You’ve dreamed. You’ve toiled. You’ve brought your dream to life, and are ready to scale, but require capital and professional guidance from investors who are well-equipped to launch your business from the ground-up.

Our Mission

At Angel Investors Ontario, our mission is to grow Ontario’s angel investing ecosystem to build prosperity, create jobs and strengthen communities.

Angel Investors Ontario (“AIO”) convenes Ontario’s angel investors, who directly provide capital and volunteer mentorship to innovative start-ups province-wide.  Ontario’s angels represent approximately 60% of Canadian organized angel investments into entrepreneurs, many of whom are leading the charge in the Canadian innovation economy. Organized angel groups are regarded as the most effective means to help entrepreneurs attract critical funding and experienced mentors. AIO fosters the success of Ontario’s angel groups by sharing information and educational tools to transfer the best practices across the angel-investing ecosystem. Ontario’s angel groups are drivers of economic development and job-creation.

Angel Investors Ontario has not only been instrumental in the creation of Angel groups in Ontario, providing ongoing operational support, but has also led to the establishment of a provincial network of Angel groups that are critical for the ongoing success of the Southwestern Ontario Angel Group (SWOAG). We rely on the network for deal syndication, access to expertise, review of best practices, and the testing of innovative deal structures. Our submitting companies also recognize the strength of the network and the support it provides to them in simplifying the investment process.

Carmen S. Gicante, Board Chair, SWOAG