# Daniel Debow: angel investments and portfolio

> Daniel Debow is an angel. 7 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-debow (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Daniel Debow

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 7 cheques on record.

Deploying now Angel

Seed Pre-seed Series A

Deploying now

**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **55** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.6M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Canada, 57%**

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## Daniel Debow highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 83% of its rounds
- 03 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Angel (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Meissner](https://millionrounds.com/company/meissner)** Pre-seed · CA · BetaKit **$2.6M** With 9 others
- **2015** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Taplytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/taplytics)** Seed · US **$2.4M** With 14 others
- **May** **[Artivest](https://millionrounds.com/company/artivest)** Series A · US **$15M** With 17 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[CareGuide](https://millionrounds.com/company/careguide)** Seed · CA **$1.5M** With 38 others
- **Aug** **[Lumotune](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumotune)** CA **$400K** With 3 others
- **2013** 1 round
- **Dec** **[Figure 1](https://millionrounds.com/company/figure-1)** Seed · TR · pevc.dowjones.com **$1.6M** With 3 others
- **2011** 1 round
- **Sept** **[GoInstant](https://millionrounds.com/company/goinstant)** Seed · CA · fis.dowjones.com **$1.7M** With 8 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**12** of 19 we have independently watched raise

[BlueJ](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-j)[Clio](https://millionrounds.com/company/clio)[Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/creative-destruction-lab)[Deep Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-genomics)[Infor](https://millionrounds.com/company/infor)[MUBI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mubi)[Salesforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/salesforce)[Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/company/shopify)[SkipTheDishes](https://millionrounds.com/company/skipthedishes)[Wealthsimple](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealthsimple)[Xanadu](https://millionrounds.com/company/xanadu)[swsh](https://millionrounds.com/company/swsh) ADA Support Bonfire Arts Collective Build Canada Dominion Dynamics GoInstant Kindred Layer6

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all**

**[GoInstant](https://millionrounds.com/company/goinstant)** Bought by Salesforce **$70M** Jul 2012

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed Pre-seed Series A

Median round joined **$2.6M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *4*
- Pre-seed *1*
- Series A *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Jevon MacDonald](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jevon-macdonald) 2
- [Jonas Brandon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonas-brandon) 2
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Daniel Debow. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Jevon MacDonald** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jevon-macdonald)[**Jonas Brandon** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonas-brandon)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Daniel Debow put money into.

[**Meissner** $2.6M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/meissner)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Daniel Debow in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) 26 Jan 2023 · 1h 4m What founders need to know about acquisitions: Shopify’s Daniel Debow on M&A lessons from selling three startups Mentions [Daniel Debow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/daniel-debow) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) 5 May 2025 · 34 min 2025's angel investor of the year has a plan for Canadian tech Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) 9 Mar 2025 · 1h 14m What is Build Canada trying to construct? Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Daniel Debow

### What does Daniel Debow invest in?

Daniel Debow invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (83% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Daniel Debow?

7 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Daniel Debow invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Meissner (Pre-seed, Sept 2026).

### How big are Daniel Debow's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.6M.

### Does Daniel Debow lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Daniel Debow invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (57%), the United States (29%) and Türkiye (14%).

### Is Daniel Debow investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Daniel Debow invest alongside?

Most often Jevon MacDonald (2 rounds together), Jonas Brandon (2 rounds together) and Y Combinator (2 rounds together).

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