• Responsible for the operations and corporate services across 10 business units operating in six countries with 3,500 employees
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• Previously helped launch Ebates Canada, where she launched and grew the Canadian business before being obtaining the COO role at San Mateo HQ
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• Currently a Board Member at Canada’s National Ballet School and FlipGive
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Expertise: Driving international growth and operation scale.

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.A. from Queen’s University

• Actively joins many portfolio companies’ Boards to help them successfully navigate high-growth periods

• Previously, Managing Director at Clarium Capital Management, where he led growth investments and grew it to a multi-billion dollar fund
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Expertise: Runs a long-term investment fund for transformative and durable technology companies

Canadian Connection: from Toronto

• Previously, Partner at Formation 8 and Principal at Mithril Capital Management (growth-stage venture fund), and led investments in AppDirector, C2FO, and Helion Energy
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• Before VC career, worked as an Engineer and Early-Product Advisor at Clarium, Palantir, Google Research (worked on Street View and Google Checkout), and Clarium Capital
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Expertise: Investing in promising IT and Bio-IT companies

Canadian Connection: from Kitchener, B.S.E. from University of Waterloo

• Gaming entrepreneur who partners with product marketing and development to include Facebook’s product roadmaps
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• Former Co-Founder and CEO of Onside Sports (mobile app startup for sports betting) and Lionside (sports social gaming company later sold to DeNA)
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Expertise: Developing longer-term marketing strategies to allow gaming verticals to best leverage platforms to grow and engage their audience

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.S. from Queen’s University

• Built Wattpad, a global entertainment company reaching 90 million+ monthly users enabling them to discover and share the 1 billion + stories on the platform
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• Co-Founder of Two Small Fish Ventures which invests in early-stage tech companies with strong network effects (including SkipTheDishes, BenchSci, Drop, Ada, and Sheertex)
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• Previously a Co-Founder at FeedM8 and Tira Wireless
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Expertise: Expert entertainment entrepreneur harnessing the power of community and data to change storytelling forever.

Canadian Connection: B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. from University of Toronto

• Founded Tonal, a digital weight machine with personal training built in
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• Work experience includes Hewlett-Packard’s Computer Systems Laboratory and leadership roles at a series of startups (include Kealia, Inc., now Sun/Oracle)

• Founded Pano Logic where he served as the company’s CTO and oversaw core technology development, architecture, and patents
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Expertise: Leads on product management, go-to-market planning, business development, and manufacturing operations

Canadian Connection: from Hamilton, B.Eng. from McMaster University

• Early-stage investments include Ritual, Clay, Setter, Virtual Kitchen and RenoRun
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• Previously led BD and partnerships at Hired, a marketplace for technical talent
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• One of the first 25 employees at both Uber and Hired, and helped achieve 10x and helped achieve 10x and 50x growth respectively.
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Expertise: Angel investing in Canadian founders.

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.A. from University of Toronto

• Building Clearbanc, the biggest e-commerce investor in the world and has invested $1B into 2,200+ e-commerce and software companies using data science to identify high-growth funding opportunities in less than 24 hours
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• Launched Clearbanc Valuation, a free service that helps founders understand what their business is worth and track how it’s increasing over time
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• Currently an advisor and investor at Wealthsimple, Properly, and Tulip Retail; Board Member of C100; and previously the President of Nymi and the COO & CRO of Top Hat

Expertise: Scaling tech startups and helping founders win by democratizing fast and affordable access to capital.

Canadian Connection: B.A.Sc. from University of Waterloo

• P‍ublic Board Director at Asana
• Started and built HubSpot's corporate development organization and grew its partnerships function into one of the SaaS industry's most successful BD groups
• Previously held roles in strategy, corporate development and BD, including helping Jawbone create the wearables category through acquisitions

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Expertise: Unlocking growth through partnerships; creative acquisitions
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Canadian Connection: from Toronto

• Former Product Manager at Google where she launched and grew Chrome for Android and Chrome for iOS into one of Google’s most successful mobile products

• Developed a Stanford curriculum for a new course on Women in Entrepreneurship and served on the Board of StartUP (non-profit organization supporting entrepreneurs in East Palo Alto)
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Expertise: Investing in fintech and enterprise software

Canadian Connection: from Ottawa, B.Sc. from Queen’s University

• Invests in outstanding founders who are building companies that leverage network effects created through connecting people and/or data
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• Prior to becoming a VC, Co-Founded Insight Data Science, an education startup that helps PhD graduates’ transition from academia to careers in data science at top tech companies

• Member of the Nextgen Board of the Computer History Museum
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Expertise: Investing in early-stage companies to leverage powerful network effects

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.A.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from University of Toronto

• Invests primarily in software and digital media companies, including several from Canada (Allocadia, Bench)
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• Previously led marketing for three startups, including Evolve (acq. by Oracle)
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• Serves as Chairman of TechSoup (world’s largest non-profit distributor of software and hardware), is a Member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and is a Member of the Full Circle Fund (venture philanthropy group)
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• Co-Founder of C100, serves as a C100 Board Director, and Governance Committee Chair
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Expertise: Investing in software and digital media companies

Canadian Connection: from Sudbury (ON), grew up in Vancouver

• Previously, Corporate Business Development at Cisco Systems (focused on M&A, strategy, investments) and Novitas Capital (early-stage VC firm)
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• Worked in technical development and product management roles at WebTV (acquired by MSFT), Andes Networks (acquired by SUNW), and Sun Microsystems
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Expertise: Investing in cloud and datacenter technologies, enterprise mobile, and SaaS solutions

Canadian Connection: from Beaconsfield (QC), B.Sc. from University of Waterloo

• Art is the CEO at Trustwave, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider that helps businesses fight cybercrime, protect data and reduce security risk
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• Former CEO, Global Cyber Security at Singtel, a multinational telco conglomerate
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• Previously, SVP and GM of HP Enterprise Security Services, CEO of IronKey, Inc., CEO of Right 90, Inc., and held several executive management roles at Symanetc Corp.

• Has founded five technology companies that were successfully acquired
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Expertise: Helping large companies manage their information security risk, protect their assets, and enable them to better perform in their industries.

Canadian Connection: from Calgary, B.Comm. from University of Calgary

• Previously, COO of AbeBooks.com (acquired by Amazon in 2008)

• Named the Pacific Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005
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Expertise: Early-stage investor in North America focused on crypto/blockchain marketplaces and SaaS ventures

Canadian Connection: lives in Vancouver

• Leads Shopify’s strategic initiatives and M&As to achieve over 400,000 merchants in 150 countries
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• Former VC with OMERS Ventures where he worked on 20+ transactions to grow from 1 to 24 investments (including Shopify (IPO), HootSuite, VidYard, PasswordBox (acquired by Intel), BusBud, Hopper, League, and AppHero (acquired by Fuse Powered)
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Expertise: Leading cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for SMEs

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.Sc. from McGill University, M.B.A. from University of Toronto

• Previously, Marketing Director for Google Fiber, CMO of Gusto, and Director of Small Business Marketing at Google
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• Co-founded Bitty, Inc., a platform to build mobile websites for small businesses using information and assets available across the web
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Expertise: Marketing and experience expert building the bridge between thought and thing.

Canadian Connection: from Calgary, B.B.A. from Western University

• Formerly the Vice President of Product Growth at Facebook, overseeing product growth teams in the Facebook family, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, using data and experimentation to drive growth of app adoption and engagement
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• Previously was the Director of Growth & SEO at Uptake.com (sold to Groupon) and the Manager of Ecommerce & Demand Generation at DivX, Inc (the digital video technology company).
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Expertise: Leading product, marketing, and engineering teams to optimize products that drive up acquisition and retention and reduce churn.

Canadian Connection: From Victoria, grew up in Calgary

• Previously held executive positions at DocuSign, Citrix, and Salesforce
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• Co-authored the book Understanding Your Users and is an active speaker, featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Huffington Post, and TEDx
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• Twice selected by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as one of Silicon Valley’s “40 Under 40” young tech leaders, Silicon Valley’s 100 Most Influential Women, Forbes list of “Top 10 Rising Stars as the World’s Most Innovative Companies”
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Expertise: Delivering world-class products and services that drive customer delight, adoption, and loyalty

Canadian Connection: from St. John’s, B.Sc. from Memorial University, M.A.Sc. from University of Toronto

• Previously served as COO at GoPro, SVP of Digital Publishing at Electronic Arts, and VP of Legal and Business Affairs at VG Holding Company (BioWare and Pandemic Studios)
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• Former consultant with McKinsey & Company and Corporate Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Expertise: Building and scaling mobile-based consumer experiences at the intersection of hardware, software, and media.

Canadian Connection: from Winnipeg, B.Comm. from University of Manitoba, L.L.B. from McGill University

• Facilitated the growth of four startups (most recently as Chief Strategy Officer for Digital Island, acquired by Cable & Wireless)
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• Founder of Founders Circle Capital (founder liquidity firm), and held partner and corporate development roles at J. P. Morgan Partners, Reflectivity, Greenfield Networks, Valere Power, Belair, and Newbridge Networks, Inc.'
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Expertise: Investing in mobile and internet technology ventures

‍Canadian Connection: from Kingston, B.A. and M.B.A. from Western University

• Early and growth-stage investor and entrepreneur over the past two decades
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• Serves as a Director on the Boards of Appdirect, Planned, Poka, Snaptravel, Groupe Dynamite & Onmobile (and previously on Lightspeed POS, Luxury Retreats/Airbnb, Localmind/Airbnb, Reflex/Smith Interconnect, and Well.ca/McKesson
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Expertise: Invests in early and growth-stage tech companies with experience in software, mobile, and consumer internet.

Canadian Connection(s): from Bonaventure (QC), studied at Université Laval

• Former CEO at Evernote, a beloved brand and product where he turned the company around
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• An enthusiastic team builder, athlete, angel investor, husband, and father
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• Previously, served as Managing Director of Google Canada and Board Director at Tim Hortons and the Gap
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Expertise: Building and growing successful products, brands, and teams

Canadian Connection: from Toronto, B.A. from Western University