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Hannes Blum

Venture Partner | Acton Capital

Dr. Hannes Blum started his career with The Boston Consulting Group in Germany and founded his first company (JustBooks GmbH) with colleagues of his PhD program in 1999. After selling his business to AbeBooks.com, he was asked to take over as CEO of AbeBooks which brought him and his family to Victoria, Canada in 2003. After acquiring 5 companies, he sold AbeBooks to Amazon.com in 2008 and stayed on as a VP for Amazon.com until May 2015. He won several industry awards during his tenure at AbeBooks and Amazon (e.g. Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Consumer category for Pacific Canada).

Currently, he is Venture Partner North America for Acton Capital, a Munich based VC fund focused on consumer internet. He sits on the Board of six companies (Mobify in Vancouver, Chef’s Plate in Toronto, Blitsy in Chicago, Eloquii in New York and Codename Entertainment as well as Monk Office in Victoria) and is an active Angel Investor. 

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Brent Holliday

Co-founder, CEOGaribaldi Capital Advisors

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Byron Thom

Associate Director, IT Venture FundBDC

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Derek Strong

Regional Director, Mountain RegionRoynat Capital

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Dylan Freeze

AnalystKensington Capital Partners Limited

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Elayne Wandler

Director, Programs & PartnershipsAccel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator

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Fraser Hall

Managing PartnerVFF

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Gray Robinson

Senior AssociateAnzu Partners

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Janelle Goulard

Director of Health Investment Pangaea Ventures

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Jenny Yang

PartnerPanda Angel Partners

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Johanna Brickman

Director of Collaborative InnovationOregon Best

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Moses Zhao

Executive DirectorSinoRich Capital

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Prashant Matta

Senior AssociateOMERS Ventures

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Praveen Varshney

DirectorVarshney Capital Corp.

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Rob Foxall

Director, Business DevelopmentTIMIA Capital

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Rob Peets

Investment DirectorTELUS Ventures

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Rolf Dekleer

VP InvestmentsGrowthWorks Venture Capital

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Shafin Diamond Tejani

Co-founderVictory Square

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