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Toronto is Antler’s Canada’s first location. Since launching in 2022, Antler Canada has supported over 100 founders who are creating the next generation of startups.

Jasmeen is a Visiting Analyst at Antler who supports deal sourcing, due diligence, and other aspects of Antler to accelerate the growth of founders. Jasmeen enjoys creating new relationships and diving into the analytical aspect of venture capital. Jasmeen brings experience from IBM, Creative Destruction Lab, Front Row Ventures, and Framework Venture Partners. With experience from pre-seed to Series B, she hopes to help founders with investor connections, business growth, and gain valuable experiences at Antler.

Almas is a Visiting Associate at Antler who leverages his experience in strategy consulting and entrepreneurship to support founders at all stages. Almas co-founded a FinTech startup and, as a CEO, led it to become a prominent payment processing services provider. As a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, Almas has led multiple strategy and transformation engagements in banking, telecom, mining, and the public sector for clients across the globe.

Yohann leads Venture Scouting and Deal flow at Antler Canada. His entire career has been focused on growing early-stage Tech start-ups. In the past Yohann has worked for two of India's most successful unicorns - Zomato and Paytm, where he led their Strategic Growth Expansion. Yohann is also the co-founder of two Non-For Profit organizations that work towards the socio-economic enhancement of underprivileged families residing in the rural slums of India.

Shray is the Director of Growth & Portfolio at Antler Canada. His entire career has been focused on being an entrepreneur or developing startup ecosystems.Most recently, he was the Managing Director at a leading global deep tech startup program, where he coached and advised hundreds of early-stage founders on product-market fit, go-to-market strategies, fundraising, and more. His primary technology focus areas included AI, Spacetech, Quantum Computing, and Blockchain. Earlier in his career, he founded and scaled a successful SME in the retail sector.Born and raised in India, he has completed all three levels of the CFA examinations and holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Naman has founded and exited 3 travel technology businesses. He has built original small teams from inception and growing them to over 700 people. His companies were able to grow with great people building great products using technology. Developing people, products and technology to rapidly scale business and leading to successful financial exits for investors are the skills and experience Naman brings to Antler Canada.

Derrick is a relationship builder and consistent advocate for startup founders. He has spent several years engaging and supporting the growing Canadian early stage tech ecosystem as an advisor and mentor. Most recently he served as a Managing Director at a venture accelerator based in the United States which supported Black led startups. Since 2019 Derrick has led a social enterprise, ICON Talent Partners, which enables high performing Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) to enter competitive sectors of the Canadian ecosystem such as venture capital, private equity and tech startups and sees his current role as an opportunity to amplify those efforts.

Bernie combines his experience as a founder and investor to support entrepreneurs. He co-founded a technology based startup in the solar sector that grew from its homebase in Toronto, to over two hundred employees with an additional office in San Francisco, serving customers across the USA and Ontario. That company was VC backed and had a successful exit to a NYSE-listed acquirer. His experience as an investor includes working with premier VC funds, in addition to angel investing. Helping entrepreneurs think about value creation and building relationships with the capital markets are ways that Bernie enjoys working with founders.

Amy combines her global experience in Investor Relations and M&A to support fundraising for Funds and early-stage companies. Most recently, she led Investor Relations efforts at a Venture Fund focusing on the capital raising process for the Fund as well as providing strategic advisory to portfolio companies on growth initiatives. Previously, she spent several years in Investment Banking in New York focusing on M&A and capital raising projects in Healthcare and Technology. Amy enjoys building relationships and attracting strategic investors to help exceptional entrepreneurs build impactful businesses. She is an advisor to a mental healthcare start-up and sits on the board of the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

Alex is a relationship-driven finance professional with expertise in financial controls and project management. He is a Chartered Accountant trained through Ernst & Young as an Assurance Manager where he oversaw multinational public company audits. Recently, he gained senior leadership experience at a not-for-profit focused on founder education. Alex’s passion for entrepreneurship began at Queen’s University where he was an Ambassador for the Centre for Social Impact - a student group dedicated to social innovation and entrepreneurship.