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Yaletown Partners

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Yaletown Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies in Canada.

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Yaletown

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01.01.2001

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Private

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With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montréal, and a growing presence in Toronto, Yaletown Partners focuses on investing in technology companies that enhance industry and enterprise productivity and sustainability. They typically invest between $2 million and $5 million initially, with the potential for follow-on financings up to $15 million. While they often partner with other funds in later financing rounds, Yaletown prefers to lead or co-lead their initial investments. The firm is led by a national team with almost 100 years of technology-industry experience and extensive industry relationships. They have a culture of deep individual commitment and passionate entrepreneurship, with every member of their investment team being a material investor in the companies they invest in.
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Steve Hnatiuk
Steve Hnatiuk

Steve Hnatiuk

Steve Hnatiuk is the Member Of The Board Of Directors at Genologics. Steve has been active in the development and financing of emerging technology companies for more than 20 years. He Co - Founded Yaletown Venture Partners in 2001 and was active in building the firm and its portfolio until 2010. Today he is an Executive Limited Partner investor in Yaletown-managed funds alongside other technology industry executives and entrepreneurs, and major Canadian and US institutional investors. Prior to starting Yaletown, Steve established and built TD Bank’s technology financing group on the west coast of Canada. He was an Executive in the technology industry group of PwC. He began his career as a Software Engineer with Accenture. Steve is active on the Boards of several venture-backed companies, Crown Corporation, Non-profit foundations, serves as Vice President Of The Board Of Directors for Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA). He is on the editorial boards of Business in Vancouver newspaper and Canadian Private Capital magazine. He is a Graduate of the University of British Columbia and British Columbia Institute of Technology, magna cum laude.

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Hans Knapp
Hans Knapp

Hans Knapp

Hans co-founded Yaletown Venture Partners and brings over 15 years of legal counsel, corporate governance, turn-around, and investing experience to the Yaletown team. Hans manages Yaletown's investment in Redlen Technologies, Equicare Health, Genologics, Thetus, and Mixpo. In addition, as Yaletown's General Counsel he directs our firm's investment transactions, operations and legal affairs. Prior to Yaletown, Hans was Vice President of Investments and Corporate Counsel for Brigill Investments, a private Vancouver-based venture capital firm. Earlier in his career he practiced law in the commercial litigation group of Borden Ladner Gervais and held a judicial clerkship at British Columbia's highest court, the BC Court of Appeal. A recipient of Business in Vancouver's "Top 40 Under 40" award, Hans has B.A. and LLB degrees from the University of British Columbia and is called to the Bar of British Columbia.

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Kirk Washington

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Evan Hu

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Brad Johns

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