About
Co-Founder and Chairman of Intrinsic Innovations and CEO of Intrinsic Venture Capital, with expertise across the startup ecosystem, energy, defense communications, venture capital and small-cap private equity. He advocates for economic immigration and sits on CVCA committees.
Experience
- Intrinsic Venture CapitalCo-founder and Managing Directorcurrent2021 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Intrinsic InnovationsCo-founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
- Intrinsic SEACo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentMalaysia
- Intrinsic JapanCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Intrinsic Innovations VietnamCo-founder and Presidentcurrent2022 — presentHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- SLACS Holdings Corp.Co-Founder & Presidentcurrent2016 — presentCanada
- Windowworks (BC)Owner & CEO2019 — 2021Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- Platform CalgaryEntrepreneur Advisor2018 — 2021Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- Innovate CalgaryEntrepreneur Advisor2017Alberta, Canada
- EnbridgeBusiness Development, Canadian Midstream2015 — 2017Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- EnbridgeBusiness Development, Alternative and Emerging Technology, Green Power, and Transmission2014 — 2016Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- Innovate CalgaryEntrepreneur Advisor2013 — 2014Calgary, AB
- SLACS Enterprises Inc.Owner2008 — 2013Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- S.i. SystemsContract Systems Engineer2012Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- RenoRatersFounder2008 — 2012Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- General Dynamics CanadaMPAS System V&V Test Lead2009 — 2011
- General Dynamics CanadaSoS Integration - Applications Test Team Lead2007 — 2009
- General Dynamics CanadaSystem Engineer2004 — 2006
- AutodeskSoftware Development Intern2002 — 2003
Education
- Ivey Business School at Western UniversityMBA, Entrepreneurship2011 — 2012
- University of CalgaryBSc, Software Engineering1999 — 2004
Skills & more
Project Management35Integration27Software Development20Business Strategy20Software Engineering18Agile Methodologies9Systems Engineering9Financial Modeling7Entrepreneurship6Requirements Analysis6Software Project Management5Start-ups5
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Requirements ManagementProject PlanningTestingVenture CapitalProduct ManagementFinancial AnalysisQuality AssurancePMPEnterprise SoftwareSQLLinuxAnalysis- Developing Executive Presence — LinkedIn
- Not-for-profit Board Leadership (Level I) — Canadian Board Diversity Council/ Conseil canadien pour la diversité administrative
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Colleagues at Intrinsic Innovations
Alec Wang
Co-Founder and President at Intrinsic Innovations
Anne-Marie Wilms
Entrepreneur and Community Manager at Intrinsic Innovations
Mark Salkeld
Executive in Residence and Chief Advisor – Industry at Intrinsic Innovations
Ormhel Manuel
Startup Venture Advisor at Intrinsic Innovations
Yuhan Wu
Executive Assistant and Full Charge Bookkeeper at Intrinsic Innovations
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Andrew Sanden work?
- Andrew Sanden is Co-Founder/CEO at Intrinsic Innovations.
Same school
Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University221
ØysteinInvestor at InvestinorVivek RamaswamiPartner at Madrona Venture GroupRay SharmaFounding Partner, CEO at Extreme Venture PartnersHa DuongVP Finance & Operations at Luge CapitalJasmine YangVice President at Sapphire VenturesJaye LandowHead of Investor Relations at FJ Labs
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Also attended University of Calgary72
Laura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesLeah GosbeeCFO at Version One VenturesRaghu BhaskarInvestment Manager – Sector Specialist Industrial IT and AI at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChris EricksonFounder at Pangaea Ventures Us Inc.Bryan ChowInvestor at Side Door VenturesWilson ActonManaging Partner at Tall Grass Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Platform Calgary2
Also worked at Innovate Calgary8
Shelley KuipersCo-Founder & Co-CEO at Inovia CapitalAdam CraggPartner at Osney CapitalDr. Jehangir AppooVenture Partner at ScaleGood Fund LP (powered by TELUS)Mizan HemaniAdvisory Services Analyst at SVXJacque-Lynne JohnsonEIR at SFU VentureLabsSamaneh AshooriSenior Program Manager, NGIF Emissions Testing Centre, NGIF Accelerator at NGIF Capital
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Also worked at General Dynamics Canada1
Also worked at Autodesk52
Aaron AthanasPeople Operations Associate at GreycroftAaron EpsteinGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorJesse Coors-BlankenshipCo-founder, General Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalDavid OppenheimerPartner, CFO at Verissimo VenturesJesse DevitteCo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAllen PregerPartner at Building Ventures
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