorp Ventures
VC at @bdc-venture-capital
http://blog.mattroberts.com/
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.
Venture Partner Infinite Ventures
Telecom, media, early stage technology investments
Founder/CEO @highline ( @extremestartups + @growlab merged Accelerator ). Seed Investor. Digital Product Entrepreneur. Innovation Platform Architect
Advisor to early stage technology companies. Experienced VC with prior operational roles at IBM and @microsoft
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.
General Partner - Mantella Venture Partners
http://mantellavp.com/blog/
Director at OMERS Ventures
Investor in @firmex, @nulogy, @digital-menubox, @unoapp, @freshii, @varicent, @granify, @VenaSolutions,@dealer-com
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.
Managing Partner at Espresso Capital.
Associate at investment banking and growth capital firms in Toronto. MBA from University of Toronto. Worked at IBM. Passionate about shareholder value creation.
Founder @blue-pear-ventures, @datavation • Investor @unicorn-media, @britecase
Vice President at iGan Partners
Co-founder PriceMetrix Inc. Former President Accretive Advisor. Strategic manager. Fundraising experienced. Financial Services Expert. Ideas, pragmatism & focus
Investor in @mail-com, @openlane.
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.
Venture Capital Investor, Dad, foodie, cottager, full of tweets
http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/davidunsworth
VC/PE Professional. Experienced Entrepreneur. Medical Miracle.
A triple threat.
Senior Portfolio Manager @gchallenges | Course Director @SchulichMBA | IC Member @YSI_CapitalFund | ex RBC, Sarona, CGAP
Investor, Advisor & Entrepreneur
Have started a microcredit foundation 3 years ago, recently started 2 orphanages and 3 schools in rural Bangladesh.
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.
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.
Investor in @xactly, @blast-radius, @cirba, @coveo. Advisor to @clip-mobile.
http://www.digitalpuck.ca
Analyst, OMERS Ventures
at Computer Science Dept. of University of Waterloo
Seasoned VC and Advisor
Toronto-based VC focused on B2C and B2SMB
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
Looking to invest in IoT, b2b SaaS and other interesting businesses.
Studied at @university-of-manitoba