Fundraising Fox

Raif Barbaros

Investor

Partner at Mistral Venture Partners

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

About

Partner and former startup CTO who founded several VC-backed companies in the Bay Area and Toronto, two of which were acquired and two reaching millions of users. He was founding VP of Engineering at Loblaw Digital and worked at fintech Nuula.

Experience

  1. Mistral Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — presentToronto, ON
  2. Ontario Trillium FoundationBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentToronto, ON
  3. Loop FinancialBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentToronto, ON
  4. Armilla AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentToronto, ON
  5. MaRS Investment Accelerator FundMember of Investment Committeecurrent2023 — presentToronto, ON
  6. Lazaridis InstituteMentor for the ScaleUp Programcurrent2021 — presentWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
  7. Mistral VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — present
  8. UC BerkeleyEntrepreneurship Mentorcurrent2013 — present
  9. University of Toronto - The Entrepreneurship HatcheryStart-up Mentorcurrent2013 — presentToronto, Canada Area
  10. NuulaCTO2020 — 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  11. Kleer.aiFounder / CEO2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  12. InfluitiveChief Product and Technology Officer2016 — 2020Toronto, Canada Area
  13. Loblaw DigitalVice President, Technology2012 — 2016Toronto, Canada Area
  14. MavenSayTech Advisor2012 — 2013Toronto
  15. MavenSayCTO2012Toronto/New York
  16. FooddelCo-Founder / CTO2010 — 2012Toronto, Canada Area
  17. Local DirtCTO2009 — 2012
  18. CarsalaFounder/CTO2008 — 2009
  19. O'Reilly AlphaTech VenturesVenture Capital Associate2007 — 2008
  20. eBay MotorsProduct Manager2007

Education

  1. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Finance2006 — 2008
  2. Queen's UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science (Major) & Mathematics (Minor)1993 — 1997
  3. The Koç School1989 — 1993

Skills & more

Strategy34Leadership15Management19BankingPaymentsNon-profit ManagementPublic AdministrationInsuranceFinTechBoard of DirectorsBoard OperationBoard Level
+12 moreBoard AdministrationBoard GovernanceEntrepreneurshipStart-upsVenture CapitalOnline MarketingSoftware DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsiOS DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentSaaS

From Raif's professional profile.

Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 1

Armilla AIBoard seat

via Mistral Venture Partners · filed Jun 2025 · $3.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Mistral Venture Partners