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April 10, 2006
Jon Arnold / Salim Teja
On this week's Canadian IP Thought Leaders series, Jon Arnold spoke with Salim Teja, VP at Toronto-based Brightspark Ventures. Brightspark is a well-known Canadian VC, with a strong focus on early stage financing.
Salim spoke with Jon about the realities of this space, especially in Canada, which has fewer angel investor options than the U.S. He also addressed the characteristics of successful startups as well as the promising sectors that Brightspark sees in the IP communications market.
Salim Teja - Vice President, Brightspark Ventures
Salim brings over 10 years of operational and venture capital experience in the technology industry to his role as Vice President. Prior to joining Brightspark, Salim was appointed as Entrepreneur-in-Residence with Mosaic Venture Partners. Salim was responsible for evaluating all in-house technology investment opportunities in the areas of Internet security, communications and electronic commerce.
Prior to Mosaic Venture Partners, Salim was Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for MobShop Inc, a pioneer in procurement software funded by GE Capital, Visa International, Mayfield Fund and Marc Andreessen. Salim's depth of experience also includes senior roles with MSI Consulting Group (a WPP Company) and IBM.
Salim has advised senior management at technology vendors including Microsoft, Oracle, Intel, SAP and Cisco on major corporate strategy initiatives. Salim is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario.
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Posted at April 10, 2006 04:40 PM
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