Our Team
Deep tech is our comfort zone.
We understand technical risk and engineering challenges.
Colin Webster
Founded reBOOT Canada, Truition, First Coverage, Jatheon, Dos Cielos and Hero Ventures. Invested in 25 companies since 2004 with 32% IRR on all exits. First investor in Well.ca, Visualase, Medchart, Home Away, Antibe Thera, Hol Food, X-Matic. 2 patents on cycling glasses/swim goggles. Golden Jubilee Medal from the Queen. B.Sc. (electrical engineering), Princeton University 1988. Machine Learning, Stanford 2017. Loves olive oil and treasure hunting. Deep experience in e-commerce, AI, blockchain, software, med-tech devices.
Scott Pelton
Extensive VC investing experience at large & small funds and one bank. Best IRRs have been from early stage commercialization investments. Prior to VC career worked in consulting and dev/ops roles. B.Eng.Mgt./Computer Engineering from McMaster University. Enjoys skiing, tech projects and craft beer.
Roger Singh
Co-founder of Scalar Decisions and a strong proponent of Scalar's "architect led" vision. Ex-CTO, Rubikloud, where he led the engineering team developing a machine learning platform focused on the retail vertical. Active member of Toronto's IT community with over 20 years of experience in systems architecture, business analysis, operations, and software in advising customers, partners, and start-ups. Consults on many councils, ranging from technology exchanges, product development, security, and cloud computing initiatives.
Paul Martin
Chemical engineer by training. Five years developing IP in the water treatment and environmental industry. 26 years helping clients develop chemical process technology and take it from the lab through pilot and demonstration plants to commercialization. Helped build Zeton Inc. into the world leader in modular pilot and demonstration scale plant design and manufacture. Former clients include Monolith, which recently received a $1 billion loan from US DOE for its commercial plant to make carbon black and hydrogen from natural gas.
Scott Lake
Start-up entrepreneur, tech investor and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), then later as founder of Source Metrics. Currently a general partner at Hello Ventures, where he leverages all the learning from his entrepreneurial journeys to invest in and advise early-stage tech companies. He and his wife, Jess, play an active role as philanthropic funders of diverse social and public health causes. In his past lives, has been a bike messenger, a university lecturer, a driver at NATO, and a political science Ph.D.
Cameron Cloughley