Moien Giashi, PhD

Deep Tech VC l Principal @ GSV I Commercialization I Innovation Strategy

📍 Canada🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2025
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Board Observer
Jan 2025
Edgecom Energy provides mid-sized facilities with an all-in-one energy management solution to outsmart rising energy costs. Our platform combines real-time facility and grid analytics to deliver advanced insights and enable better decision-making, reducing costs and emissions while maximizing grid incentives.
Board Observer
Jun 2024
Research startup exploring commercialization of IP developed at the University of Toronto in the Medical and Dental Devices space for infection treatment and disease prediction.
Angel Investor
Feb 2024
Unified.to is the #1 unified API platform for AI applications. Our real-time unified API infrastructure connects normalized customer data from hundreds of SaaS applications to your product through a single API.  Integrate once to access 200+ integrations from 16+ API categories, including Messaging, Task Management, File Storage, CRM, Accounting, Knowledge Management System and more. Shave months off your roadmap — build all the integrations you need in an afternoon.  "Integrating with Unified.to was super easy. We developed a generic setup on our end, and every time we want to enable any ATS integration, the only thing we need to do is to enable it in the Unified.to dashboard." — Lucian Simon, CTO at HeroHunt.ai Backed by Techstars (S23) and Creative Destruction Lab (W23), Unified.to is trusted by leading software companies, partnered with SaaS platforms like Lever and ActiveCampaign, and is led by experienced founders, technologists, and integration experts who are committed to solving critical integration challenges for our customers. 
Board Observer
Aug 2023
Brickeye is a leading construction technology company dedicated to revolutionizing the construction and infrastructure industries through IoT-enabled job site monitoring, smart automations, and data analytics solutions. Trusted by leading owners, developers, general contractors, and insurance providers, Brickeye helps mitigate risk, boost productivity, and protect margins on building and infrastructure construction projects globally. The company’s end-to-end job site platform delivers actionable alerts and intelligent loss-reducing automations to help customers build safer, smarter, and better. Brickeye’s solutions cover several key areas of construction, including water mitigation, concrete monitoring, and environmental risk. To learn more about how Brickeye is advancing the construction industry through superior IoT technology and data analytics, visit www.brickeye.com.
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Board Observer
Aug 2023
Direct-C leverages a proprietary, nano-composite polymer platform technology that can be used for two main applications, sensing a variety of chemical species or measuring strain. The first products focus on the direct detection of hydrocarbon leaks in the upstream oil & gas (O&G) and midstream pipeline sectors.
Board Observer
Jun 2023
At PhenoTips we are dedicated to providing you with software and services that bring your workflow into the modern age of genomics. PhenoTips is based in Toronto, North America’s fastest-growing tech hub, just steps from the MaRS Discovery District and leading healthcare institutions. Surrounded by innovation, we are inspired to challenge the status quo of medical care in genetics, working towards a future in which patient data is unified and usable, rather than siloed in EHR systems and hospital filing cabinets. Our mission is to empower clinicians to provide life-saving, personalized care to patients through our complete Genomic Health Record that fills in the gaps left by Electronic Health Records, making clinical data complete, standardized, shareable, and interoperable.
Board Observer
Aug 2022
Leading-edge software to assess the viability of potential Anaerobic Digestion projects and to achieve optimal returns at existing plants.
Board Observer
Aug 2022
At LabsCubed we have one belief: Materials have the power to change the world. With this as our guiding belief we help rubber and plastic companies achieve their goal of creating great new materials. To achieve this, we provide them with new automated lab equipment and smart software. Our flagship product, the CubeOne, is a sleek and innovative robot that allows rubber companies to perform tensile and tear testing at the push of a button - without any supervision or expertise.
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2025
Investment Advisory Board Member
Oct 2025
The Toronto regional startup ecosystem is full of innovation, mentors, capital, and talent. Founded in 2006, Techstars began with three simple ideas—entrepreneurs create the future, collaboration drives innovation, and great ideas can come from anywhere. Today our mission is to make innovation accessible to everyone, everywhere. We do this by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to create a more sustainable and inclusive world.
Board Observer
Mar 2025
BioAlert Solutions est une entreprise biotechnologique innovante qui a développé le tout premier appareil de détection automatisée de légionelle. BioAlert Lp 15 est destiné à sécuriser les tours de refroidissement et les systèmes d’eau chaude. BioAlert Lp 15 est un système de surveillance installé sur site, automatisé et connecté en ligne avec le système d’eau afin de mesurer la conformité, et ce, sans intervention humaine, ni formation spécialisée. L’équipement offre aux propriétaires de bâtiments industriels et commerciaux d’avoir le contrôle absolu sur la bactérie Legionella pneumophila. Située à Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), l’entreprise compte plusieurs clients prestigieux dans le secteur des pâtes et papiers, de la pétrochimie, de la métallurgie et du domaine de la transformation alimentaire, de même que des organisations gouvernementales, telles que le Gouvernement du Canada, Hydro Québec, la Société québécoise des infrastructures et l’Université de Sherbrooke. _______________________ BioAlert Solutions is an innovative biotechnology company that has developed the first ever automated legionella detection device. BioAlert Lp 15 is designed to secure cooling towers and hot water systems. BioAlert Lp 15 is an on-site, automated monitoring system connected in-line with the water system to measure compliance without human intervention or specialized training. The equipment offers industrial and commercial building owners absolute control over Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Located in Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada), the company has several prestigious clients in the pulp and paper, petrochemical, metallurgy and food processing sectors, as well as governmental organizations such as the Government of Canada, Hydro Quebec, the Société québécoise des infrastructures and the University of Sherbrooke. BioAlert Solutions represents a multidisciplinary team combining experts in biotechnology and optical detection systems as well as specialists in sales and marketing.
Board Observer
Jan 2025
Edgecom Energy provides mid-sized facilities with an all-in-one energy management solution to outsmart rising energy costs. Our platform combines real-time facility and grid analytics to deliver advanced insights and enable better decision-making, reducing costs and emissions while maximizing grid incentives.
2024
Board Member
Sep 2024
Altitude Accelerator supports technology entrepreneurs that want to smart-track their business in the areas of advanced manufacturing, cleantech and the Internet of Things. RIC Centre is in the Brampton Innovation District of Ontario, Canada. For over 10 years, we have been providing business startup services and access to incubator space to entrepreneurs and mature tech companies that want to kick-start growth of their enterprise. Our rigorous gate process ensures every step is thought through, professionally critiqued and supported with advice to move your idea forward. When ready, we can introduce you to private and public funders to support you with investment. We are: • An innovation accelerator for committed tech entrepreneurs in Ontario • A recognized innovation organization that promotes and enhances the commercialization of new technologies to support economic prosperity • Helping technology entrepreneurs smart-track their business to market by partnering with business leaders, government and educators • Supporting and promoting innovation in the fields of advanced manufacturing, aerospace, life sciences and emerging technologies Opportunity doesn’t wait – register at altitudeaccelerator.ca to start working with us today.
Board Observer
Jun 2024
Research startup exploring commercialization of IP developed at the University of Toronto in the Medical and Dental Devices space for infection treatment and disease prediction.
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