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Steven Woods

Partner & CTO, Inovia Capital

Waterloo, Ontario

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Building Strong Teams
Product Innovation
Internet Services
Entrepreneurship
Online Advertising
Management
Public Speaking
Leadership
Consumer Products
Technology Management
Software Engineering
Scalability
Strategy
Mobile Devices
Strategic Partnerships
Business Development
E-commerce
Product Development
Product Management
Start-ups

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner & CTO

    2021

    Inovia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners up with audacious founders ready to build enduring global technology companies. My passion is supporting founders to realize their visions.

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2024

2023

  • Industry Advisory Group, former Member of the Board of Directors

    2023

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2022

  • Member of the Board of Directors, Advisor

    2016

2019

  • Advisory Board Member - Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence

    2019

    The mission of CARE-AI is to advance multidisciplinary AI training, research and the responsible application of AI to foster economic growth and improve life. CARE-AI is unique, as it integrates ethics, governance and social responsibility with technical leadership. The CARE-AI Advisory Board is responsible for advising on all matters related to the business plan, strategic plan, academic initiatives and program development to meet the growing industry needs, tools and technologies, and approaches to delivering CARE-AI’s mission and vision.

Windigo Holdings

2010

  • President, Windigo Holdings

    2010

    Windigo is a private investment and holdings company.

  • Member of the Board of Directors

    2020 - 2024

    By leveraging breakthroughs in quantum science, we endeavour to create transformative technologies that enable meaningful societal benefits and compelling economic value.

  • Executive Fellow

    2013 - 2021

    Mistral invests early into a company's life cycle. We look for passionate entrepreneurs who are taking advantage of changing markets with next-generation technologies and innovative business models. Our model is to partner with outstanding teams, introduce them to world class advisors, international customers and capital sources to ensure long term success.

2008 - 2021

  • Senior Director Engineering

    2008 - 2021

    Build, evolve, lead, and direct engineering teams for a variety of projects important to Google. Represent Google to the local technology community including academia and other potential corporate partners. Collaborate with other Google development leaders in product, business and engineering on determining overall Google product directions. Google in Canada has been awarded best workplace in Canada six consecutive years (2011-2016).

  • Engineering Director, Mobile Shopping & Offers

    2008 - 2012

    As a member of Google's engineering leadership, served as lead for a wide range of consumer and infrastructure projects supporting consumer experiences and advertising. Consumer services I led touched many millions of monthly users and represented hundreds of millions of dollars of annual revenue.