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
- Mistral Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — presentToronto, ON
- Ontario Trillium FoundationBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentToronto, ON
- Loop FinancialBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentToronto, ON
- Armilla AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentToronto, ON
- MaRS Investment Accelerator FundMember of Investment Committeecurrent2023 — presentToronto, ON
- Lazaridis InstituteMentor for the ScaleUp Programcurrent2021 — presentWaterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Mistral VenturesPartnercurrent2021 — present
- UC BerkeleyEntrepreneurship Mentorcurrent2013 — present
- University of Toronto - The Entrepreneurship HatcheryStart-up Mentorcurrent2013 — presentToronto, Canada Area
- NuulaCTO2020 — 2021Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Kleer.aiFounder / CEO2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- InfluitiveChief Product and Technology Officer2016 — 2020Toronto, Canada Area
- Loblaw DigitalVice President, Technology2012 — 2016Toronto, Canada Area
- MavenSayTech Advisor2012 — 2013Toronto
- MavenSayCTO2012Toronto/New York
- FooddelCo-Founder / CTO2010 — 2012Toronto, Canada Area
- Local DirtCTO2009 — 2012
- CarsalaFounder/CTO2008 — 2009
- O'Reilly AlphaTech VenturesVenture Capital Associate2007 — 2008
- eBay MotorsProduct Manager2007
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA, Finance2006 — 2008
- Queen's UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Science (Major) & Mathematics (Minor)1993 — 1997
- The Koç School1989 — 1993
Skills & more
Strategy34Leadership15Management19BankingPaymentsNon-profit ManagementPublic AdministrationInsuranceFinTechBoard of DirectorsBoard OperationBoard Level
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Board AdministrationBoard GovernanceEntrepreneurshipStart-upsVenture CapitalOnline MarketingSoftware DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsiOS DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentSaaSFrom Raif's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business489
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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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 The Koç School6
Shared employers
Also worked at Mistral Venture Partners6
Also worked at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund11
Matthew LeibowitzCo-Founder & Managing General Partner at Plaza VenturesMichelle McBaneManaging Director at Stand Up VenturesLance LakingGeneral Partner at Graphite VenturesCraig LeonardGeneral Partner at Graphite VenturesKevin MadillPartner at Graphite VenturesMackenzie PukliczAssociate at Graphite Ventures
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Also worked at UC Berkeley142
Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechAndrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock VenturesFreada Kapor KleinFounding Partner at Kapor CapitalUlili OnovakpuriManaging Partner at Kapor CapitalRoseanneCo-founder at Renegade PartnersJay ParrishVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners
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Also worked at Influitive8
Wilson LeeManaging Partner at Round13 CapitalBronwyn SmithOperating & Venture Partner at Round13 CapitalNick ChenPrincipal at Golden VenturesLars LeckieManaging Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)David PriemerFounder & Chief Sales Scientist, Cerebral Selling at Leaders FundNeil SadaranganeyDirector at Alberta Enterprise Corporation
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Deals · 1
Armilla AIBoard seat
via Mistral Venture Partners · filed Jun 2025 · $3.5M raise
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