Selection Committee
The CIX Top 20 Early and CIX Top 10 Growth Selection Committees are composed of technology and innovation experts, academics, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Their mandate is to evaluate a random group of submissions against the main criteria of Business Model, Quality of Product, Service Offering, Market Opportunity and Depth of Management.
Judges are recused from evaluating any submissions if a conflict of interest exists. The 2020 selection process occurred from July 26 to August 23 2020.
CO-CHAIRS
Matt Leibowitz, Plaza Ventures
Nicole LeBlanc, Sidewalk Labs
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Steven Abrams, BDC
Joe Allen, University of New Brunswick
Tom Astle, CENGN (Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks)
Tyson Baber, Georgian Partners
Jenifer Bartman, Jenifer Bartman Business Advisory Services
Kia Besharat, Gravitas Securities Inc.
Christophe Bourque, White Star Capital
Patrick Conroy, Revolution Growth
Code Cubitt, Mistral Venture Partners
Marcus Daniels, Highline Beta
Shayn Diamond, Whitecap Venture Partners
Andrea Drager, Azure Capital Partners
Sergio Escobar, BCF Ventures
Sophie Forest, Brightspark Ventures
Rob Foxall, Timia Capital
Winston Fu, LDV Partners
Jasmin Ganie-Hobbs, Business Development Bank of Canada
Nicole German, Scotiabank
Ajay Gopal, Framework Venture Partners
Danielle Graham, Dream Maker Ventures
Karen Grant, Angel One Network
Hussein Hallak, Launch Academy
Jerry Hendrix, iNovia Capital
Liza Klimenko, OneEleven
Ricky Lai, Portag3 Ventures
Daniel Lee, CIBC Innovation Banking
Craig Leonard, MaRS IAF
Alan MacIntosh, Real Ventures
Sophia Maizel, HarbourVest Partners (Canada)
Sarah Marion, iNovia Capital
Prashant Matta, Panache Ventures
Vaibhav Nalwaya, Wavecrest Growth Partners
Dana Parsons, Highline Beta
Mathieu Provost, CDPQ
Amy Rae, Vanedge Capital
Prathna Ramesh, Maple Leaf Angels
Matt Roberts, ScaleUp Ventures
Lauren Robinson, Highline Beta
Jamie Rosenblatt, Golden Venture Partners
Shahab Samimi, 7 Gate Ventures
Russell Samuels, Whitecap Venture Partners
Matt Saunders, Ryerson Futures
Sunil Sharma, Techstars Toronto
Noah Shipman, Vistara Capital Partners
Mark Smith, RBC Capital Partners
Sean Stanleigh, The Globe and Mail
Craig Strong, Round13 Capital
Tony Van Marken, First Ascent Ventures
Praveen Varshney, Varshney Capital
Ramin Wright, Luge Capital
Sharon Zohar, The Big Push
