Team

Founder and Managing Partner

An experienced entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Matt has focused on startups his entire career. He has been engaged in all aspects of building and guiding disruptive companies from their very early stages.

In 2011 Matt started Golden Ventures, one of the earliest micro venture capital funds, with the goal of supporting early stage founders in their journey of realizing their vision and potential. Many funds later, Matt brings the same excitement when meeting founders building transformative technology companies. Matt previously led deals at BlackBerry Partners Fund and Brightspark Ventures. Matt cut his entrepreneurial teeth as a co-founder of Tira Wireless, a mobile games publisher and content deployment technology and services provider. Tira became a recognized industry leader in both mobile games publishing and content deployment. Matt is trained as a lawyer, specializing in business technology, financial services and M&A at Osler, one of Canada’s premier law firms. He has an LLB / MBA from the University of Ottawa, and a BA in Economics from York University.

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Skip the Dishes, Wattpad, Ritual, Top Hat, Avidbots, Xanadu

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General Partner

Ameet is an experienced founder, operator and investor. He has 15 years of product development and sales experience, wearing many hats in both early-stage startups and large enterprises. As an investor, his core interest areas are in commerce, consumer, communities, and marketplaces.

Prior to joining Golden, Ameet spent some years in the Bay Area before returning to Toronto to co-found Five Mobile, a premier product design and development firm. When Zynga acquired the company, he became a GM, overseeing the operations in Toronto. Key responsibilities included managing the P&L of several live games, launching the mobile ad platform and kickstarting the machine learning initiatives for the company. Ameet also was one of the first employees at Tira Wireless, later becoming the Director of Systems Engineering and Strategic Accounts. He has also worked as a software engineer at both IBM and Grey Interactive. Ameet studied at the University of Toronto and graduated with a B.Sc Hons in Computer Science and Economics. He is an active mentor, advisor, and angel investor in his community.

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Brightwheel, Delphia, Horizon, Nautical Commerce, ResQ, Skywatch

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Venture Partner

With over 25 years of software and technology experience, as well as a proven track record in early-stage investing, Bert is our resident startup oracle.

Currently an investor, advisor, and director to multiple technology companies, Bert co-founded Delrina Corporation, best known for its communications software product, WinFax. As Chief Technical Officer of Delrina, he was responsible for all product strategy and R&D. When Delrina was acquired by Symantec Corporation for US$415M, Bert served as a Vice President of Symantec. As an investor, Bert has had a solid track record, placing his personal angel and seed stage money in ten companies which have sold. He is currently an angel investor in Wattpad, Farelogix, Echoworx and Jiffy. Prior to his work with Delrina, Bert held a technical development position at the IBM Canada Research Laboratory and was a co-founder and executive officer of Schematix Computer Systems Inc., a software and consulting company. He has an Honours Engineering degree from the University of Toronto.

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Benchsci, Form Hero, BlueDot

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Partner

Jamie works closely with portfolio founders, entrepreneurs, accelerators, incubators, and the broader startup community, to help find, fund and build exceptional companies.

Jamie began his career in corporate development at O’Leary Ventures, a private early-stage investment company owned and chaired by Kevin O’Leary. He then joined Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP where he practiced corporate law with a focus on M&A and corporate finance in the technology sector. Prior to joining Golden Ventures, Jamie was the Head of Business Development for Avid Life Media. He has a JD / MBA from the University of Toronto, and a BA in Philosophy from Western University.

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Composer, Crux OCM, Float, KitchenMate, Shakepay

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Principal

Nick has a diverse range of investing and operating experience, and he focuses on leading deals and supporting companies bringing emerging technologies to market.

Nick previously built and led the corporate venture arm of IEX, a top-5 US stock exchange, where he invested in early-stage companies aligned with the company’s digital assets strategy. As a member of IEX’s leadership team, Nick played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s entry into the digital assets market, and helped to design and stand up multiple “frontier” business units. Nick began his venture career as an investor at Georgian, an R&D-focused VC firm. During his 6-year tenure, Nick led the development of key investment theses around Applied AI and Trust, and spearheaded the company’s research and investing efforts into web3. He also developed the structure for the “Pathfinder” program to invest in early-stage emerging technology deals across key thesis areas.

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Sr. Analyst

Emma is a Senior Analyst on the Investment Team at Golden Ventures. She supports deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio management and covers companies across all industries.

Before joining Golden Ventures, Emma was an Associate at RBC Ventures. She helped drive innovation at Canada’s largest financial institution through investment thesis development and strategic investments related to B2B and Healthcare software. Emma has experience working at iGan Partners, a healthcare-focused Venture Capital firm, and also worked as a Research Analyst at the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Emma graduated with an HBA from the Ivey School of Business and a BSc in Medical Sciences and Biology from Western University.

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