Rypple Investors
Our financial partners include some of the best investing and business minds on the continent. With their deep experience in human capital, social networking, and entrepreneurship, they provide invaluable guidance as we grow Rypple into an indispensable service.
Bridgescale Partners
Bridgescale Partners is a Menlo Park, California based growth equity firm providing expansion capital to U.S. and Canada-based, later-stage technology companies. The investment team has more than 50+ years of venture capital experience investing in early- and later-stage technology companies. Additionally, the team has invested in more than 100 technology companies in the software, security, digital media, Internet, and communication markets.
Edgestone Capital Partners
One of Canada's leading private equity firms with in excess of $2.5 billion of funds committed to date. EdgeStone provides capital, strategic direction and business and financial advice to help promising mid-market and early-stage companies achieve their full potential.
Extreme Venture Partners
Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) focuses on providing early stage venture capital and management expertise to startup businesses to help propel them into the big leagues. We work with smart people who have great ideas and the energy and abilities to deliver on them. Our team is comprised of experts from the worlds of technology and investment. This powerful mix allows us to bring hands-on business support and financial resources to help the people and technologies we invest in achieve greatness.
Peter Thiel
Peter is a managing partner at the Founders Fund, an early stage venture firm, and President of Clarium Capital, a global macro fund. In 1998, Peter co-founded PayPal and served as its Chairman and CEO until the company's sale to eBay in October 2002 for $1.5 billion.
Roger Martin
Roger Martin is Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Roger was formerly a director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his 13 years with Monitor, he founded and chaired Monitor University, the firm's educational arm, served as co-head of the firm for two years, and founded the Canadian office.
Seymour Schulich
Seymour Schulich is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, and one of Canada's most astute investors. Schulich pioneered the concept of royalty payments in the mining industry. In 2002, the company he founded, Franco-Nevada merged with Normandy Mining Limited of Australia and Newmont Mining Corporation, creating the largest gold mining company in the world, Newmont Mining Corporation. He is well known for his philanthropic activities, having donated funds to numerous Canadian universities including York, Western Ontario, Calgary, and McGill.
Tony Chapman
Tony Chapman is the Founder and CEO of Capital C, a creative and technology powerhouse, noted for being the first non-mass agency to win Marketing Magazine's coveted Agency of the Year. Chapman was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame, and his opinions appear regularly in the mainstream broadcast and print press. He has authored numerous articles in addition to his appearances on national television and radio. As an in-demand speaker and commentator, Chapman's topics include Leadership, Creativity, and Marketing in the New Millennium.
Alan Rottenberg
Alan is a highly respected veteran of the enterprise software industry and a business intelligence pioneer. At Cognos, he served in several senior roles, including Senior Vice President Marketing and Senior Vice-President of Business Intelligence. It was during the latter responsibility that the company became a world-wide leader in Business Intelligence and achieved significant revenue growth. Cognos was acquired by IBM for $5 Billion in January 2008. Alan is also Chairman of the Board of the world-renowned the Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation.
Joseph Sigelman
Joseph Sigelman co-founded OfficeTiger, which became a several thousand employee firm focused on the outsourcing of premedia, accounting, research and analytics for leading investment banks, law firms and large corporates. In 2008, Joe was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He also serves on the boards of companies, including Satellier, Docgenix and Vijyothi.