Our Team
Deep tech is our comfort zone.
We understand technical risk and engineering challenges.
Colin Webster
Experienced entrepreneur, angel investor (HeroVC) for over 25 years. Founded 3 tech startups, authored 2 patents. Electrical engineering from Princeton University, AI from Stanford. Golden Jubilee Medal from the Queen. Loves olive oil and treasure hunting.
Scott Pelton
20+ years as a Canadian VC at Scotiabank, GrowthWorks, MaRS IAF, and Round13. Best IRRs from backing technical founders and commercializing innovation. Still compensating for a childhood spent with 8 bit computers.
Jenny Yang
20+ years investing as a VC and angel. Co-founder/CEO of 2 acquired startups. CDL-Vancouver Mentor of the Year 2022. Senior Advisor at MaRS. Electrical Engineering from UBC and MBA from INSEAD. Previously worked as an engineer and in strategy consulting.
Cameron Cloughley
BMath from University of Waterloo, BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Joined full-time September 2024 after 2 work terms at RiSC. Loves tabletop games & science-fiction.
Paul Martin
Previously a senior engineer & fellow at Zeton, Paul is now self-employed providing strategic advice through his thriving consulting business, Spitfire Research. He's an expert on chemical process commercialization strategies and hydrocarbon reduction.
Roger Singh
Advisor and angel investor who has co-founded and exited a number of companies including Scalar Decisions and Rubikloud. He's an expert in AI, scalable compute infrastructure, and security.
Chris Burns
Chris holds a PhD in Physics and has 15+ years focused on battery materials. Formerly a Sr. Research Engineer at Tesla, he founded and scaled NOVONIX, a battery materials and technology company, securing over $1b in strategic, public market, and government investment and support.
Landon Steele
Startup advisor and consultant with significant experience bringing life sciences startups out of the laboratory and into the market. 17 years at Genencor. Repeat founder.
Scott Lake
Scott Lake is a tech company founder, angel investor and philanthropist. He co-founded both Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) and Source Metrics.