Investing Profile

Alex Tong(29)

VCInvestor
Principal and Venture Partner at Information Venture Partners
seguinventures.comToronto, Ontario
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2 Investors

Connected to Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Alex Norman (AngelList Syndicator).

Networks Alex is a member of
Various Companies Network
101 CONNECTIONS
BMO Capital Markets Network
17 CONNECTIONS
BMO Capital Markets Network
17 CONNECTIONS
Simon Fraser University Network
16 CONNECTIONS
CIBC Network
15 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Information Venture Partners Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$350K
Investments On Record
11

Alex Tong is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Alex Tong's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Midship
SeedJan 2026$4M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Amy Cheetham (Summit Partners)
Rilevera
SeedOct 2025$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Andy Hunn
howie
SeedSep 2025$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Lindel Eakman (UTIMCO), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Roo Partners), Diego Oppenheimer (Work-Bench), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Nick Davidov (DVC), David J. Phillips, Roger Dickey
Kick
SeedOct 2024$9M
SeedOct 2024$9
$12M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Michael Vaughan (Vera Equity), Youcef Es-skouri (Various), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Joshua Browder (Wander), Nick Davidov (DVC), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Bartek Pucek (TechTree), Ron Pragides, Tikhon Bernstam, Sahil Lavingia, Karim Atiyeh
Topicflow
Pre-SeedJun 2024$1.8M
$1.8M
Strike Graph
Series UnknownMay 2023$7M
Series ASep 2021$8M
$21M
Co-investors: Hope Cochran (Madrona Ventures)
Hypercard
SeedSep 2022
Spare
Series ANov 2021$18M
Series ANov 2021$18M
$67M
Co-investors: Hugues Lalancette (iNovia Capital)

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AI-Native software replacing SaaS and services.

Alex Tong's Experience

Co-Founder and General Partner Seguin VenturesPresent
Venture Partner Information Venture PartnersPresent
Seed Investor KickPresent
Mergers & Acquisitions - Investment Banking BMO Capital MarketsPresent
Corporate Development HootsuitePresent
Investor VerafinPresent
Advisor to the CEO cocoNFT (Acquired by Metaverse Group)Present
Post Seed Investor Coconut SoftwarePresent
Seed Investor BigIDPresent
Seed Investor & Board Observer Knowtions ResearchPresent
Board Member & Seed Investor LendingFrontPresent
Advisor Holt AcceleratorPresent
Series B Investor & Board Observer ProcurifyPresent
Series A Investor & Board Observer CinchyPresent
Seed Investor & Board Observer nue.ioPresent
Board Observer InfluitivePresent
Board Member and Series A Investor Strike GraphPresent
Principal Information Venture Partners Permanent Full-timePresent
Series B Investor & Board Observer ThoughtexchangePresent
Series A Investor & Board Observer JiravPresent
Angel Investor Various CompaniesPresent
Principal and Venture Partner Information Venture Partners2016 - 2023
Corporate Development & Labs Hootsuite2013 - 2016
Leveraged Finance CIBC2012 - 2013
M&A | Financial Services Coverage BMO Capital Markets2010 - 2012

Alex Tong's Education

Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Finance, General
Simon Fraser University