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Matt is a seasoned Strategy & Corporate Development leader, primarily working with late stage software-as-a-service companies to drive growth at... Read More
Michael Garrity, Founder and CEO of Financeit, has been disrupting the financial technology industry for over two decades by bringing... Read More
Barbora Gaziova is a Director in PwC Canada’s Deals practice, specializing in business and asset valuation as well as financial... Read More
Diraj Goel is a distinguished figure in the tech industry, renowned for his strategic foresight and dedication to fostering innovation.... Read More
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Austin Johnsen is a seasoned corporate development leader with nearly two decades of experience. He joined Zapier in 2023 as... Read More
Jon Conlin is a corporate/commercial lawyer in Vancouver and a member of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions group. He advises... Read More
Jeff Klemens joined Sageview in 2006 and is a Partner in the Palo Alto office. Prior to joining Sageview, Jeff... Read More
Alex Lane joined Stifel Canada in March 2020 as Director, Origination in Investment Banking and as a coverage banker in... Read More
Mark is Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and Managing Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office. Mark has... Read More
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Jaime McNally is The Director of Ventures at FrontFundr, specializing in facilitating capital raises for Canadian and US companies via... Read More
Monique joined TIMIA Capital at the end of 2022 as President. She is a seasoned tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and... Read More
Don Murray is a Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Safe Software, a company at the forefront of data integration. His entrepreneurial... Read More
Sophie is responsible for transaction due diligence and portfolio monitoring, with a focus on data analytics and insights. Sophie leverages... Read More
Kelly Downie joined Stifel in 2023 as Director – Head of Corporate Access Canada. Prior to joining Stifel, Kelly spent... Read More
Shivalika is the Canadian Deals Technology Leader and Managing Director in the Corporate Finance team, based in Toronto. Shivalika is... Read More
Maria joined Pender Ventures in 2017 as its founding partner. Previously, she spent 23 years investing in and operating emerging... Read More
Allen Lau is an operating partner of Two Small Fish Ventures. He is also the co-founder and former CEO of... Read More
Robert Madej is the Founder and CEO of PureFacts Financial Solutions, the leading provider of revenue management software for the... Read More
Manny is the founder of New Avenue Capital (NAC), a private family office that brings together financial, human and impact... Read More
David Rozin is the Vice President & Head of Roynat Capital’s Technology & Innovation Banking group overseeing a national team... Read More
As a member of the Technology and Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Fasken’s Vancouver office, Geoff advises emerging companies and... Read More
Rejoining Pangaea Ventures in 2020, Sarah more than a decade of venture capital and company building experience to the team. Sarah... Read More
Business Builder in the HR and Technology Industries for 25 years. Founder of Inception Ventures. Launching original ventures and matching... Read More
Neelam advises, operates and invests in frontier tech enabled businesses that are changing the way we live – equalizing opportunities... Read More
Lynda is a world-renowned leader in digital media, health technology and innovation. She is known for her abilities to combine... Read More
Boris is a Director with Sampford Advisors, Canada’s leading technology focused M&A advisor. He joined the firm during its inception... Read More
Eric Bukovinsky is a Partner at Yaletown, bringing nearly two decades of experience in investing, finance, and consulting to the... Read More
Cam is an experienced VC, operator and advisor. He combines knowledge of operations, GTM strategy and Deals and Capital Markets... Read More
Peter is a Partner with Maverix Private Equity. At Maverix he leads the Work, Live, Play and Learn vertical and... Read More
As a Canadian startup CEO, Catherine Dahl heads an industry-leading accounting automation software company that is trailblazing modern accounting processes.... Read More
Lyndsey is a seasoned leader with extensive experience building people-first cultures. Over her career, Lyndsey has designed and delivered cutting-edge... Read More
Stephanie Fan is a partner at Tiny, an M&A firm. Stephanie has over seven years of experience in the corporate... Read More
Kevin Sandhu is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and M&A specialist with a background in software engineering and investment banking. After successfully exiting... Read More
Corey Gross is an award-winning entrepreneur and fintech leader specializing in digital banking, payments, spend management. He is the founder... Read More
As co-founder and former Chairman of Recon Instruments, Fraser and Dan are recognized for bringing the first consumer heads-up display... Read More
Shamil Hargovan is an entrepreneur, CEO, and brand leader who has experience building award-winning products and services, consumer devices, B2B... Read More
In my most recent role as the CFO of Later.com, I played a pivotal role in our sale to a... Read More
Damir is an entrepreneur and investor with two decades of product, sales, and executive leadership experience in high-growth technology ventures. ... Read More
William is a Vancouver-based writer who’s contributed to local, regional and national publications. He is currently editor of the Vancouver... Read More
Kim Kaplan is the CEO and founder of Snack, a Gen Z dating app that uses ai and avatars to bridge... Read More
Dr. Mik Kersten is the chief technology officer at Planview, joining the company in 2022 through the acquisition of Tasktop,... Read More
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A passionate believer in the power of Canadian entrepreneurs, Kristi focuses every day on driving and delivering positive change. Kristi... Read More
Justin is an investor at OMERS Ventures based in the Bay Area focused on B2B SaaS. He currently serves as... Read More
Sean Silcoff is an award-winning business writer specializing in technology and innovation with The Globe & Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper... Read More
Genevieve joined the investment team at Renewal Funds in 2017, focusing on investments in consumer products and technology, and supporting... Read More
John is the Founder and Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity, a private equity firm focused on technology-enabled growth and... Read More
Shannon has 18 years of experience leading financial technology services companies in North America. Her technical expertise is coupled with extensive sales, marketing and operations experience. Shannon has served on for-profit and not-for-profit boards at a regional, national and international level.
Marc got his start as a copywriter, then creative director at a host of multinational ad agencies in Hong Kong,... Read More
Razad most recently served as Director of Business Development at Lodestar Technologies Inc., which has been acquired by Evergreen Services. ... Read More
Lisa Melchior is the founder and Managing Partner of Vertu Capital, a Toronto-based technology private equity firm targeting high potential... Read More
Charlie Renzoni is an Investor at OMERS Ventures and is responsible for researching, recommending and executing on investment opportunities. He... Read More
Richard was CEO of Brightkit, which was sold to Hootsuite in 2014. He worked at Hootsuite for 9 years as... Read More
Tarique Al-Ansari, or “T”, is one of those elusive university dropout success stories. After three years of studying software engineering... Read More
As Co-Founder & CEO of PDFTron for nearly 20 years, Catherine Andersz led the PDFTron/Xodo team in realizing its vision... Read More
As the Chief Executive Officer at Univerus Software, we have acquired fifteen businesses and have built a 30M business in... Read More
Erin is a capital markets expert with over two decades of hands-on experience in corporate finance and entrepreneurship. She focuses primarily on growth-stage technology, energy, and industrial companies that are preparing for next-phases of capital... Read More
Jon Tingling is an M&A SVP at Carlsquare. An SFU and UBC grad, Jon started his career at a Hyperwallet,... Read More
Steve is a former Head of Product of Ubisoft, a crown jewel in the video game industry. Prior to co-founding... Read More
Tamara Grominsky builds product marketing and growth teams that drive go-to-market strategy and revenue acceleration. She has a breadth of... Read More
A seasoned tech entrepreneur with multiple successful exits in communications, e-commerce, mobility and biotech. After years as a venture capitalist,... Read More
Randeep Janjua is a Director, Growth & Transition Capital (Technology Sector), in BDC Capital’s Vancouver office. He has been with... Read More
Lyndsay joined Silversmith Capital Partners in 2019 and is currently a Vice President. At Silversmith, Lyndsay focuses on investments in SaaS... Read More
Intense, boisterous, imaginative. Brendan King, Co-Founder and CEO of Vendasta is the innovative force of the company. Brendan has built... Read More
Cameal has more than 20 years of senior event management experience in the association and non-profit sectors, developing programs and... Read More
Over 10 years in the TMT sector, primarily focused on M&A and equity financing for tech and media companies. I... Read More
Karen is the CEO of OJO Canada, a powerful real estate platform helping more Canadians realize their homeownership goals by... Read More
As the founder and CEO of RWT Growth (a Canadian based boutique corporate finance advisory firm) and founder of Saone... Read More
Atoussa Mahmoudpour is WELL’s Chief Legal Officer and Chief Privacy Officer. She joined WELL in September 2020 as VP of... Read More
Dan is a serial entrepreneur having built several multi-million dollar technology companies starting at the age of 17. He’s also... Read More
As the CEO and Founder of Clio and a pioneer in cloud-based legal technology, Jack Newton has spearheaded efforts to... Read More
Born in Saskatoon, Canada––San Francisco incubated, alumni of Toronto’s Extreme Startups, New York’s Canadian Technology Accelerator and Vancouver’s Hyper Growth... Read More
David was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and has lived and worked in Vancouver and Melbourne, Australia. In the late... Read More
Laurie Schultz—Board Director, Technology CEO Laurie Schultz has over 30 years of technology-related experience spanning the personal finance, small business... Read More
Marketing and communications specialist for over 25 years. Shane co-founded Enrollment Resources in 2003. He has lead service delivery and... Read More
As CEO & Founder of Allocadia, Kristine led the company in working with customers including Unilever, Philips, Dell, ServiceNow, Hasbro,... Read More
Boris Wertz is founding partner of Version One Ventures and one of the top early-stage tech investors in North America.... Read More
Constantine Hatzipanayis is Partner, Growth Equity in our Vancouver office. Constantine aims to support Canadian entrepreneurs through their growth journeys... Read More
Atulan leads buy and sell-side deals across North America, Europe and Asia from prospect mining and delicate early stage dialogue... Read More
Darrell Heaps is a serial entrepreneur and has spent his career building software companies from small to large. As the... Read More
Growing up as one of North America’s top tennis players, traveling around the world competing to be the next Andre... Read More
Tarique Al-Ansari, or “T”, is one of those elusive university dropout success stories. He moved to Canada with his family... Read More
Alex joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2013 from FanTravel.com, a web-based group travel platform for universities and organizations he co-founded.... Read More
Justin is a Founding Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office. Justin’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture financing, and corporate... Read More
Wes Fulford is the CEO of Bitfarms, one of North America’s largest vertically integrated blockchain infrastructure and cryptocurrency mining companies.... Read More
Bruce Townson is a Director in BDC Capital’s Growth & Transition Capital group serving clients in the technology sector across... Read More
Dani Lipkin carries the role of Innovation Sector Head for the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV).... Read More
Devon joined RBC’s tech practice in 2012 and is now the Managing Director at RBCx where she leads a team... Read More
As MNP’s B.C. Regional Leader for Technology, Media and Telecommunications I have a passion for serving mid-market clients in Canada.... Read More
David is a General Partner at JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. David... Read More
Sureel has been part of the JMI team since 2010 and focuses on the healthcare IT sector. He is responsible for sourcing... Read More
Joel Espelien has worked in a number of roles over a twenty year career in the technology industry. Most recently... Read More
David was most recently CFO for Aquatic Informatics. Over 12 years he served in various roles including leading finance, accounting... Read More
Number of Transactions (last 2 years): 8 Number of Transactions (Career): >100 Area of M&A Expertise: Sell-side engagements for tech... Read More
Drawing on 18 years of exposure in capital markets, Erin provides advisory leadership to CEOs and senior leadership teams in... Read More
George Reznik is the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Intrinsyc Technologies. Mr. Reznik has more than twenty years... Read More
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... Read More
Iain Mant is a prominent mergers and acquisitions lawyer in Fasken’s Vancouver office with more than 30 years’ of experience... Read More
Miriam has over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and business visionary with a proven track record of... Read More
Nicky Senyard is the CEO and Founder of Fintel Connect, a performance marketing company specializing in the financial services industry.... Read More
Number of Transactions (last 2 years): One as an investor, two banking portfolio companies. Number of Transactions (Career): 15. Almost... Read More
Jill Earthy is an entrepreneurially minded leader who believes diversity drives innovation. As a strategic advisor and Principal at Risery,... Read More
Brenda is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Relentless Venture Fund (Relentless). Relentless is a mission-based, health technology venture capital fund that... Read More
Number of Transactions (last 2 years): 5Number of Transactions (Career): 10+Area of M&A Expertise: Equity investment, leveraged financeCompany Specialty: M&A, Management Buyouts, High leverage... Read More
Kiki Anadu is a Vice-President in PwC’s valuations practice under the firm’s Deals Group. Kiki is a Chartered Business Valuator... Read More
Teague Collins is a Senior Vice President at Cascadia Capital in the firm’s Technology practice. He has over 11 years... Read More
With over 20 years of experience leading startup and high growth technology companies, Christian Cotichini is an active angel investor... Read More
Paul Geyer, a successful Medtech Entrepreneur, is an experienced Board member and Angel Investor. Over the past 25 years Paul... Read More
Desmond is the co-founder and CEO of Glance Technologies, a publicly traded company that owns and operates Glance Pay, a... Read More
Michael Hagerman is the CEO of DirectorsEdge Inc. After careers in travel, financial services, Michael Hagerman entered the tech world... Read More
Andrew is equally comfortable speaking the three languages of code, product and corporate finance. His career path is unique: from... Read More
Andrew Lugsdin is a partner in the IT Venture Fund. He joined BDC Capital in 2001 and is based out of Vancouver,... Read More
Neil McDonnell is currently chair of Agreement Express, Chair of Photon Control, Executive Chair of ResponseTek, director of Symbility Software... Read More
Lonny McLean, is the Founder/CEO of CareCru Inc., an automated, data-driven growth platform for Health Clinics. Lonny is an experienced... Read More
Steve Munford is Non-Executive Director at Sophos. He served as Sophos’ CEO from 2006 to 2012 and, during that time,... Read More
Josh joined JMI Equity in 2019 and serves as a Vice President on the Investment team. Josh focuses on JMI’s software and technology-enabled... Read More
Janette is the leader of EY’s Transaction Tax practice in British Columbia. She has extensive experience advising on the tax... Read More
As partner at LaBarge Weinstein LLP, James Smith’s practice has literally grown up with Canada’s technology leaders since 1998. James... Read More
Olivier is a Vancouver based serial tech-entrepreneur. He created over 9 companies and startups. He was the founder and CEO... Read More
The German industrial engineer left Boston Consulting after just a few years to launch Justbooks. Until mid-2015 he was President... Read More
Kevin brings more than 30 years of experience in architecting and designing enterprise-class software and systems solutions, both as a... Read More
Jackie Cook is a specialist in corporate disclosure analysis focusing on developing data solutions that strengthen investor stewardship on environmental,... Read More
Kareen practices general corporate and business law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, financings, and financial institution regulation. She... Read More
Marc Drouin has been with BDC in various capacities since 2004, and currently holds the position of Regional Director, BC and... Read More
Caroline Dunn has partnered with founders of North American technology companies for 20 years in the full range of ownership... Read More
Matias Marquez is President at Buyatab Online Inc, an active advisor to early-stage technology companies and a PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs... Read More
Founder of TechSupport.ca, an IT focused company which made the Profit 100 two years in a row and was successfully... Read More
As CEO and co-founder, Igor has successfully scaled Mobify from three people working in a downtown Vancouver apartment to the... Read More
Robert Antoniades co-founded Information Venture Partners in 2014. Robert has led investments in and currently serves on the Boards of... Read More
Ian is a partner in the PwC Vancouver office providing tax consulting and compliance services to public and private companies... Read More
Number of Transactions (last 2 years): 100Number of Transactions (Career): 300Area of M&A Expertise: Purchase price structures, price mechanisms (including closing accounts and... Read More
A former CFO, Rob founded Adaptive Insights with a vision to provide modern finance leaders with an easy-to-use SaaS-based solution... Read More
Monique Janower is a research, business and brand strategist who founded, built and sold a multi-million dollar marketing communications agency.... Read More
Praveen has been a principal of Varshney Capital Corp., a Vancouver based merchant banking, venture capital and corporate advisory services... Read More
Yong is a Partner in the Toronto office of Novacap, a Montreal-based private equity firm established in 1981 and currently... Read More
Paulin leads the iCompass team to help them develop solutions that empower local governments. With over 10 years of local... Read More
When asked about her journey as an entrepreneur, Amielle remarks that her ability to handle risks seems to be a... Read More
Carol Leaman is the CEO of Axonify Inc., a disruptor in the corporate learning space and innovator behind the world’s... Read More
Dave joined Corum in 2015 and has a diverse background in technology and life sciences. As an executive and entrepreneur,... Read More
Mark is Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and Managing Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office. Mark has... Read More
Alex brings 35 years of experience working in enterprise software and services organizations. He’s worked with large global players such... Read More
Julie partnered with Yuri at Fulmer Capital in 2016 to follow her passion to help small to mid-sized businesses achieve... Read More
Sheryne, a partner in Manning Elliott’s Tax Department, primarily focusing on estate planning and business succession services for Canadian owner-managed... Read More
Known as a leading mid-market M&A legal advisor in British Columbia, Peter Mogan, founder and senior partner of Mogan Daniels... Read More
Meredith spent the first 12 years of her career in the fast-paced fashion industry travelling the globe unearthing emerging consumer... Read More
Lisa Shields is the Founder of Hyperwallet Systems Inc. Lisa guided Hyperwallet from a technology startup to the leading international payments processor for... Read More
Mr. Shahbazi has 20+ years of experience as technology focused operator and founded TIO Networks (TSXV:TNC) as a kiosk solution... Read More
Greg joined TIMIA as the CIO in September 2015. He has been on both sides of the table as an... Read More
I am currently a mentor and advisor to tech companies and a board member of the BC Discovery Fund. As... Read More
Over the past 14 years, Kevin has split his time between Canada and the Silicon Valley and has served on... Read More
Catherine Warren is the Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Economic Commission (VEC), serving Canada’s fastest-growing, low-carbon economy, contributing to... Read More
