Waterloo Alumni Angels Event #7

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Join us for a brief sit down with two of Toronto's most prominent technical leaders and University of Waterloo alumni, David Au-Yeung of Flipp, and Henry Shi of Snaptravel. We'll find out more about how they got started with their co-founders, scaled their companies in Toronto and what they look for from investors (besides money).

On the evening of February 5, join us at Flipp's Toronto HQ at Bloor Islington Place:

  • 6:00 PM - Registration, refreshments, and networking
  • 6:15 PM - Fireside chat with David Au-Yeung and Henry Shi
  • 6:45 PM - Five startup presentations
  • 8:00 PM - Investor discussion and followup networking

David Au-Yeung

David Au-Yeung
BASc 2004, Computer Engineering
Vice President of Engineering and Co-Founder
Flipp Corporation

David Au-Yeung co-founded Flipp in 2007 and has grown the company to 450+ employees; they recently raised $61MM from General Atlantic. 










Henry Shi


Henry Shi
BCS 2014, Computer Science
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Snaptravel

Henry Shi founded Snaptravel in 2013, with over 1.7MM users to date, and recently raised $17MM from Telstra Ventures and NBA MVP Steph Curry. 



Thank you to Flipp for hosting the event!