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Investor, Advisor
Jan 2020
What is VINN?
In short, VINN is car shopping made simple.
We work both with car buyers and dealerships all across North America.
VINN is a tool on both the Consumer and Partner side.
With the consumer or VINN user; our vehicle experts provide vehicle options if you're not sure what type of car you want to be buying. Once they find you a car, they will search your area for the best deal. All this while you're at work, soccer practice, even walking the dog.
On the other end, our dealer partners will benefit from higher sale conversions and car shoppers that are actually looking to buy. We increase sales and decrease overhead. We handle marketing for you. Leverage our web traffic and user base to reach a new market.
Investor
Jan 2020
A simplified communication platform to connect to loved ones.
While providing a transparent healthcare solution for seniors + care communities.
This includes conditions associated with:
Aging & Dementia
Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities
Brain Injuries
Vision Impairment
Physical Disabilities
We’re currently working with B.C Care Providers, Ontario Long Term Care Association, and the Canadian Mental Health Association to ease the communication hurdles between seniors and their family and friends.
Investor, Advisor
Dec 2019
LetHub is an AI Leasing Platform that automates communication between prospective renters and property managers.
LetHubs intelligent Leasing Assistant, River, responds to renter inquiries, pre-screens prospective tenants, and books tours - saving up to 70% of your leasing team’s time.
At LetHub, we aim to help property managers reduce vacancy rates, grow their portfolio, and free up staff time by automating communication between prospective renters and leasing agents.
Investor, Advisor
Nov 2019
Truss is the first instant payment platform built for contractors.
With Truss, construction businesses can pay vendors, collect payments from customers, and manage corporate cards in one place. Automate the full cycle from billing to invoicing and reconciliation by integrating Truss with your existing systems.
Truss is FDIC insured and supported by all U.S. banks and credit unions to transfer payments instantly and securely via ACH bank transfers.
Investor
Oct 2019
We created Battlesnake as a way to have fun programming with friends, learn new skills and technologies, and build the communities around us. We firmly believe that encouraging more people to experience and enjoy programming at all levels will make the world a better place.
Investor
Sep 2019
Obie is now part of the Seismic Enablement Cloud. New company. Bigger, better knowledge management and enablement offerings.
Obie was acquired in 2021. Give Seismic a follow at @Seismic for the latest and greatest on knowledge management and more!
Board Member
Aug 2019
The Capital Investment Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting, growing and strengthening the local angel investor community.
Investor, Advisor
May 2019
Breath, water, food, shelter, and clothing—these are the foundation of human needs. At ECOLOGYST, we make clothing and we take great pride in fulfilling this essential. It is only recently in human history that we have become disconnected from who actually makes our clothing and how and with what it is made. Restoring this connection is our work and fundamental to how we contribute to restoring harmony between people and the planet.
Ecology is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment; it seeks to understand the vital connections between plants and animals and the world around them. We have taken this all-encompassing approach to our work over the past twenty years of studying the clothing ecosystem. This ensures a respect for all that are part of the given system.
It’s no secret that what has become the standard in the clothing manufacturing system is broken. Our research has led us to simple solutions. Although simple and sometimes obvious on the surface, these practices do require the dismantling of complex systems and the rebuilding of new ones to allow for a more regenerative standard to become the norm.
Investor, DD Advisor
Feb 2019
eFund was established in 2011 and is focused on investing in BC-based market ready early stage companies.
Investments to date include Frontly, Total Flow, Care2Talk, VoxCell, Agility, Solaires, HTuO, LetHub, Lucent BioSciences, BarrelWise, Arbutus Medical, MazumaGo, Ibbaka, Sonic Incytes, VINN, Interpodia, Mesentech, Cuboh, Penny.ai, Orbitless, VitaminLabs, Claris Healthcare, Retreat Guru, Starling Minds, Navigate Surgical, Proxxi, Microdermics, Aspect Biosystems, Wearable Therapeutics, ViewsIQ, BitLit Media (exit 2018), Optigo Networks, Redlen Technologies (exit in 2021), SemiosBio, Solegear Bioplastics (exit in 2015), BlueBat Games (exit in 2015), Imstar Therapeutics, AdvancedIO, Mazza Innovation (exit 2018) and Target Tape.
Investor, Advisor
Nov 2018
We help restaurants consolidate all online ordering tablets into one device. 86ing, refunds, upcharges, prep times, and more, all in one place, so you can ditch the other tablets. We automatically punch all orders straight in your POS, in real time.
Investor
Nov 2018
Certn isn’t a background check provider with a tech department, it’s a tech-first leader innovating every part of the background screening process. Certn is changing background screening globally by offering the easiest-to-use platform, checks in 200+ countries and territories, free 24/7 customer support, and fast and compliant results. Trusted by 10,000+ clients, Certn helps businesses manage risk, stay compliant, and hire faster—all while delivering candidate experiences that help them stand out.
Investor
Oct 2018
Truly personalized supplementation designed by you. Custom formulations for practitioners, patients and anyone looking to optimize their wellness.
Shareholder, Board Member
2018
SilkStart is a membership management platform that helps organizations get more happy members and sell out more events. SilkStart makes it easy for anyone to create an online membership community while eliminating the pain to do any costly back-office work.
Membership organizations use SilkStart to reduce operational and marketing costs, improve membership retention, and increase sales.
SilkStart’s mission is to revitalize associations and membership organizations around the world. SilkStart believes that a well-equipped association can change the world by empowering its members and volunteers to easily communicate and connect with one another to make a difference.
Why the name SilkStart? Silk is derived from the Silk Road, which is the first trading route from China, to India, to Europe. The Silk Road revitalized the exchange of culture, knowledge, skills, and goods & services among nations — it was a significant factor in the development of the great civilizations of China, India, Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Rome, and in several respects helped lay the foundations for the modern world. Therefore, we want to help every organization build that Silk Road to jumpstart the community they serve to make a difference around the world.
Investor
Jul 2015
Checkfront helps schedule-based businesses better manage their operations, centralize administration, and sell and market their services online. Our cloud-based booking application provides a centralized business management tool while offering self-service bookings from a merchants own website.
We find innovative ways to ensure awareness and occupancy of your venues, activities and special events. Make it easy for your customers to find, select, and book your services. Checkfront combines leading technologies and industry best practices to ensure customer satisfaction.
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Experience · 21 entries
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2024
Partner
Jan 2024
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society, the planet, while building trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams in more than 150 countries work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions, strengthened by sector experience and diverse ecosystem partners.
Find out more about the EY global network: http://ey.com/en_gl/legal-statement
Partner
Jan 2024
EY Studio+ brings together a broad portfolio of capabilities — with 7,000 design, marketing, sales, service and technology professionals across 50 countries, backed by 400,000 EY professionals.
We combine design, technology and commercial insight, augmented by EY.ai, a unifying platform, and powered by our full spectrum of services.
Bringing a human-centric approach and decades of leadership in commercial insight and transformative experiences, we’re all in to power your customer experience and transformation journey.
Find out more about the EY global network: http://ey.com/en_gl/legal-statement
2022
Associate Partner, EY Design Studio
Jul 2022
New York・Philadelphia・Charlotte・Portland・Vancouver・Toronto・Mexico City・Bogotá・ São Paulo・Buenos Aires
EY Design Studio is a specialized team within EY uniting empathy and technology to design transformative experiences. We are a group united by our belief that by humanizing technology through design, we can push beyond the expected.
2020
Investor, Advisor
Jan 2020
What is VINN?
In short, VINN is car shopping made simple.
We work both with car buyers and dealerships all across North America.
VINN is a tool on both the Consumer and Partner side.
With the consumer or VINN user; our vehicle experts provide vehicle options if you're not sure what type of car you want to be buying. Once they find you a car, they will search your area for the best deal. All this while you're at work, soccer practice, even walking the dog.
On the other end, our dealer partners will benefit from higher sale conversions and car shoppers that are actually looking to buy. We increase sales and decrease overhead. We handle marketing for you. Leverage our web traffic and user base to reach a new market.
Investor
Jan 2020
A simplified communication platform to connect to loved ones.
While providing a transparent healthcare solution for seniors + care communities.
This includes conditions associated with:
Aging & Dementia
Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities
Brain Injuries
Vision Impairment
Physical Disabilities
We’re currently working with B.C Care Providers, Ontario Long Term Care Association, and the Canadian Mental Health Association to ease the communication hurdles between seniors and their family and friends.
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