John Ruffolo

Founder & Managing Partner at Maverix Private Equity. Founder, OMERS Ventures and Co-Founder, Council of Canadian Innovators

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada🔄 Updated October 2026💼 17 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
May 2025
We are delivering on-orbit data at lightspeed with a constellation of satellites designed to act as Internet exchange points for space-to-space data relay. Headquartered in downtown Toronto, Kepler is vertically integrated with an in-house production facility, designing and deploying a hybrid optical constellation to modernize communications to missions in LEO and beyond.
Board Member
Dec 2024
Raptor Maps is on a mission to make solar energy the smartest, most reliable, and most competitive source of electricity in the global economy. As the solar industry grows at an unprecedented pace, operational complexity and performance challenges are increasing, threatening to limit the financial and energy potential of solar assets. We solve these challenges by delivering the industry’s leading software for the modern solar owner. Raptor Maps orchestrates everything: we combine advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation to provide solar companies with the data, workflows, and tools they need to maximize energy yield, reduce operational costs, and improve worker safety. Our product suite includes: - Raptor Solar Platform: A powerful software solution that unifies data from SCADA systems, sensors, robotics, humans, and more into a precise digital twin of your solar assets, enabling streamlined collaboration and actionable insights. - Advanced Analytics: Pinpoint the root causes of underperformance with best-in-class machine-learning algorithms, helping teams identify issues like equipment defects, environmental challenges, and power losses. - Raptor Solar Sentry: An industry-first platform that integrates people and robotics to transform operations and maintenance workflows, driving double-digit financial gains for solar portfolios. Trusted by some of the world’s largest and most innovative solar owners, operators, and EPCs, Raptor Maps has digitized and optimized over 150 GW of solar capacity across 50+ countries. Founded by MIT engineers, Raptor Maps is dedicated to creating technology that empowers the industry to unlock its full potential. From small teams managing individual sites to global portfolios spanning continents, we’re helping solar companies drive results, reduce risk, and achieve their clean energy goals. Join us in revolutionizing solar operations. Learn more at www.raptormaps.com.
Board Member
Apr 2024
KODE Labs transforms the built environment through KODE OS, an open enterprise platform that seamlessly integrates building management, IoT, and operational systems into a single source of truth with products that drive significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions while automating operations to create exceptional experiences for those who live, work, visit, and play in these spaces. Our belief in software leading hardware is central to our mission, enabling us to deliver intelligent, efficient and sustainable solutions for modern buildings of various uses. KODE OS is the chosen platform of globally renowned companies such as: Hines, QuadReal, Empire State Realty Trust, The TJX Companies, Bedrock Detroit, Michigan Medicine: University of Michigan and more.
Board Member
Oct 2023
NervGen is a publicly traded (TSX-V: NGEN, OTCQX: NGENF) clinical stage biotech company dedicated to discovering and developing innovative treatments for nervous system damage, due to injury or disease. NervGen’s lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is a first of its kind experimental drug administered by injection under the skin. NVG-291 relieves the inhibitory effects of CSPGs and thus enables nervous system repair. In animal studies, this therapeutic approach promoted nervous system repair and enhanced recovery of functions such as walking, bladder control, vision, and memory. NVG-291 entered Phase 1 clinical trials in 2021. After completing our Phase 1 clinical trial, we plan to study the effectiveness and safety of NVG-291 initially in people with spinal cord injury, Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
Board Member
Apr 2022
Viral Nation is a global digital and social agency group driving growth and connection through performance and innovation. Our mission is to close the distance between brands and consumers and create tighter bonds. Using real time data, first-hand insight, and collaborating with people who know their audiences intimately, we help brands find smarter ways in to deliver better value to their communities.
Board Member
Mar 2018
Ether Capital (NEO: ETHC) is a leading technology company and direct access point to Ethereum through the capital markets. Our team is focused on yield generation and building institutional-grade infrastructure that supports the crypto industry.
Board Member
Apr 2017
Purpose Unlimited is an independent company that’s creating the future of financial services. Our platform gives entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses the cutting edge tools they need to innovate the next generation of modern asset management, wealth management and banking technology. Our mission is to be the customer-focused leader that the financial services industry needs. Our businesses include Purpose Investments, Driven by Purpose, Purpose Advisor Solutions and Longevity. We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and were recognized as one of the top 100 SME employers in Canada in 2023.
Board Member
Jul 2013
Too many brands suck at social. Yours doesn’t have to. It starts with the right tools. Thousands of brands rely on Hootsuite’s platform and solutions to launch brilliant social campaigns, deliver 5-star social commerce experiences, and manage all their customer conversations in one place. But tools won’t get you far without the right expertise. Hootsuite Academy has helped thousands of professionals and organizations master new social media skills with free online education and paid certifications in social media marketing, social selling, and the Hootsuite platform. Find the Hootsuite plan that’s right for you at hootsuite.com/plans, or get started today with free platform training at hootsuite.com/education
Board Member
Feb 2013
Scaling a business is hard. We make it easier. Established in 2013, OneEleven is home to a community of high-performing technology scaleups, providing unparallelled access to peer networks, investment capital and on-demand services and strategic support. We’re here to help founders and their teams achieve substantial growth. OneEleven’s suite of services are designed to save our companies valuable time and money so they can focus on growing their business. Our highly curated community share their expertise, networks and resources while we facilitate meaningful connections.
Board Member
Jan 2012
Wave is simple money management solutions for small business owners. As an award-winning company, we are unwavering in our commitment to grow and support both our customers and our people. We care deeply and we challenge directly. We re-imagine the possible, together, to achieve extraordinary results for the small business owners we serve.
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2025
Board Member
May 2025
We are delivering on-orbit data at lightspeed with a constellation of satellites designed to act as Internet exchange points for space-to-space data relay. Headquartered in downtown Toronto, Kepler is vertically integrated with an in-house production facility, designing and deploying a hybrid optical constellation to modernize communications to missions in LEO and beyond.
2024
Board Member
Dec 2024
Raptor Maps is on a mission to make solar energy the smartest, most reliable, and most competitive source of electricity in the global economy. As the solar industry grows at an unprecedented pace, operational complexity and performance challenges are increasing, threatening to limit the financial and energy potential of solar assets. We solve these challenges by delivering the industry’s leading software for the modern solar owner. Raptor Maps orchestrates everything: we combine advanced analytics, machine learning, and automation to provide solar companies with the data, workflows, and tools they need to maximize energy yield, reduce operational costs, and improve worker safety. Our product suite includes: - Raptor Solar Platform: A powerful software solution that unifies data from SCADA systems, sensors, robotics, humans, and more into a precise digital twin of your solar assets, enabling streamlined collaboration and actionable insights. - Advanced Analytics: Pinpoint the root causes of underperformance with best-in-class machine-learning algorithms, helping teams identify issues like equipment defects, environmental challenges, and power losses. - Raptor Solar Sentry: An industry-first platform that integrates people and robotics to transform operations and maintenance workflows, driving double-digit financial gains for solar portfolios. Trusted by some of the world’s largest and most innovative solar owners, operators, and EPCs, Raptor Maps has digitized and optimized over 150 GW of solar capacity across 50+ countries. Founded by MIT engineers, Raptor Maps is dedicated to creating technology that empowers the industry to unlock its full potential. From small teams managing individual sites to global portfolios spanning continents, we’re helping solar companies drive results, reduce risk, and achieve their clean energy goals. Join us in revolutionizing solar operations. Learn more at www.raptormaps.com.
Board Member
Apr 2024
KODE Labs transforms the built environment through KODE OS, an open enterprise platform that seamlessly integrates building management, IoT, and operational systems into a single source of truth with products that drive significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions while automating operations to create exceptional experiences for those who live, work, visit, and play in these spaces. Our belief in software leading hardware is central to our mission, enabling us to deliver intelligent, efficient and sustainable solutions for modern buildings of various uses. KODE OS is the chosen platform of globally renowned companies such as: Hines, QuadReal, Empire State Realty Trust, The TJX Companies, Bedrock Detroit, Michigan Medicine: University of Michigan and more.
2023
Board Member
Oct 2023
NervGen is a publicly traded (TSX-V: NGEN, OTCQX: NGENF) clinical stage biotech company dedicated to discovering and developing innovative treatments for nervous system damage, due to injury or disease. NervGen’s lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is a first of its kind experimental drug administered by injection under the skin. NVG-291 relieves the inhibitory effects of CSPGs and thus enables nervous system repair. In animal studies, this therapeutic approach promoted nervous system repair and enhanced recovery of functions such as walking, bladder control, vision, and memory. NVG-291 entered Phase 1 clinical trials in 2021. After completing our Phase 1 clinical trial, we plan to study the effectiveness and safety of NVG-291 initially in people with spinal cord injury, Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis.
2022
Board Member
Apr 2022
Viral Nation is a global digital and social agency group driving growth and connection through performance and innovation. Our mission is to close the distance between brands and consumers and create tighter bonds. Using real time data, first-hand insight, and collaborating with people who know their audiences intimately, we help brands find smarter ways in to deliver better value to their communities.
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