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About
Balaji Gopalan is Co-Founder and CEO of MedStack, focusing on healthcare innovation and digital health. He specializes in product management and building software platform ecosystem businesses across multiple industries, and has more than 20 years of experience building digital products, including work on BlackBerry's BBM and platform strategy roles at D2L, Nymi, and EventMobi. He also works as a startup educator, advisor, and mentor, having developed and taught a product management curriculum and been named Founder Institute's Most Supportive Mentor for Canada.
Invests in
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-founder at MedStack
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Co-founders at MedStack
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Simon WoodsideCo-founder
Experience
- FreelanceDigital Health: Independent Product Strategy and Entrepreneurship Advisorcurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Toronto Product Management AssociationDirectorcurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Gener8tor, Nordiqon, Next Gen Founders Lab, Founder Institute, Hatchery, PlugnPlay, DMZ, moreExecutive Mentor & Advisor – Startup Accelerators & Venture Programscurrent2015 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
- SupraMembercurrent2025 — present
- Toronto Metropolitan UniversityParttime Lecturer2025 — 2026Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Launchit SolutionsChief Product Officer2024 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- MedStackCo-Founder and CEO (venture-funded, award-winning and industry-recognized)2015 — 2024Toronto, Ontario
- BrainStationLead Educator, Product Management2015 — 2017Toronto
- EventMobiActing Director of New Product Initiatives2015 — 2016Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- selfIndependent Product Management Consultant2015 — 2016Toronto
- Trideit (project changeRoom)Product and Strategy Advisor / VP, Platform2014 — 2015Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- NymiDirector of Platform2014 — 2015Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Desire2LearnSenior Product Planner - Integration & Extensibility2013 — 2014Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Qwyrk Media Inc.Marketing, Product Development and Operations (contract)2013Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- self-employedTook some time to reflect upon my career and achievements and to plan my next adventure2012Toronto
- BlackBerrySenior Manager, Product Management - Consumer Services / Platform Services / Intelligent Systems2004 — 2012Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Bombardier AerospaceSupervisor, Programs and Strategic Planning - Global Business Jet Family1996 — 2003Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
MentoringPublic SpeakingTeam MotivationLeadership30Team Leadership10People SkillsEmotional IntelligenceStrategic Planning5Technological Innovation1Business Planning1Manufacturing Process Improvement1Business Case Modelling
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Process DesignProduct Road MappingEntrepreneurshipExecutive LeadershipFundraisingOrganizational CultureTeachingBusiness StrategyEducationCurriculum DevelopmentPlatform as a Service (PAAS)Pitch Development- P.Eng — Professional Engineers Ontario
- Product Management Certified — Pragmatic Marketing
From Balaji's professional profile.
Colleagues at DMZ
Adrian Bulzacki
Founder Network - IP Strategy, Technology Innovation at DMZ
Adunni Rufai
Expert-in-Residence, User Experience Design at DMZ
Alex Kolodkin
Founder Network - Startup Operations & Marketplace Growth at DMZ
Alex Thibault
Expert-in-Residence, Business Strategy at DMZ
Ali Kiassat
Expert-in-Residence, Sales and Business Development at DMZ
Alnur Ismail
Expert-in-Residence, Product & Engineering at DMZ
Andrea Matheson
Expert-in-Residence, High-Growth Strategy & Scaling at DMZ
Brian Deck
Founder Network - E-Commerce & Fundraising at DMZ
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Balaji Gopalan?
- Balaji Gopalan is Co-Founder and CEO of MedStack, focusing on healthcare innovation and digital health. He specializes in product management and building software platform ecosystem businesses across multiple industries, and has more than 20 years of experience building digital products, including work on BlackBerry's BBM and platform strategy roles at D2L, Nymi, and EventMobi. He also works as a startup educator, advisor, and mentor, having developed and taught a product management curriculum and been named Founder Institute's Most Supportive Mentor for Canada.
- Where does Balaji Gopalan work?
- Balaji Gopalan is Co-founder of MedStack and Expert-In-Residence, Product and Customer Strategy at DMZ.
- What does Balaji Gopalan invest in?
- Balaji Gopalan invests in Digital Health, Healthtech.
- What companies did Balaji Gopalan found?
- Balaji Gopalan founded MedStack.
- Where did Balaji Gopalan go to school?
- Balaji Gopalan studied at Queen's University (MBA, Marketing); University of Toronto (BASc, Mechanical Engineering).
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University of Toronto mafia253
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Queen's University mafia100
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DMZ mafia5
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Desire2Learn mafia4
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Nymi mafia2
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Same school
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Steph TryphonasCo-founder of Collaborative RoboticsHark AhluwaliaAssociate at RevolutionSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersZeya YangInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Curtis UrbanowiczInvestment at Makers FundSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker Capital
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Also attended University of Toronto594
Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereYasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalImran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture PartnersKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Shared employers
Also worked at EventMobi2
Also worked at Desire2Learn14
Dennis KavelmanPartner at Inovia CapitalTim ConnorPartner at NewView CapitalNick BunickPrincipal at NewView CapitalKevin KimsaCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Climate Innovation CapitalAlex MurashkinFounding Senior Engineer at QuantstampDan MicakChief Legal Officer at Lightspeed Commerce at Boreal Ventures
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Also worked at BlackBerry82
Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalMike MontanoInvestor at True VenturesAnastasia HambaliInvestor at Side Door VenturesRyan GibsonVP of Finance at Eclipse VenturesDevon GallowayCo-Founder & General Partner at Inovia CapitalMichael LittCo-Founder & General Partner at Inovia Capital
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Also worked at Bombardier Aerospace22
Jixun FooManaging Partner at Granite AsiaJulien MarolleauSenior Analyst at NAventuresAmanda-Stella BirkenholzPrincipal at UVC PartnersFrederic LatreilleGeneral Partner at DiagramDavid CharbonneauManaging Partner at Boreal VenturesJulien LacherePartner, Patent Agent, Head of the Intellectual Property Group at BCF at Lalotte Ventures
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