Greg Smith

When it comes to entrepreneurship and investment, Greg Smith never lacked in grit!

At BDC he supported companies so early in their journey, many would have coined them (and him!) crazy.

Indeed, his investments included some of the earliest cash into companies like General Fusion and Copperleaf.

He went on to co-found Espresso Capital and then TIMIA Capital. With these ventures, he offered early entrepreneurs with a new way to access non-dilutive capital despite their early stage in development. Greg empathized deeply with the plight of the entrepreneur. He never just wrote a cheque.

He was a partner in their path and had a history of sticking with them through thick and thin. It is for these reasons that Angel Forum is very proud to award the “Greg Smith - Investor and Company TEAM with the MOST GRIT” to a deserving Investor and Company Team annually.

Too often there are stories of investing and giving up or misaligned expectations between angels and their companies. With this award, we uncover the stories of how a strong and committed team can work together and ultimately share in success.

The Greg Smith Award was created to celebrate Greg’s contribution to the early stage ecosystem growth, it also recognizes the work it can take to move through some of the more challenging moments that entrepreneurship inevitably brings.

Please consider donating to the annual Sea to Sky ALS Rally - founded in the spring of 2019 by Greg’s son Aidan to raise money and awareness towards this massively underfunded and poorly understood disease.