People

Daniel is a seasoned growth-stage technology investor and career venture capitalist with a proven track record of originating, managing, and successfully closing dozens of high-impact transactions. With deep expertise in scaling innovative companies, he partners with visionary founders to drive strategic growth, unlock value, and navigate complex market dynamics. Passionate about technology and entrepreneurship, Daniel brings a hands-on approach to investing, leveraging industry insights, capital markets expertise, and a robust network to accelerate success.

Daniel has extensive experience in AdTech, MarTech, and SaaS, actively supporting companies in these sectors as they scale and secure market leadership. His investment strategy focuses not only on capital deployment but also on ensuring successful exits by working closely with portfolio companies, optimizing growth strategies, and creating value for investors. A firm believer in aligning interests, Daniel prioritizes investor satisfaction by fostering long-term, high-return opportunities.

In addition to working with entrepreneurs and startups, Daniel has extensive experience collaborating with institutions, investment banks, and private equity firms to structure deals, facilitate strategic partnerships, and drive liquidity events that maximize value for all stakeholders. He has also been actively involved in roll-up strategies, leveraging consolidation opportunities to drive growth and market dominance. Furthermore, Daniel is highly active in the secondary market, facilitating transactions that provide liquidity solutions for early investors and employees while supporting continued company expansion.

Daniel’s experience spans both Canada and the U.S., where he has successfully navigated cross-border investments, regulatory landscapes, and market dynamics to drive value for companies and investors alike.

Matthew is a seasoned growth-stage technology investor and career VC, having originated, managed and completed dozens of transactions. During his tenure at B.E.S.T. Funds, Matthew oversaw dozens of growth-tech finance investments with consistent double-digit returns and co-created multiple funds.

Today, Matthew is Plaza Ventures front-end specialist, focused on deal flow, investment transaction processing, ecosystem development, and investor relations. He sits on the board of numerous companies including Q4 Inc and MMB Networks, accelerators, and charities. Matthew is also an Advisor at NEXT Canada, where he mentors young entrepreneurs in building their own ventures. He is a frequent public speaker and guest lecturer on tech start-ups and Venture Capital, as well as an active angel investor.

Matt obtained his Honors Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science from the University of New South Wales, and a Master of Laws from Oxford University.

Daniel is a finance executive with extensive experience advising and leading multi-national corporations on their corporate finance and tax structures. As the finance leader for a high-growth SaaS company, Dan scaled up operations and managed the strategic sale of the company to a private equity firm. He has also served as a financial and strategy advisor to various early- and mid-stage tech companies.

Today, Dan leads PV’s finance and administration, overseeing all due-diligence activities. He works closely with our portfolio finance teams to improve their finance functions, metrics tracking and governance. With our partners, Dan takes a leadership role in the practice helping to manage investments and deliver superior returns to investors.

Dan obtained his Bachelor degree in Honours Business Administration and his Master of Business Administration from Ivey Business School. Dan is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Chartered Accountant.

As a designated accounting professional, Eugene oversees the organization’s financial operations and accounting functions and streamlines financial best practices and reporting.

Jake is a corporate lawyer and investor with extensive experience advising public and private companies. Prior to joining PV, he practiced corporate and securities law at a prominent Bay Street law firm in Toronto, where he advised clients on matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and corporate governance. Jake also has experience in corporate development and management consulting.

As an Investment Associate at PV, Jake is responsible for the due diligence process on new companies. Additionally, he researches market trends and helps identify new investment opportunities. Jake also manages tracking the progress of PV’s portfolio companies by analyzing their board materials and quarterly reports.

Jake holds an Honours Business Administration (with distinction) degree from the Ivey Business School and a Juris Doctor degree from Western Law.

Maria serves as Office Manager at Plaza Ventures, where her role encompasses administrative tasks and event coordination. She has a solid business management and marketing background from Centennial College.

Rob is a technology operations veteran with 40 years of experience in real estate, enterprise software and venture capital.

A graduate of the University of Waterloo with a degree in Physics, Rob worked as a mathematical engineer at Canadian Astronautics and Nortel. In the 90s, he led e-Cruiter.com as COO, which was one of the first SaaS companies to go public on the NASDAQ.  Since then, he has invested in and advised start-ups as an angel and notably co-founded Plaza Ventures into a Top 5 private VC in Canada as ranked by PwC.  In 2019, Rob retired from Plaza Ventures to build Key.