Jacky Chen

DarwinAI is a rapidly growing visual quality inspection company providing manufacturers an end-to-end solution to improve product quality and increase production efficiency. Our patented Explainable AI (XAI) platform has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 companies easily integrating AI they can trust and results they can see. Our XAI platform was built from years of research (500+ publications including numerous awards) and led by Dr. Alexander Wong, Canada’s Research Chair in AI. To learn more about DarwinAI, visit our website, https://darwinai.com/ and follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/darwinai.

Cheetah Networks delivers unprecedented visibility into the Quality of Experience (QoE) of machines and people at the edge of the network. The PulseView™ Solution provides operators of public and private networks with actionable, real-time IoT network analytics. It analyses heterogenous network infrastructure from edge to cloud, including Wi-Fi, LoRa, 4G, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 5G networks.

York Angel Investors is a non-profit group of accredited investors with a broad range of professional experience. Our individual and group focus is to create a return on investment for ourselves and the businesses we work with. Our portfolio companies benefit from our member expertise in information technology, telecommunications, internet; online applications, enterprise and SaaS software, retail and pharmaceutical. Our collaborative mentorship approach and strategic financing supports entrepreneurs through various stages of early growth. Our investments often represent the bridge between the self-financed or seed stage and the venture capital and/or private equity level of funding. York Angels work collaboratively with other angel groups throughout the country, as well as regional and national venture capital firms. Traditionally, angel investments range from $150,000 to $1.0 million.

The Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN) is a members-only, not-for-profit organization of accredited investors seeking investment opportunities in promising early-stage businesses. In addition to financial support, GTAN members provide dynamic early-stage companies with valuable mentorship and access to capital networks in order to facilitate learning, networking, and growth. GTAN helps accelerate companies into becoming market leaders in their industry by bringing together investment, experience and knowledge. The Golden Triangle area, comprising Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Stratford, is one of the top five growth areas in Ontario. Having a strong industrial and agricultural base, Kitchener-Waterloo’s high-tech cluster and four major post-secondary institutions, this area has spawned many early stage companies and academic research, as well as nurtured stable employment and prosperity. GTAN operates under the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation’s Angel Network Program and is a part of the Equation Angels group.

DarwinAI is a rapidly growing visual quality inspection company providing manufacturers an end-to-end solution to improve product quality and increase production efficiency. Our patented Explainable AI (XAI) platform has been adopted by numerous Fortune 500 companies easily integrating AI they can trust and results they can see. Our XAI platform was built from years of research (500+ publications including numerous awards) and led by Dr. Alexander Wong, Canada’s Research Chair in AI. To learn more about DarwinAI, visit our website, https://darwinai.com/ and follow us on Twitter, https://twitter.com/darwinai.

A leading group of funds that catalyzes growth in early-stage technology businesses in Canada through access to capital, mentoring relationships and scale.

The StarForge fund is an actively managed portfolio that invests in innovative, early-stage B2B Canadian companies with disruptive technologies, significant scale-up potential, and valuation advantages over the U.S. market. The fund aims to drive returns for investors through actively sourcing deals mainly within the Waterloo-Toronto start-up ecosystem and growing portfolio businesses by leveraging the power of alliance networks in North America. Our investments focus on Technology, Sustainability, Health Sciences, and Smart Manufacturing. The StarForge fund has invested in about twenty Canadian B2B early-stage companies across its vintage fund 2021, 2022, and 2023. Now the StarForge Fund II is open for Canadian Accredited Investors and will be closed shortly. Please contact one of the three GPs, @David Rich, @Ellen Fang, and @Jacky Chen, for more information.

Cheetah Networks delivers unprecedented visibility into the Quality of Experience (QoE) of machines and people at the edge of the network. The PulseView™ Solution provides operators of public and private networks with actionable, real-time IoT network analytics. It analyses heterogenous network infrastructure from edge to cloud, including Wi-Fi, LoRa, 4G, LTE-M, NB-IoT, and 5G networks.

Founded in 2016, Wharton Alumni Angels is an active angel investment group composed of University of Pennsylvania alumni and non-Penn alumni who have joined their angel community. Their members are entrepreneurs, senior business executives, and institutional investors with a global reach. Wharton Alumni Angels​ over 500 members in 23 countries have invested in more than 50 early-stage companies. Wharton Alumni Angels members seek to add value beyond the deal​ and actively provide mentoring and assistance to young companies. They are enthusiastic about entrepreneurs and passionate teams pursuing their dreams. Through a global membership and the Wharton alumni community, the organization has a deep network and close relationships with venture capital funds, other angel networks, and innovation ecosystems worldwide to cultivate the growth of start-ups. Wharton Alumni Angels participates most often in seed and Series A investments, and occasionally later-stage rounds and does not focus on specific verticals or industries.