Haig Farris

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel

Haig Farris is one of Canada's best-known venture capitalists and experts in high-technology start-ups and turn-arounds, with a varied 30+ year history of involvement, commitment, and management. He has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-founder and former Executive Chair of the Board of Directors of D-Wave, and he is the President of Fractal Capital, a private venture capital company financing high technology start-ups and resource service technology companies.

Previously, Dr. Farris was a co-founder and partner of the Ventures West Management group of venture capital funds (1972-1990). In 2001, he received the British Columbia Technologies Industry Association's (BCTIA) Bill Thompson Award.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from UBC in 1997 and named A Pioneer of Innovation by the Vancouver Board of Trade in 2001.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
1
Haig Farris has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 1, 2019, when Epistemic AI raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
May 1, 2019 Epistemic AI Pre-seed Artificial Intelligence Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
3
Haig Farris has 3 current jobs including Associate at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) , Board Member at Zymeworks and Board of Directors at D-Wave Systems .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Associate Detail
Zymeworks Board Member Detail
D-Wave Systems Board of Directors Detail