Lance Laking General Information

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Mr. Lance Laking serves as Managing Director & General Partner at Graphite Ventures. He also serves as Board Observer at Cybeats and Pagecloud. He serves as Board Member at Expertfile. He served as a Board Member Viscore. He is an Angel Investor. He served as Managing Director at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. He is also a mentor, advisor, and facilitator of Entrepreneurship Programs for MaRS Venture Services. He was recently Executive Chairman at Granite Networks where he lead the sale of the company to Rogers Communications. He previously served as President and CEO of BTI Systems where he was responsible for securing more than US$55M in growth capital (BTI was acquired by Juniper Networks in January 2016). Prior to joining BTI, he founded the Canadian subsidiary of HUBER+SUHNER, Swiss-based wireless, and optical component manufacturer. As an active member of the Ottawa Innovation Ecosystem, he is a member of the CapitalAngel Network, the InvestOttawa Venture Advisory, the L-Spark Accelerator Selection, and the SaaSNorth Steering committees. Over the course of his 12 years with IAF, he has led 30+ investments including e-Zinc, Flosonics Medical, MindbridgeAI, Ranovus, Raven, Rockport, Upchain, and Welbi. Notable exits include Privacy Analytics, 360pi, and You.i.tv. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, holds a BA from the University of Waterloo (Accountancy and Economics), and has completed the Executive Development Program at Queen's University and the Quantum Shift Program at the University of Western Ontario.