Alex is the Founder and General Partner of Northside Ventures, a Toronto-based pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm backing founders with Canadian ties around the globe. Alex has 13+ years’ experience as both an operator and early-stage investor. He led the Canadian investment practice as a Partner at Global Founders Capital, a European multi-stage venture fund with $3B+ AUM. At BDC Capital, the largest venture investor in Canada, he helped manage the seed fund and women in tech fund. Prior to his career as an investor, Alex co-founded NRStor in 2012, an energy storage focused cleantech start-up, that was acquired by Blackstone Energy in 2018. Alex holds a BScH from Queen’s University and an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business.