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At Best Startup Canada we track over 100,000 Canadian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Alberta based Partner operating in the Software space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.ca.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jay Krushell
Partner of Lending Assist
Jay is a lawyer with over 21 years of legal experience as a Partner at Witten LLP. He is also a tech innovator with one successful exit under his belt. His primary area of interests are identity verification, electronic documents and electronic and digital signatures and those interests led him to create the Treefort.
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About Lending Assist: Lending Assist is a firm that provides a document assembly and due diligence software program for lawyers on commercial loan transactions.
Kieren Beltrame
Associate Partner of Aleta
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About Aleta: Aleta is an Alberta-based software development services provider and start-up industry advocate.
Sam Jenkins
Managing Partner of Punchcard Systems
Sam is an Edmonton-based entrepreneur, with a focus on innovation in the technology, healthcare, and energy sectors. Specifically, Sam leads the team at Punchcard Systems, in working with Alberta businesses and public-sector organizations to create more effective business technology. In the community, he provides leadership and advisory to a number of different organizations, as a member of the board of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Winspear Centre for Music, as the past-chair of the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, and as a co-founder of Startup Edmonton, an entrepreneur-led social enterprise that aims to amplify innovation, activate startups and make Edmonton a hotbed for creativity and entrepreneurship. Currently, Sam is serving as Chair of the Winspear Centre Completion Design and Construction Committee, working to fulfill the original vision for the facility, and add over 40,000 square feet of creative and incubation space, as a well as a modern district energy generation plant, to Edmonton’s downtown core. In 2012, Sam was named one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine, and in 2013, the University of Alberta recognized him with the Horizon Award, as an outstanding young alumnus.
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About Punchcard Systems: Punchcard Systems delivers technology and software for enterprise and mid-market businesses.
Lee Mainman
Partner & VP Sales and Marketing of Bits In Glass Inc.
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About Bits In Glass Inc.: Leading Cloud Software Consulting firm focused on MuleSoft, Appian and Blue Prism for business automation.
Dennis Nerland
Managing Partner, Shea Nerland LLP of ActiveDEMAND
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About : ActiveDEMAND is a Marketing Technology Vendor that helps marketers simplify their marketing stack.
Dennis Nerland
Managing Partner, Shea Nerland LLP of ActiveDEMAND
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About : ActiveDEMAND is a Marketing Technology Vendor that helps marketers simplify their marketing stack.
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