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San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsBusinesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Mobility • Consumer
Founder and General Partner at CapitalG
Founder and General Partner at CapitalG
San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.A., Canada
Contact this investorsBioTech • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • DeepTech • Nanotechnology • Consumer
Most Interested In
API, Automation, Hard Sciences, Developer Tools, E-Commerce, Enterprise, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Future of Work, Gaming, Government Technology, Hardware, Health and Wellness, Healthcare/Medtech, Industrial, Internet and Mobile, IoT, Marketplace, Productivity, Proptech/Real Estate, Robotics, SaaS, Social, Supply Chain/Logistics, Transportation, Travel/Hospitality
Boston - San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • CleanTech
Andrew Parker serves as General Partner at Spero Ventures. He joined the investment team in June 2010. He is an Angel Investor. He was a member of the investment team at Union Square Ventures for four years, first as an Analyst and later as an Associate. During that tenure, he supported the partners as they developed their portfolio from seven to thirty names, and sourced the investment opportunities in Heyzap and Foursquare. Prior to Union Square Ventures, Parker was a Producer at Homestead Technologies where he designed web interfaces, managed the realization of the designs through the dev-cycle, and conducted user experience testing. Prior to Homestead, he worked for Groupspace.org as a Developer on a web service for asynchronous online deliberation, built on the LAMP stack. A graduate from Stanford in 2005, Parker received his B.S. in Symbolic Systems, which is a hybrid of Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology.
San Francisco Bay Area - Menlo Park - California, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Web Security (& Privacy) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure)
Managing Partner at GGV Capital
Managing Partner at GGV Capital
New York, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsPropTech • Real Estate (& Construction) • Woman Focused
All PropTech, all the time.
Principal @gotham-ventures
Previously @canaan-partners @aol-ventures @learn-capital
@kauffman-fellows-program @insite Fellow
@columbia-business-school MBA
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Global: U.S.A., Australia, Canada, Germany, U.K., Israel, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Malta, Iceland
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Consumer
Early stage investor. Early backer of Loom, Kettle and Fire, Compound Finance, and Board member of Pipefy.
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Entrepreneurs that will stop at nothing to accomplish their goals.
San Francisco Bay Area - LatAm (Latin ), U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Woman Focused
CEO of CreatorDAO
Boston - New York - Cambridge - Washington - Miami - Baltimore - Toronto (Ontario) - Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsBioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • DeepTech • Woman Focused
EIR at Techstars Future of Longevity
Managing Director at Techstars, Female Founders First with Barclays and Techstars
As an early stage investor, strategic advisor, and board member. I have worked on everything from early internet search solutions and web analytics to robotics and software used to design semiconductors. I spend most of my time on b2b software - right now on AI Trust & Transparency. My most recent investments leverage the power of data and automation to transform industries. They span synthetic biology (Ginkgo Bioworks), data transparency (ClearGov), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for sales optimization (Spiro.ai), and Industrial IOT for advanced manufacturing (MachineMetrics). I am also a global executive versed in bridging corporate and entrepreneurial disciplines. Successfully incubated and advised start-up ventures, including seed round, IPO and turnaround. Responsible for millions in valuation, earnings and commission revenue. Grown platforms from the ground up through successful exit. Experience identifying and advising successful teams delivering breakthrough technology. Strategic thinker with exceptional knowledge of market trends and data. Change driver who impacts and imparts large-scale decisions and effective execution. Highlights and Accomplishments: • Built Black & Company internet research platform from the ground floor into one of the most profitable and successful businesses, generating $2M in commission revenue annually. • Grew research platform at Wells Fargo Securities to generate more trading volume than the firm’s other analysts combined, resulting in commission revenue of $4M annually. • Led seed stage investment in Ginkgo Bioworks resulting in appreciation based on most recent financing of 5x. • Orchestrated transparent global investor relations program that directly contributed to $350M increase in market capitalization of publicly traded software company.
Chicago - Atlanta - San Francisco Bay Area - New York - Toronto (Ontario) - Boston / New - Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsBioTech • Businesses Solutions • IoT (& Wearables) • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Woman Focused
Most Interested In
New computing technologies (ML/AI, decentralization, sensor fusion, ...) applied to "traditional" industries, computational bio, decentralized services and governance.
Not Interested In
Consumer, gaming, startups not in the US and Canada.
San Francisco Bay Area - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Woman Focused
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We're the earliest investors you'll ever meet, and never pass because you're 'too early'. We embrace the pre-seed. We are hot on Voice, Market Networks, Industrial Tech, NewSpace, and anything Frontier -- wonky enough for us to spend the time to learn and ramp up with you. We seek founders with Deep Market Insights - you know the problem cold and the solution is bursting from you.
Not Interested In
No discovery apps. No FinTech. No consumer (except for marketplaces). No international, please. No Seed Prime, Post Seed, Series A rounds.
Seattle - Washington, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsEducation • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • Cosmetics (& Fashion) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Food & Beverage • Payments
Heather Redman is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director at Flying Fish Partners. She serves as Advisor at 9Mile Labs. Redman also serves as a Board Member at Beneficial State Bank. Previously, Redman served as Vice President, Business Operations & General Counsel at Indix. She was Senior Vice President at Summit Power Group and Executive and Senior Vice President at each of AtomShockwave, Inc., Getty Images, Inc., and PhotoDisc, Inc. While at PhotoDisc and Atom, she led the negotiations for the successful sale of these companies and negotiated many acquisitions on the buy side. She was also General Counsel of Getty Images, a publicly traded company, and managed that company's listing on NASDAQ. Her career has had equal parts business and law, and has included heading product development and acquisition for Atom, wind power development and project financing for Summit and COO positions. She is experienced in corporate development and finance, business development and intellectual property strategy. She is a consummate networker. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Washington Technology Industry Association board and the Chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees. She has served on the boards of several privately held companies and many industry associations and non-profit companies as well as on numerous advisory boards. She is active in local and national policy and politics. She is also an investor and Advisor in TechStars, 9 Mile Labs, Founders' Co-op, Alliance of Angels and makes approximately ten of her own independent angel investments per year. She is also a Regent of Washington State University (WSU). She holds a JD (with distinction) from Stanford and her BA from Reed.
San Francisco Bay Area - Los Angeles - Boston - New York - California, U.S.A. - Canada
Contact this investorsSoftware (Web Marketplace Saas..) • Businesses Solutions • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • DeepTech
Ilya Sukhar serves as a General Partner at Matrix Partners. He also serves as Advisor at Xenon Ventures. He was a Board Member at Open Listings. Prior to joining Matrix in 2016, he worked on three startups, all of which were acquired. Most recently, he was the co-founder and CEO of Parse, a cloud platform for mobile developers that was acquired by Facebook in 2013. In addition to running Parse as a semi-independent subsidiary, Ilya led the teams responsible for all of Facebook's developer-facing products and worked on Messenger. He's an active angel investor and was a part-time partner at Y Combinator. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Cornell University. He invests across a variety of sectors, but is particularly interested in products that leverage hard technical underpinnings to become indispensable to consumers or developers. He's excited to work with hackers who are building mission-driven and engineering-centric companies.
Canada's startup ecosystem is rapidly growing, with significant activity in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. As of 2023, Canada hosts around 10,000 startups, supported by a favorable business environment and government incentives such as the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit. In 2022, Canadian startups attracted approximately CAD $10 billion in venture capital funding, underscoring the country's robust entrepreneurial landscape.
As of 2023, Canada's startup ecosystem comprises about 10,000 startups. The market has shown substantial growth, with venture capital investments reaching CAD $10 billion in 2022. This impressive financial influx highlights the ecosystem's capacity for expansion and innovation, attracting entrepreneurs and investors alike. The diverse range of industries represented within the Canadian startup landscape further enhances its market size and potential.
Canada's startup ecosystem is characterized by several key strengths, including a high quality of life, a diverse and skilled workforce, and robust support for innovation and research. The country excels in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), clean technology, and biotechnology. These strengths are bolstered by world-class educational institutions and a strong emphasis on R&D, positioning Canada as a competitive player in the global startup arena.
Toronto, often dubbed 'Silicon Valley North,' is a major hub for tech startups, particularly in AI and fintech. Montreal boasts a vibrant AI research community, contributing significantly to advancements in machine learning and related fields. Vancouver is renowned for its expertise in software development and gaming. These cities collectively drive Canada's innovation, making substantial contributions to the country's economic growth and technological advancements.
Beyond the major cities, emerging hubs like Ottawa, Calgary, and Waterloo are gaining traction. Ottawa is noted for its strength in telecommunications and software, Calgary for its focus on energy and cleantech, and Waterloo for its burgeoning tech scene and strong ties to academic institutions. These emerging hubs are expanding Canada's startup ecosystem, providing new opportunities and attracting a diverse talent pool.
Canada's startup ecosystem benefits from a robust network of accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces. Notable initiatives like the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and the Creative Destruction Lab in various cities provide startups with mentorship, resources, and access to capital. This supportive infrastructure is crucial for nurturing early-stage companies and fostering a collaborative entrepreneurial environment.
Despite its strengths, the Canadian startup ecosystem faces challenges such as access to late-stage funding and a smaller market size compared to the U.S. Additionally, navigating regulatory frameworks and attracting international talent can be hurdles for startups. Addressing these challenges requires strategic investments and policy support to sustain growth and competitiveness in the global market.
Canada's strategic location and trade agreements offer startups significant opportunities for international expansion. The emphasis on sustainability and green technology drives innovation in sectors like clean energy and environmental solutions. Continued investment in AI, biotechnology, and other emerging technologies positions Canada for sustained growth. The future outlook for Canada's startup ecosystem is promising, with strong potential to play a pivotal role in the global innovation landscape.
The Canadian startup ecosystem demonstrates remarkable resilience and adaptability, essential for navigating global economic shifts and market dynamics. The country's multicultural society and diverse talent pool foster a rich environment for innovation. As Canada continues to invest in its entrepreneurial infrastructure and support systems, it is well-equipped to handle future challenges and capitalize on new opportunities, ensuring sustained growth and success.
Canada's startup ecosystem is supported by numerous influential angel investors who provide crucial early-stage funding and mentorship. Notable figures include Mike Volker, a prolific angel investor with investments in over 100 startups, and Dan Martell, known for his investments in tech and SaaS companies. These investors typically contribute between CAD $25,000 and CAD $500,000 per deal, offering not only capital but also strategic guidance and industry expertise, which are vital for the growth and development of nascent companies.
Leading venture capital firms in Canada play a critical role in driving the growth of startups. Firms such as BDC Capital, Real Ventures, and Inovia Capital are at the forefront, providing substantial funding to high-growth companies. BDC Capital, for instance, has invested in over 700 companies, supporting a wide range of sectors including cleantech, healthcare, and ICT. These firms typically engage in Series A to Series C funding rounds, with investment sizes ranging from CAD $1 million to CAD $50 million, facilitating significant scaling opportunities for startups.
The investment size and scope in Canada's startup ecosystem vary widely, catering to different stages of business growth. Early-stage investments, often provided by angel investors, range from CAD $25,000 to CAD $2 million. For growth-stage companies, venture capital firms offer larger funding rounds, typically between CAD $5 million and CAD $50 million. The scope of these investments spans various sectors, including AI, biotechnology, fintech, and cleantech, reflecting the diverse and dynamic nature of Canada's entrepreneurial landscape.
Canada's venture capital and angel investment activity are robust, with a significant number of deals annually. In 2022, over 600 venture capital deals were recorded, amounting to approximately CAD $10 billion in investments. This high level of activity underscores the vibrancy of the Canadian startup ecosystem, with both angel investors and venture capital firms actively seeking out and funding promising startups across a broad spectrum of industries.
The future outlook for Canada's investment market is highly optimistic. With continued emphasis on innovation and technology, sectors such as AI, biotechnology, and clean technology are expected to drive substantial growth. Government support through initiatives like the SR&ED tax credit further bolsters the ecosystem. As global interest in sustainable and innovative solutions increases, Canada's startups are well-positioned to attract significant international investments, fostering an environment ripe for continued expansion and success.
Support and mentorship are critical components of Canada's startup ecosystem. Angel investors and venture capitalists often provide more than just financial backing; they offer strategic advice, industry connections, and operational support. Programs like MaRS Discovery District in Toronto and Creative Destruction Lab across various cities enhance this support, offering structured mentorship, resources, and access to capital. This comprehensive support system helps startups navigate early challenges and scale effectively.
The Canadian government and various institutions play a pivotal role in nurturing the startup ecosystem. Initiatives such as the SR&ED tax credit and the Canada Small Business Financing Program provide substantial financial support and incentives. Additionally, organizations like Innovate Canada and provincial programs offer grants, loans, and advisory services. This extensive support infrastructure is vital for fostering innovation, reducing financial barriers, and promoting sustainable growth within the startup community.
Canada's startup ecosystem is bolstered by top angel investors, leading venture capital firms, and extensive support systems. With a diverse range of investment sizes and scopes, the market is poised for significant growth. The future outlook remains positive, driven by innovation, government support, and a collaborative environment. As Canada continues to attract global investments and foster entrepreneurial talent, it stands to become a key player in the global startup landscape, contributing to advancements across various high-growth sectors.
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