Sarah Willson
InvestorPrincipal at Panache Ventures
Toronto, Ontario
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Investor and former founder of a consumer marketplace who supports early-stage founders; also a professor at Schulich School of Business teaching Financing Growing Ventures.
Experience
- Panache VenturesPrincipalcurrent2024 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Panache VenturesAssociate2022 — 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Panache VenturesAnalyst2021 — 2022Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Schulich ExecEdMember, Pitch Deck Advisory Council - Schulich Startupscurrent2023 — present
- Schulich School of Business - York UniversityLecturercurrent2022 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- Hive Home Services Inc.Foundercurrent2019 — presentToronto, Ontario
- Creative Destruction LabVenture Manager, Artificial Intelligence Stream2020 — 2021
- Creative Destruction LabVenture Analyst, CDL-Toronto - Artificial Intelligence Stream2020Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Humans of GuelphCo-Founder2014 — 2017
Education
- Queen's UniversityMaster's degree, Management2017 — 2018
- University of GuelphBachelor's Degree, Neuroscience and Psychology2013 — 2017
- The York School2010 — 2013
- Smith School of Business at Queen's UniversityMaster of Management, Innovation & Entrepreneurship2017 — 2018
Skills & more
Public Speaking18Creative Problem Solving14Leadership6Teamwork8Strategic Leadership12Entrepreneurship9Business Innovation6Recruiting5Social Media Marketing3Research8Microsoft Office8Written & Oral Presentation Skills9
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Team BuildingPresentationsMarketing StrategyStartup DevelopmentEarly-stage StartupsStart-ups Management- Certificate of Training in Code of Business Conduct
- Certificate of Training in General Health and Safety Awareness
- Certificate of Training in Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities
- National Lifeguard Service
From Sarah's professional profile.
Same school
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
+ 167 more
Also attended University of Guelph26
Brendan HusseyInvestor at JLSDaniel MuletPartner at Radical VenturesJoseph ReganSenior Managing Partner at BDC Venture CapitalJack FraserPartner at BDC Venture CapitalCarley-Rose HorowitzAssociate at Wittington VenturesHelen MurphyFounder & CEO, International Media Services Inc. at The 98
+ 20 more
Also attended Smith School of Business at Queen's University35
Chris CusinatoAssociate at Odyssey Investment PartnersJackson WrightAssociate at ArcTern VenturesAliénor BosséPortfolio Success Lead at SpeedinvestJordon BoerchersVice President at Vistara GrowthMark GilbertExecutive Director at Espresso CapitalDavid KamenetskyPrincipal at Leaders Fund
+ 29 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Panache Ventures17
Domenic Del VecchioPrincipal at Panache VenturesPatrick LorVenture Partner at Panache VenturesPrashant MattaPartner at Panache VenturesMike CegelskiPartner at Panache VenturesGenevieve TanguayPartner at Panache VenturesMelaniia VolkodavAssociate at Panache Ventures
+ 11 more
Also worked at Schulich School of Business - York University10
Prashant MattaPartner at Panache VenturesEva LauFounding and General Partner at Inovia CapitalJack FraserPartner at BDC Venture CapitalKevin TalbotCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Relay VenturesShay NulmanVice President and Venture Partner at Gibraltar VenturesShirley SoonVP Finance & Operations at Greensoil PropTech Ventures
+ 4 more
Also worked at Creative Destruction Lab118
Greg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesPaul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalIsabel FoxHead of Investor Relations at Hoxton VenturesAngelaGeneral Partner at Version One VenturesMatt StevensEntrepreneur in Residence at Tech Square VenturesChristophe JurczakPartner at Quantonation
+ 112 more
Colleagues at Panache Ventures
Achintya Chaudhari
Analyst at Panache Ventures
Alejandro Marin
Vice President, Finance at Panache Ventures
Chris Neumann
General Partner at Panache Ventures
Christian Levan
Analyst at Panache Ventures
David Dufresne
Partner at Panache Ventures
Domenic Del Vecchio
Principal at Panache Ventures
Genevieve Tanguay
Partner at Panache Ventures
Inshaal Qadir
Analyst at Panache Ventures
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