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Gideon Hayden

Investor

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Leaders Fund

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Leaders Fund focused on early-stage investing in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and ML/AI. He previously co-founded Tradyo (sold to Torstar) and worked at OMERS Ventures on over a dozen transactions, and was part of the founding team of the OneEleven accelerator in Toronto.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity

Experience

  1. Leaders FundCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentToronto, Canada Area
  2. Leaders FundCo-Founder & Partner2016 β€” 2022Toronto, Canada Area
  3. Oasis SecurityInvestorcurrent2026 β€” present
  4. VellumInvestor and Board Membercurrent2025 β€” presentNew York, United States
  5. Upwind SecurityInvestor and Board Membercurrent2022 β€” present
  6. MatiaInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 β€” presentMiami, Florida, United States
  7. Ask-AIInvestorcurrent2024 β€” presentTel Aviv District, Israel
  8. QwakInvestor and Board Membercurrent2022 β€” presentTel Aviv, Israel
  9. Datagrid AIInvestor and Board Membercurrent2022 β€” presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  10. Threekit 3D & Augmented RealityInvestor and Board Observercurrent2021 β€” presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  11. DrataInvestorcurrent2021 β€” presentSan Diego, California, United States
  12. CallRailInvestorcurrent2017 β€” presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
  13. AdaInvestorcurrent2016 β€” presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  14. 360insights.comInvestorcurrent2016 β€” presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
  15. CrowdRiffInvestor2018 β€” 2024Toronto, ON
  16. FlashpointInvestor2016 β€” 2021New York, United States
  17. Spot by NetAppInvestor and Board2018 β€” 2020Tel Aviv, Israel
  18. OMERS VenturesSenior Associate2015Toronto, Canada Area
  19. OMERS VenturesAssociate2013 β€” 2015Toronto, Canada Area
  20. Tradyo (Acquired by Metroland Media Group)Co-Founder2011 β€” 2014Toronto, Canada Area

Education

  1. McGill UniversityBCOM, Finance
  2. Copenhagen Business SchoolExchange, Finance/International Business/Global Strategy

Skills & more

Public Speaking4Start-ups76Entrepreneur3Blogging5Social Media11Business Development18Business Strategy29Product Management8Project Management2Marketing Strategy15Mobile Applications9User Experience1
+6 moreMarket ResearchStrategic PartnershipsResearchMobile DevicesSocial Media MarketingMarketing

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Same school

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Investments

Board seats

360 InsightsKlipfolioOneEleven

Investor

AdaCrowdRiffDrataQwakSpotToricUpwind

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Colleagues at Leaders Fund

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