Hans Knapp

Hans Knapp

Partner, Yaletown Venture Partners

Hans co-founded Yaletown in 2001 and brings over 20 years of investing, legal and corporate governance experience to Yaletown’s team. A seasoned investor with multiple $200M+ exits under his belt, Hans presently manages Yaletown’s investments in Circle Cardiovascular, Cooledge Lighting, Redlen Technologies, ePact Network and Equicare Health. Hans has played a key role in the formation, financing or exiting of over two dozen high growth companies including most recently Monexa’s sale to Netsuite (2015), Bitstew’s sale to General Electric (2016) and the sale of Daiya Foods to Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (2017). A frequent speaker on topics of note in the venture industry, Hans is the Board Vice Chair of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and also serves on the Executive Committee of the CVCA. Prior to founding Yaletown Hans practiced commercial litigation with a leading national firm and has been a member of the BC Bar since 1996.

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