Roy Pereira

serial entrepreneur technology executive | Techstars 2023 | CDL 2024 | SXSW Finalist 2024 | NextFounders 2024 | C100 Fellow 2024

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada🔄 Updated October 2026💼 1 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2015𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Mar 2015
CareGuide matches families with high-quality care providers through a portfolio of websites, including Sitter.com, ElderCare.com, PetSitter.com, Housekeeper.com, CleaningLady.com, and HouseSitter.com. The private company is located in Toronto, Canada.
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2018
Mentor
Feb 2018
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
2016
Founder
Feb 2016
CalendarHero is smart meeting and appointment scheduling software for modern business. Book 1:1, group, and remote meetings faster! With CalendarHero, you can automate meeting scheduling, reserve rooms, and access essential information with our AI-powered meeting scheduling software. CalendarHero syncs with your calendars and work apps, including Gmail, Slack, and Outlook. More than meeting scheduling, our mission at CalendarHero is to set a new standard in how people work and collaborate wherever they are.
2015
Investor
Mar 2015
CareGuide matches families with high-quality care providers through a portfolio of websites, including Sitter.com, ElderCare.com, PetSitter.com, Housekeeper.com, CleaningLady.com, and HouseSitter.com. The private company is located in Toronto, Canada.
2009
Founder & CEO
May 2009
Shiny Ads (acquired by Rubicon Project on November 17, 2014) provides an end-to-end programmatic direct advertising platform that automates the buying and selling of premium guaranteed inventory to decrease costs and speed time-to-market. The white-label Shiny Ads Direct platform integrates with publishers’ ad servers so they can guarantee impressions and control pricing and packaging to generate net new revenue. At the same time, it enables agencies and advertisers to purchase guaranteed inventory more efficiently on brand safe sites. With offices in Toronto, ON and New York, NY, the award-winning Shiny Ads works with leading publishers, including AdWeek, Business Insider, CBS Interactive, Internet Brands, Match.com and others.
2007
Director, Co-Founder
May 2007
Refresh k poslednímu září (30. 9. 2022) ukončil svou činnost. Chceme vám všem za tu 17 letou jízdu poděkovat.
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