About
Denis Ho is an advisor and investor focused on social impact investing. After retiring as Managing Director of BDC Capital's life sciences team, he founded a social impact fund and advisory firm serving social impact limited partners, advising national and international clients on investment decisions in developing social impact markets. He previously served as a VP on MDS Capital's healthcare venture capital team and as a Partner at KPMG Canada.
Invests in
BiotechImpact & Social Good
Experience
- Social Impact PartnersDirector/Partnercurrent2012 — presentToronto, Canada, Tanzania, East Africa, London, UK, Europe, Far East
- BDC Venture CapitalManaging Director (retired)2003 — 2011
- MDS CapitalVice President1995 — 2003Toronto, Canada Area
- Forbes Capital CanadaPartner1993 — 1996Toronto
- KPMG in CanadaPartner1983 — 1993Toronto, Canada Area
- Mercantile Bank CanadaAccount Manager1981 — 1983
Education
- Ivey Business School at Western UniversityMBA1979 — 1981
- Queen's UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology1975 — 1977
- University of TorontoB. Sc., Molecular Biology1971 — 1975
Skills & more
Negotiation20Strategic Planning41Public Speaking3Strategy27Management10Leadership7Fundraising20Non-profits2Nonprofits2Program Management5Venture Capital16Start-ups23
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Management ConsultingInvestmentsChange ManagementBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipImpact InvestingMergersFrom Denis's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Ivey Business School at Western University182
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 Queen's University173
Hark AhluwaliaAssociate at RevolutionSydney SloanChief Marketing Officer at Scale Venture PartnersRares CrisanInvestor at GGV CapitalCURTIS URBANOWICZInvestment at Makers FundSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker CapitalAustin PringleAnalyst at Congruent Ventures
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Also attended University of Toronto221
Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalImran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture PartnersKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorMike MontanoInvestor at True VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at BDC Venture Capital59
Inshaal QadirAnalyst at Panache VenturesAlex McIsaacGeneral Partner at Inovia CapitalMark TrevittFounder & Managing Partner at Inovia CapitalRobert SimonVenture Partner at Ridge VenturesSabreen SidhuSenior Analyst at Vistara GrowthJoshuah LebacqPrincipal at NAventures
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Also worked at KPMG in Canada27
Idris BelloFounding Partner at LoftyInc CapitalWendy LamAdvisor at ChrysalixSarah FangPrincipal, Finance at Vanedge CapitalMarcel RéthoréDirector at Espresso CapitalÉmilie BoutrosManaging Partner at TandemLaunchDavid CharbonneauManaging Partner at Boreal Ventures
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