Andrew is a Toronto born, Seattle based, startup advisor, and travel podcast host.
About Me
I’m passionate about helping startups grow.
I currently work at M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, on the Portfolio Development team covering Artificial Intelligence and Gaming. I have the amazing job of working with our founders to solve challenges and help expand their businesses. In addition, I am an active board member currently holding the M12 board observer seat for three of our portfolio companies, with six total board roles over my tenure.
Outside of my work at M12, I have extensive involvement in the startup ecosystem, as a Limited Partner at Rhino Ventures in Vancouver, a mentor at Techstars Seattle, and have invested in various startups. I have also been a business advisor for the Women in Cloud organization, represented Microsoft at TechTO's pitch nights, and a volunteer and board advisor for MontrealNewTech.
I am fortunate to have spent the last decade meeting and working with startup founders nearly every day. I have had exposure to companies all over the world having had the opportunity to work, study, volunteer, and travel to over 60 countries including living in Canada (home), France, Singapore, Switzerland, Ecuador, and in the USA.
Thank you for visiting and please reach out if you believe there is an opportunity for us to work together.
FAQ
Where did you go to school?
INSEAD, France, MBA
McGill University, Canada, BA, Political Science
Neuchatel Junior College, Switzerland
What are your technology interest areas?
Artificial Intelligence - Generative AI has been my primary focus with sub areas like LLMops, RLHF/AI, and data platform. Some examples of startups I have worked with in the space are Unstructured.io, Unravel Data, and D-matrix.
Business Applications - Software that enables businesses to operate more efficiently such as marketing tech, sales tech, strategy tech, etc. Examples of startups I have worked with are Typeface, Workspan, and Brev.io.
Gaming - Tools that help creators of all sorts build games. I have worked with startups like InWorld, Modl, and Astros.
Which startups have you actively worked with?
Ample Organics (Investor) (Acquired)
Astros (Techstars - Mentor)
Authomize (M12) (Acquired)
Boto.io (Investor)
Brev.io (Mentor)
Databook (M12)
Datapeople (Investor)
FarEye (M12)
Incorta (M12)
Invia Robotics (M12 - Board Observer)
Inworld.ai (M12)
Memgraph (M12)
Modl.ai (M12)
Netradyne (M12)
OnFido (M12) (Acquired)
Paralog.ai (Investor)
PodFoods (M12 - Board Observer)
Rescale (M12 - Board Observer)
Truepic (M12)
Typeface (M12)
Unravel Data (M12 - Board Observer)
Unstructured.io (M12)
Wandelbots (M12 - Board Observer)
Workspan (M12 - Board Observer)
Village Map (Investor)
Volley Games (M12)