Jaafer Haidar
InvestorPartner at Brightspark Ventures
Toronto, Ontario
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Jaafer Haidar is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder at Stealth who has founded and exited four companies. He has held roles as a management consultant, company executive, and investor, and currently advises growth-stage companies while working with venture capital and private equity firms on value creation strategies.
Experience
- StealthCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
- Ivey Business School at Western UniversityExecutive in Residencecurrent2025 — presentLondon, ON
- St. Joseph's Health Care FoundationDirector Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentLondon, ON
- Shopistry [ACQUIRED]Founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentToronto, Canada Area
- ActicCo-Founder / Board Membercurrent2020 — presentLondon, ON
- Boomerz BoxingCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentLondon, ON
- SilverCircleContributing Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Tuesday CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WP EngineProduct IC (Independent Contributor)2024 — 2025
- TechstarsMentor2018 — 2024Toronto, Canada Area
- The Upside Foundation of CanadaBoard Advisor2015 — 2020Toronto, Canada Area
- BrightsparkPartner / VC2017 — 2019Toronto, Canada Area
- StatfloCOO / Board Member / Investor2014 — 2019Toronto, Canada Area
- Founder InstituteMentor2016 — 2017Waterloo, Canada Area
- Garibaldi Capital AdvisorsExecutive in Residence2014 — 2016Toronto, Canada Area
- CommunitechExecutive in Residence2014 — 2016Waterloo, ON
- SynacorVP Product & Corporate Development2012 — 2014Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Carbyn Inc. [ACQUIRED by Synacor]Co-Founder/CEO2010 — 2012London, Canada Metropolitan Area
- Interactive Advertising BureauInteractive Advertising Bureau Council Member2010 — 2011Toronto, Canada Area
- ScrapHD [ACQUIRED by Michaels Stores Inc.]Founding Partner2009 — 2010Chicago
Education
- Western UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science1996 — 1999
Skills & more
PhilanthropyHealthcareSoftwareProfessional MentoringEntrepreneurship DevelopmentFitness TrainingFitness InstructionFitness CenterAthletic TrainingAthletic PerformanceCoachingSports Coaching
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Coaching & MentoringStart-up VenturesNew Venture DevelopmentNew VenturesVenture FinancingHealthcare Information Technology (HIT)Business InnovationOpen InnovationMentoringCommunicationIdeationPublic SpeakingLanguages Arabic · English
From Jaafer's professional profile.
Colleagues at Brightspark Ventures
Alexandra Johnstone
Marketing & Communications Manager at Brightspark Ventures
Andrew Lugsdin
Partner at Brightspark Ventures
Caroline Rheault
Financial Controller at Brightspark Ventures
Claire Fauquier
Venture Partner at Brightspark Ventures
Elena Pavel
CFO and Partner at Brightspark Ventures
Éléonore Jarry-Ferron
Partner at Brightspark Ventures
Frédérik Lupien
Financial Controller at Brightspark Ventures
Jacques Perreault
Partner at Brightspark Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Jaafer Haidar work?
- Jaafer Haidar is Partner at Brightspark Ventures.
- What check size does Jaafer Haidar write?
- Jaafer Haidar typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended Western University186
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Shared employers
Also worked at Founder Institute110
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