We believe first.

In founders who aren't considered central casting.

Kareem Amin

Clay

Helping businesses grow with the most powerful data platform

From McGill

Kathleen Chan

Calico

Making supply chains transparent

From U of T

Matt Loszak

Aalo

Powering the world

From Queen's

Andrew Chau

Neo Financial

Building Canada's next great bank from the ground up

From Saskatchewan

Eden Ovadia

Finny

Helping financial advisors grow

From McGill

Robbie Deeks

Blacklake

Solving national security challenges

From Laurier

Brennan Spellacy

Patch

Making carbon removal easy for businesses around the world

From McGill

Not central casting means the ambition showed up before the résumé did. It means conviction the market hadn't caught up to yet. We're in the business of closing that gap.

We don't invest early — we invest first.

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Clay

First Check: 2017

Current Valuation: $5B

Finny

First Check: 2024

Current Valuation: $150M

Fey

First Check: 2021

Current Status: Acquired

Bench IQ

First Check: 2023

Current Status: $5.3M Series A

We know what great looks like.

Early operators at Uber, DigitalOcean, and Shopify – we've seen it before.

Andre Charoo

Managing Partner

Uber #25. Co-Chair of The C100. HBS Executive Fellow. Born in Canada, based in San Francisco.

John Edgar

Digital Ocean founding team member. Born in Canada, lived in Korea for 5 years, based in Montreal.

Jane Lee

Early Shopify. 15+ years advising and investing in early-stage startups. Born in Canada, 10 years in LA, based in San Francisco.