About > Board of Directors
Ross Finlay Co-Founder and Director Ross Finlay, a Co-founder and Director of the First Angel Network Association has been an angel investor since 2000. He has assisted many companies in raising private equity, is a Board Member of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), Director of the …
About > Legacy
“All I know is that it will be the first angel network in Atlantic Canada.” This was my co-founder Brian Lowe’s response to my question about what we should name our envisioned little angel group. “Then that’s our name.” I said. It was March of 2005 and we had just wrapped up over a year of …
About > Portfolio
Members of the First Angel Network Association make individual investment decisions. Each company that has presented to the members of the Network has acquired significant equity capital through investment by our members. The number of our members who have invested in each of our portfolio …
About > Portfolio > Geode Tech
Geode Tech develops innovative smart tracking apps and hardware. The company's Rotor platform for the service industry enables businesses to track assets of interest, including vehicles, packages, and persons. The platform also allows telemetry tracking and advanced business intelligence. The …
About > Portfolio > Immunovaccine Inc.
ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT) is a clinical stage private biotechnology company developing therapeutic cancer and prophylactic infectious disease vaccines for human health. IVT is commercializing breakthrough vaccines developed through the combination of the VacciMax® platform, a vaccine …
About > Portfolio > King's Wharf
King’s Wharf is a mixed use development project that will create an exciting new environment on a long underutilized section of the Dartmouth waterfront. Located at the old Dartmouth Marine Slips property, Kings Wharf will create a vibrant new community with fantastic harbour views and easy Halifax …
About > Portfolio > Origin BioMed Inc
Origin BioMed Inc., Halifax, Canada, is an innovative biotechnology company currently expanding the markets for its exclusive pain relief, diabetic, skin and lip care products. www.originbiomed.com
About > Portfolio > sageCrowd Inc.
SageCrowd is an ICT company based out of Halifax, that has bridged the gap between professional development and social networking. By creating the first Social Learning service for personal and professional development, sageCrowd blends expert teachings from the world’s leading self-help authors …
About > Portfolio > ABK Biomedical Inc.
ABK Biomedical is a medical device company driven by the unmet need to develop integrated devices to simplify clinical procedures performed by interventional radiologists. Initially, the company is particularly interested in uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). The founders have developed a novel …
About > Portfolio > Adventus
Adventus Interactive Inc., established in 1996, is recognized as a field leader and has developed "Best in Class" music education software that is the cornerstone for a new distribution model. Their mission is to become the worldwide leader in delivering affordable interactive music learning to …
About > Portfolio > Bulldog Interactive Fitness
Bulldog Interactive Fitness is Canada's first fitness franchise designed exclusively for youth. Using video games and other forms of interactive technology, along with specialized fitness and nutrition programs, Bulldog helps kids gain confidence and self-esteem. Bulldog Interactive Fitness was …
About > Portfolio > Chinova Bioworks
Chinova Bioworks is developing a natural, safe and effective antimicrobial preservative to meet the needs of each industry's individual microbial issues.
About > Portfolio > ClearRisk
Every business is unique; and so are the risks they face. ClearRisk’s goal is to make risk management easy and accessible for every business – regardless of size, location, or industry. To achieve this, ClearRisk provides solutions that are built and priced for the Mid-Market and the Regional …
About > Portfolio > Covina Biomedical Inc.
Covina Biomedical Inc. (Covina) produces injectable biomaterials that enhance quality of life. The company's first platform product is a glass-based bone cement for the repair of vertebral fractures. Using collaborative research approaches, and in partnership with end users, Covina has created the …
About > Portfolio > DeCell Technologies Inc.
DeCell Technologies Inc. is an emerging biomedical device manufacturer that is developing advanced tissue products for use in wound healing and surgical reconstructions. www.decelltechnologies.com
About > Portfolio > DementiaGuide
A web-enabled symptom tracking tool that: 1. Provides previously unavailable, critical information to big Pharma during the development and marketing of drugs for dementia and 2. Provides cost-effective approaches to diseasemanagement for medical practitioners, long term care facilities and …
About > Portfolio > Eigen Innovations Inc.
Eigen Innovations Inc. has developed a powerful software solution for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) industry. Eigen's software solution addresses the technical pain points common within the industrial and manufacturing sectors such as operating down time, excessive waste, and …
About > Portfolio > Green Imaging Technologies Inc.
Green Imaging Technologies, Inc. (GIT) specializes in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology. Specifically GIT is a Systems Integrator of MRI technology for industrial solutions. MRI is perhaps best known for health and pharmaceutical purposes such as bone and tissue scanning. GIT will now …
About > Portfolio > Hoops Innovation Inc.
Hoops Innovation Inc. (HI) is a sales and manufacturing company based in Halifax, NS. They have patented the Shotloc product, a basketball-training tool designed to improve the shooting accuracy of players. The product has issued patents in Canada and the US, and is currently pursuing International …
About > Portfolio > Insight Foods Limited
Insight Foods Limited is establishing itself as a leading product innovator within the North American Seafood Industry. Built on the philosophy of quality, diligent product research and development, professional attention to detail, and buttressed by a business model that is lean and flexible, the …
About > Portfolio > Intelivote Systems Inc.
Intelivote Systems Inc. is a premiere Canadian electronic voting system company that provides the voter with a dynamic choice of voting options. Intelivote seamlessly integrates traditional polling station voting with an electronic voting solution which includes telephone, wireless and Internet …
About > Portfolio > Interview Rocket
Interview Rocket is a revolutionary online job candidate pre-screening tool, using captured video responses. The solution allows recruiters to save considerable time on tasks such as arranging appointments, working across time zones, and managing large volumes of candidates. The recruiter …
About > Portfolio > Iron Apple
Web based food safety compliance and training solutions for the food transport and logistics sector to meet the new FDA requirements starting in the spring 2017. SAAS solution with four revenue streams including ;software, training, certification and customer support with the only solution …
About > Portfolio > KnowCharge Inc.
KnowCharge Inc, is a paper technology company bringing next generation products to industry in the areas of static protection, security and energy. Their conductive paper technology solves a $100 billion problem caused by electrostatic discharge in the electronics industry. This static electricity …
About > Portfolio > MedRunner
MedRunner Health Solutions Inc. (“MedRunner”) is an e-health start-up company created to support the development of healthcare related ICT solutions Medrunner delivers an innovative e-prescribing solution for the Canadian and United States market. Their core product is an electronic prescribing …
About > Portfolio > Metamaterial Technologies Inc.
MTI is an optical solutions and nano-composites company developing and commercializing innovative metamaterial technology. The company specializes in metamaterials, nanofabrication, theoretical and computational electromagnetics. MTI has three wholly owned subsidiaries: Lamda Guard, which develops …
About > Portfolio > NB BioMatrix Inc.
NB-BioMatrix Inc. (NBBM) has developed a unique nanoparticle product, Naqua-PureTM, to remove heavy metals in wastewater. Unlike current heavy metal removal technologies, Naqua-PureTM is selective, economical, environmentally-friendly, and can be tailored to a customer's specific remediation …
About > Portfolio > Novawise Inc.
Novawise Inc. is a privately held corporation based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, formed in 2010 by former executives in the pharmaceutical and enterprise software industries. Novawise’s CRM solution collects data from sales reps in the field, allowing them to question potential purchasers …
About > Portfolio > Open Ocean Systems Inc.
Open Ocean Systems Inc. is pursuing a strategic market opportunity focused on the deployment of breakthrough cage containment and farming systems technology within the emerging Open Ocean Aquaculture sector. www.openoceansystems.com
About > Portfolio > PhotoDynamic Inc.
PhotoDynamic is a Nova Scotia based life-science company founded in 2012 to commercialize its proprietary light-activated antimicrobial technology. An award-winning team of natural health product experts and photochemists make up the founding group, with a vision to create a suite of products …
About > Portfolio > Safe Harbour Security
Safe Harbour Security is a new company with a unique approach to security products and services. They provide clients with peace of mind through security systems and solutions that are designed to suit their lifestyles, their families, their businesses. Safe Harbour Security has years of experience …
About > Portfolio > Skillz Systems Inc.
Skillz Systems Inc. has developed QuickStickz, a new and interactive puck handling training system. The very best hockey players must hone a precise ability to handle and control the puck in high-speed and challenging situations. This unique product addresses a market of more than five million …
About > Portfolio > Solace Power Inc.
Solace Power™ Inc. was founded in 2007, with the goal of eliminating the need for power cords and batteries for small-to-medium size electronics. Headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland, the company has developed proprietary wireless power technology for delivering wireless power to a variety …
About > Portfolio > Spring Loaded Technology
Due to its complex structure and function, the knee is the most commonly injured joint in the human body. In fact, knee injuries and osteoarthritis are the leading causes of life-changing lower-extremity movement disabilities. Levitation knee braces equipped with Spring Loaded technology can …
About > Portfolio > ThyroChek
ThyroChek is the only available rapid test for elevated TSH approved by the FDA. It is a rapid, qualitative test for elevated TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone, the first clinical indicator of hypothyroidism. Screening Devices Canada is producing products for the thyroid health market in the United …
About > Portfolio > TitanFile Inc.
TitanFile is a professional online file sharing and collaboration service. The service transfers your files over a secure collection and stores them safely using a military grade encryption. It allows users to select individuals and groups of people they want to share documents with, track who …
About > Portfolio > Unique
Unique Solutions Design Ltd. is a data company that is transforming apparel retailing by using body scan kiosks to help shoppers buy the best fitting clothes possible. Our 3D scans capture 200,000 reference points on the client’s body to prepare individualized reports on what clothes will fit them …
About > Portfolio > WellTrack
WellTrack has developed an online software platform to help treat mental health issues and save organizations money. 20% of the current North American population suffer form mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, or depression, and this figure is doubled within the student population. In …
About > Portfolio > Zengo Inc.
Zengo Inc. was incorporated in July of 2007 to further the research and development of the company's lead product, "The RUPTUREseal™" (Saving Environments And Lives). The RUPTUREseal™ technologies were conceptualized by the company's President, Mr. Glenn Cox after recognizing the need for a device …
About > Team
Ross Finlay Co-Founder Ross Finlay, a Co-founder and Director of the First Angel Network Association has been an angel investor since 2000. He has assisted many companies in raising private equity, is a Board Member of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), Director of the Angel Capital …
About > Vision
FAN envisions a vibrant, active, Atlantic Canadian angel investment community that supports the development of early stage growth companies in the region and provides a return to its members. FAN is the largest and oldest angel group in Atlantic Canada committed to bringing regional companies with …