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BELIEVING IN YOU
FROM DAY ONE.

WE ARE BUILDING THE MOST EXTENSIVE & DIVERSE NETWORK OF TECH LEADERS ACROSS CANADA’S BEST UNIVERSITIES.

The best people to find inspiring student founders are the people sitting next to them in the classroom.

Our Investment Team is built from the best talent across all fields, from undergraduates to PhDs, with a singular purpose – to back the best student founders in Canada. Nowhere else will you find students more passionate about game-changing founders and companies. The strength of our team is our diversity of thought.

Our Impact Teams are creating value at many levels of the Canadian tech startup ecosystem — from supporting our portfolio companies, to working with other VCs and entrepreneurs. These teams include Strategy, Data, Platform, Partnerships, Business Development, Operations, Content, and Marketing.

HQ

Emmanuelle Coppinger

Managing Partner 
2021-

Gabriel Dannenbaum

Director of Operations
2020-
Polytechnique Montréal

Mehdi Tafraoui

Director of Marketing & Community
2023-

Management Team

Adam Levesque

Director of Legal
2022-
University of Ottawa

Christian Levan

Director of QC investment team
2022-
McGill University 

Kyle Jackson

Director of ONT investment team
2022-
McMaster University

Saif Ali Javed

Director of Portfolio Support Team
2023-
Concordia University

Sophia Andru

Director of People & Culture team
2022-
McMaster University 

Zoe McCullough

Director of Business Operations team
2022-
Western University 

Yoran Beisher

Director of BC investment team
2023-
University of British Columbia

Quebec Investment Team

Abderraouf Nechadi

Investment Associate
2023-
Polytechnique

Amira Igouzoul

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Sherbrooke

Antoine Jutras-Carignan

Investment Associate
2023-
UQAM

Cadence Kiss

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Constantin Bretonneau

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Montreal

Emma Martin

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Jules Clément

QC Investment Associate
2022-
Polytechnique Montréal

June Hee You

QC Investment Associate
2022-
McGill University

Katherine Lake

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Khang Nghi Can

Investment Associate
2023-
Concordia University

Layss Majed

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Martin Chaperot

QC Investment Associate
2022-
UdeM

Max Green

Investment Associate
2023-
HEC Montreal

Mila Bjelica

Investment Associate
2023-
Université de Montréal

Ryan Borotra

Investment Associate
2023-
Université de Montréal

Sasha Nicolas Dolgopolyy

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Tasmia Abbas

Investment Associate
2023-
McGill University

Ontario Investment Team

Abhi Ravipati

Investment Associate
2023-
Western University

Bora Kutun

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Toronto

David Li

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Toronto

Derek Kwong

Investment Associate
2023-
Wilfrid Laurier University

Eunice Pu

Investment Associate
2023-
Queen’s University

Jasmine Gao

Investment Associate
2023-
Queen’s University

Isabelle Gan

Investment Associate
2023-
Western University

Jeanin Onisey

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Ottawa

Kalter Hali

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Toronto

Kyle Seigel

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Toronto

Michael Wu

Investment Associate
2023-
Western University

Noah Wong

ON Investment Associate
2022-
Western University

Ofure Itua

Investment Associate
2023-
McMaster University

Olivia Tiessen

Investment Associate
2023-
Wilfrid Laurier University

Pruthvinath Rao Dhannapuneni

Investment Associate
2023-
University of Toronto

Reesa Dayani

Investment Associate
2023-
Western University

Vansh Patel

ON Investment Associate
2022-
Brock University

British Columbia Investment Team

Alexander Schmidt

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Ashkan Gharahgozli

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Azar Chatur

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Borna Shani

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Maliha Walji

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Max Wong

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Nikita Telkar

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Rita Jin

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Robert Harvey

Investment Associate
2023-
Simon Fraser University

Shinjini Manchanda

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Sophia Nguyen

Investment Associate
2023-
Simon Fraser University

Tareeq Mangalji

Investment Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Portfolio Support Team

Anjali Dhaliwal

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
Simon Fraser University

Aryan Singh

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
University of Waterloo

Bonnie Chin

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
University of Waterloo

Claire Kuo

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
Western University

Hamza Nabiel

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Jeffrey Jiang

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
McGill University

Manorama Joshi

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
University of British Columbia

Sunghoon Kim

Portfolio Support Associate
2023-
Queen’s University

Alexandre Cardozo

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
Université de Montréal

Arthur de Vaublanc

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université du Québec à Montréal

Brenden Kumarasamy

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
Université Concordia

Dan Cohen

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université McGill

Eliot Mathieu-Proteau

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
Université de Sherbrooke

Emily Yau

Associé Communautaire
2019-2020
Western University

Eva Terriault

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Polytechnique Montréal

Guillaume Chabot

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
HEC Montréal

Ian Johnson

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Wilfrid Laurier University

Ian MacPherson

Directeur en Investissement
2019-
Université Ryerson

Iftekhar Iqbal

Associé Communautaire
2018-2019
Université Concordia

Jack Morris

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université McGill

James Quiambao

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
University of Waterloo

Janna Agustin

Associé Communautaire
2018-2020
Université McGill

Jazna Rossi

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université Concordia

Joyce Shi

Associé Communautaire
2019-2020
University of Waterloo

Kat Svikhnushin

Directeur Communautaire
2017-2018
Université McGill

Laura Connolly

Associé en Investissement
2019-
Queen’s University 

Liat Fainman-Adelman

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Queen’s University 

Loic Souetre

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
HEC Montréal

Lucas Sekkat

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université Concordia

Makoto Rheault-Kihara

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université McGill

Matthew Dickinson

Associé en Investissement
2018-2020
Université McGill

Nazuk (Naz) Thakkar

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Queen’s University

Nicolas (Nic) Theriault

Associé en Stratégie
2019-2021
Université Western

Peter Fojtu

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
Université McGill

Qhalisa Khan

Associé en Investissement
2019-
University of Waterloo

Rae Liu

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
University of Toronto

Renaud Dupont

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université de Sherbrooke

Sean Monteiro

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Queen’s University

Shiyan Boxer

Associé en Data
2019-2021
Université Queen’s

Simon Chamarro

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université de Sherbrooke

Steve Joseph

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Brock University

Sunny Wang

Associé Communautaire
2019-2020
Western University 

Théo Fregefond

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

Therence Bois

Directeur en Investissement
2017-2018
Université de Montréal

Tim Beiko

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
Université Concordia

Ulrike Wachter

Associé en Investissement
2018-2019
Université McGill

Victor Gardrinier

Associé en Investissement
2017-2018
HEC Montréal

Victor Prats Ladous

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université de Concordia

Cam Rzadki

Directeur en Investissement
2018-2020
University of Toronto

Jason Cho

Directeur Communautaire
2019-2020
Western University

Alexander (Alex) Banh

Associé en Investissement
2019-2021
Queen’s University 

Cole Bradley

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Ryerson University 

Eric D’Souza

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
York University 

Bosko Dzepina

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Université McGill

Dennis Zabeida

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
HEC Montréal

Elisha Krauss

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université McGill

Etienne Lee

Associé Communautaire
2019-2020
Université McGill

Kevin Bélanger

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université Laval

Maanav Sunderaraman

Associé en Investissement
2019–2020
Université McGill

Maher Akhtar

Associé en Investissement
2019-2020
Université McGill

Michaela Deneva

Directeur des Équipes d’Impactes
2019-2021
Université McGill

Niv Turecki

Associé en Investissement
2019-2021
Université Concordia

Philippe Miller

Associé Communautaire
2019-2020
Université McGill

Eléonore Jarry Ferron

Cofondatrice @ Front Row Ventures
2017-
HEC Montréal

Matthew He

Directeur en Investissement
2019-2021
Université McGill

Subaita Rahman

Directeur de la Croissance
2021-2021
Université de Toronto

Swarit Dholakia

ON Investment Associé
2020–
Université de Western Ontario

 

Jennifer Zhang

ON Investment Associée
2020-2021
Université de Western Ontario

 

Peter Zhang

Associé des Partenariats
2021–
Université McMaster

Nicolas Bouvier

Associé au Développement des Affaires
2020-2021
Université McGill

Aman Mathur

Investment Associate
2020-2021
University of Waterloo

Chloe Hung

Business Development Associate
2020-2021
Queen’s University

Claire Sun

Marketing Associate
2020-2021
McGill University 

Ece Ozer

Partnerships Associate
2020-2021
McGill University

Emily Stotland

Investment Associate
2020-2021
McGill University

Evan Dimentberg

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Laval University

Harsh Shah

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Western University

Irene Zhu

Data Associate
2020-2021
Western University

Jalena Lee

Operations Associate
2020-2021
Carleton University

Jane Huang

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Western University

Jean-Philippe Delisle

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Laval University

Jotham Chow

Platform Associate
2020-2021
University of Waterloo

Katherine Gotovsky

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Wilfrid Laurier University & University of Waterloo

Kevin Wu

Investment Associate
2020-2021
York University

Manan Madhok

Investment Associate
2020-2021
McGill University

Olivier Beaulac

Investment Associate
2020-2021
Université de Sherbrooke

Robert Saad

Content Associate
2020-2021
McGill University

Sean McNally

Investment Associate
2020-2021
McGill University

Alex Gouchtchina

ON Investment Associate
2021-
University of Waterloo

Alexandre Stein

QC Investment Associate
2021-
Université de Montréal

Andrew (Doren) Singh

ON Investissement Associate
2021-
McMaster University 

Antoine Gonthier

QC Investment Associate
2021-
Unversité de Laval

Brenden Kumarasamy

Investment Associate
2018-2019
Concordia University 

Brian Spivak

QC Investment Associate
2021-
McGill University 

Eliot Mathieu-Proteau

Investment Associate
2018-2019
Université de Sherbrooke

Farhan Khan

Founders Support Associate
2020-
York University

Jaya Bonelli

QC Investment Associate
2020-
McGill University

Jonathan (Jonny) Hsu

Director of ON Investment Team
2019-
University of Waterloo

Jenny Bicong Ge

Strategy Associate
2020-
Ryerson University

Juliana Whamond

Business Development Associate
2021-
Concordia University 

Leslie Ogilvie

Strategy Associate
2021-
University of Guelph 

Marc Jeanne-Julien

QC Investment Associate
2021-
HEC Montréal

Matthew Dickinson

Investment Associate
2018-2020
McGill University

Matthew Frances

QC Investment Associate
2021-
Concordia University

Minalou Kunze–Roelens

QC Investment Associate
2020-
McGill University

Pier-Luc Nadeau-Labadie

QC Investment Associate
2021-
McGill University

Qhalisa Khan

Investment Associate
2019-2020
University of Waterloo

Rebecca Allan

ON Investment Associate
2022-
University of Toronto

Richard Waines

ON Investment Associate
2021-
York University 

Robert-Eduard Tizu

Director of Legal Affairs
2021-
Université de Sherbrooke

Saud Pirzadah

Director of Business Development Team
2020-2022
McGill University

Swarit Dholakia

ON Investment Associate 
2020–
Western University 

Tanishq Maheshwari

Business Development Associate
2021-
University of Waterloo

Therence Bois

Director of Investment
2017-2018
Université de Montréal

Théo Fregefond

Investment Associate
2019–2020
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

Thierry Kirouac-Marcassa

QC Investment Associate
2020-
ESG UQAM

Thomas Molina

QC Investment Associate
2021-
University of Montreal

Thomas Leone

QC Investment Associate
2021-
McGill University 

Tianshi Yuan

Content Associate
2020-
McGill University

Udichi Tomar

Strategy Associate 
2021–
Wilfrid Laurier University 

 

Valerie Chiu

ON Investment Associate
2021-
University of Toronto

Vaneezeh Siddiqui

ON Investment Associate
2021-
University of Toronto

Victor Prats Ladous

Investment Associate
2019–2020
Concordia University

Jaclyn Chan

ON Investment Associate
2021-
University of Waterloo

Jason Wang

QC Investment Associate
2021-
McGill University

Abdullah (AJ) Jundi

QC Investment Associate
2022-
Concordia University

Adrian Yip

Strategy Associate
2021-
Western University 

Alexandre Cardozo

Investment Associate
2018-2019
Université de Montréal

Alexandre Buisson

Content Associate 
2021–
McGill University

Alex Sun

Talent & Operations Associate
2022-
Queen’s University

Alex Plesa

ON Investment Associate
2022-
University of Ottawa

Alexandre Ouellet

QC Investment Associate
2022-
Concordia University

Ali Habib

Portfolio Support Associate
2022-
University of Waterloo

Ali Fathollahi

ON Investment Associate
2021-
Western University

Amay Shenoy

Talent & Operations Associate 
2021-
Western University

Amelia Vu

Operations Associate 
2021–
Western University