In Your Corner

The exclusive group of battle-tested entrepreneurs.

Iron
Sharpens
Iron

Our mutually beneficial collective organically makes each of us better, bigger, and faster. Great ideas bounce between industry masters until they are perfected.

Build &
Scale

Fresh Founders helps launch startups through early-stage capital investments and provides advisory services. Once invested in by Fresh Founders, startups get access to elite partners who coach the portfolio companies to help them scale.

Partners

Founders and operators across the network.

Solon Angel

Managing Partner

Recognized by Forbes and the World Economic Forum, tech pioneer Solon Angel continues to build his brand with his brainchild Fresh Founders and on the back of global success Mindbridge.ai.

Aydin Mirzaee

Partner

Co-founder and CEO of Fellow.app. Previously co-founded Fluidware (sold to SurveyMonkey, where he was GM of SurveyMonkey Canada). Co-founder of Fresh Founders.

Keith Cerny

Partner

Formerly at Galvanize (exit to Diligent), Keith helped build a leading GRC SaaS provider to a $1b valuation. Now investing and advising technology startups as a partner at Fresh Founders.

Stephany Lapierre

Partner

A lifelong entrepreneur and one of SCMA's 100 influential women in the Canadian supply chain. In 2014 she launched TealBook, the world's leading supplier data foundation.

Kyle Braatz

Partner

Ottawa's 2022 CEO of the Year, Kyle co-founded Fullscript, a healthcare technology innovator serving more than five million patients.

Nazim Ahmed

Partner

After building CanvasPop and exiting to Circle Graphics, he moved on to remx.xyz, helping Web3 creators grow communities through memberships and rewards.

Featured Companies

Aiwyn

Practice Management Software

Aiwyn helps professional services firms speed up cash flow, save time, and delight clients by revolutionizing the work-to-cash cycle.

Hoppier

Global Rewards Platform

Hoppier makes it easy to distribute spending cards to event attendees for lunches, gifts and more — boosting registration, attendance and engagement.

Capita

Consulting & Digital Service Software

Capita builds investment DAOs to help large organizations efficiently allocate capital, while automating governance and administration.

Clyde

Ownership Enrichment Platform

Clyde helps brands own the post-purchase experience — reimagining product protection, registration and issue resolution.

PayShepherd

Procure-To-Pay for Service Contracts

PayShepherd automates performance monitoring for service contracts — ensuring cost control, compliance and total confidence.

BitWave

Crypto Accounting & Tax

BitWave combines tax and accounting with workflow expertise, helping enterprises thrive in the financial revolution made possible by cryptocurrency.

InterVal

Business Valuation Platform

InterVal helps financial and advisory institutions give business owners real-time valuation data for better, more informed decisions.

Mercator.ai

Construction Insight Software

Mercator.ai helps construction business developers stay ahead with real-time project opportunities and data-backed company profiles.

See All Companies

Join Us

Do you think you have what it takes to be a founder one day? Want to join an elite group of entrepreneurs? Reach out to a community leader near you to learn how.