As multi-time technology entrepreneurs ourselves, we know building a business is not easy. Whether you are expanding an existing business in a technology-heavy product direction or you are founding a new internet-driven startup, we know you have two critical challenges:
1 - How do I build my product quickly?
Building a high-performing team is expensive and can take months. In today’s competitive market recruiting and retaining the most qualified talent is difficult, time consuming and expensive.
2 - How do I get investment when I need it?
Finding the right people to invest in your product or company is no easy task. You need investors that will be founder-positive, easy to work with, and will be there for the long term.
Generic seed investors are a dying breed. Northmark Ventures is not generic. We do not watch from the sidelines for months, do a two-week due diligence, write a cheque and then dial-in for board meetings.
We build deep, high-value-add relationships by rolling up our sleeves and working with you now on what matters most…building your product to satisfy your customers. Investment in your business is a natural outcome of the deep relationship that we build together.
In addition to bringing decades of business experience, Northmark uses its own twenty-person technical team for the benefit of your product now, while you hire or expand your own expert team over time. Our team is senior with a decade of experience together. We specialize in “hard” technologies such as blockchain, financial, trading and money-handling applications, embedded hardware, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Our Partner team is:
Bernd Petak
Investment Partner
Venture capitalist, former Deloitte partner, multi-time startup founder, CEO, CFO and COO
David Larkin
Technology Partner
Entrepreneur and multi-time technology company co-founder, team builder, CTO
Chris Lane
Client Service Partner
Technologist, solutions architect, team leader, entrepreneur, technology community builder
If you are an experienced entrepreneur intrigued by our investment model, please reach out.
Note that Northmark Ventures does not invest in first-time entrepreneurs at the seed stage.