2021 Report on Angel Investing in Canada

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Lead Author

Report ReviewCommittee

Colin Mason Professor of Entrepreneurship, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.

Bryan Buggey Director, Economic Transformation and Climate Action at Vancouver Economic Commission Ketaki Desai Vice President, Business De- velopment at Ontario Centre of Innovation Mark Dobbin Founder and President at Killick Capital Pieter Dorsman Angel Forum and E-Fund

Brenda Hogan CIO at Ontario Capital Growth Corporation Derrick Hunter President and CEO at Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Mary Moran Fmr President & CEO at Calgary Economic Development

He is also the lead author of the 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 reports on Angel Investment in Canada.

Marc Savoie Executive in Residence at East Valley Ventures Greg Shannon Partner at Gowling WLG Michelle Simms President and CEO at Genesis Centre Geneviève Tanguay CEO at Anges Québec Ray Walia CEO at Launch Academy Catherine Warren CEO at Innovate Edmonton Jeff White CEO at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation

We wish to express appreciation to the members of the Report Review Committee for their advice, direction and feedback during the formative drafts of this report.

Sheldon James CEO and Managing Partner at Bay Mills Investment Group Claudia Krywiak President and CEO at Ontario Centre of Innovation

All views are those of the respective author(s).

Publication Date: August 2021

Frank Leffelaar Investor and Advisor at VANTEC

Jennifer Francis Chair at Capital Angel Network Malcom Fraser President & CEO at Innovacorp Joelle Foster CEO at North Forge Technology Exchange

Christiana Manzocco Director at Industry Development & Investment Associate at Alberta Enterprise Corporation Sara Mohajerani Investment Analyst at Bluesky Equities Ltd.

Sandi Gilbert Managing Partner at InterGen

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