FUNDING INNOVATION
We are visionary investors, advisors and entrepreneurs who reflect Canada's diverse population.
Who We Are
Launched in 2022, Capital M Ventures is a pre-backs underrepresented founders building frontier, infrastructure and industry-disrupting companies across Canada.
Team
Melissa Allen, Founder & Managing Partner
With an award-winning career in wealth management at Desjardins, Melissa Allen, Capital M’s Founding Partner, began her professional career as a digital marketing expert, working with major technology brands, such as Torstar Digital and Google.
Combining her passions for tech and finance, Melissa entered the Venture Capital space in 2018, graduating from the Female Funder’s Angel Academy accelerator program. After becoming a first-time VC investor and Limited Partner in 2019, Melissa began lending her expertise as an advisor to startups and investment firms such as Bay Mills Investment Group before joining the Founder Institute VC Lab cohort #4 and charting her own path in venture capital.
Melissa Allen
Founding Partner
Randall Craig, Venture Partner
Fresh from a ‘big-four’ consulting firm in the early 1990s, he has advised major market newspapers, international financial institutions, professional service firms, associations, and many, many entrepreneurs.
Randall is a serial entrepreneur, coaches CEOs on scaling their business, and leads the Braintrust Professional Institute. He shares his unique perspective – and questions conventional wisdom – through his eight books (one a best seller), 600+ articles, podcasts, keynote speeches, virtual presentations, and advisory relationships.
Randall has taught at numerous executive education programs, serves on both corporate and not-for-profit boards, and frequently appears as an expert in the media. He has earned an FCMC, CFA, MBA, CSP, and a Black Belt in Karate. Randall has also been inducted into the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame.
Randall Craig
Venture Partner
Peter Hong, Opportunity Analyst
Peter began his academic career in the life sciences, where he developed a disciplined approach to problem‑solving and a lasting interest in how complex systems behave. That foundation led him to pursue an MBA at the Schulich School of Business, where he has specialized in entrepreneurial studies. This specialization drew him to early‑stage investing, particularly roles that involve carefully evaluating opportunities, working closely with founders, and helping young companies build the structures and judgment they need to grow.
Peter Hong
Opportunity Analyst