I'm a multiple exit startup founder and operator as well as an active angel investor, advisor, and mentor. I have successfully raised over 9 figures across multiple companies and I see hundreds of pitches from startups each month as an angel investor.
As a founder and/or executive, I've grown companies in Canada, the US, and the UK from the earliest to later stages and have been involved in multiple exits including acquisitions. As co-founder and CTO at Onvia, we raised over 9 figures from pre-seed to Nasdaq IPO. I've also been a senior executive at Forcepoint (acquired by Vista Equity Partners), AVG (Nasdaq IPO), Wazoku (Series B), Galvanize (acquired by Diligent), and LemonStand (also seed investor and board member - acquired by Mailchimp).
As an investor, I have invested in 40+ companies in the US, Canada, UK, and beyond at the Pre-Seed - Series C stages including AngelList, Bungalow, Chipper Cash, Fightcamp, Headspace, Klue, Lawmatics, mParticle, MUD\WTR, Overtime, Owl.co, Raydiant, Tribe, Wazoku and many more.
As an advisor and startup founder mentor, I have helped founders with fundraising strategy, pitch development, market, product and growth strategy, team and org, and the many other questions or challenges they run into as they build their businesses.
