Mark Shulgan
Co-Founder and Partner of Intrepid Growth Partners; formerly co-founded and led CPP Investments' Thematic Investing (Growth Equity) unit from 2009 to 2018 and later founded OMERS Growth Equity.
Canadian growth-equity investor with over two decades of experience, beginning as a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. In 2009 he co-founded and led CPP Investments' (CPPIB) Thematic Investing team (later Growth Equity), chairing its investment committee through 2018 and leading roughly 30 investments totaling over $6 billion across software and healthcare companies in North America, Europe, and Asia. He then founded and led OMERS Growth Equity, investing over $1 billion across roughly 20 similar companies. In January 2024 he co-founded Intrepid Growth Partners with Mark Machin and Ajay Agrawal, a Toronto/London growth-equity firm backing AI application-layer companies with at least $10 million in annual revenue. He has served on the boards of Dialpad, Coveo, and PandaDoc, is a Venture Capital Advisor to Nicola Wealth, and graduated as a Gold Medalist from Western University.
Overview
- Role
- Co-Founder & Partner
- Based in
- Toronto, Canada
- Prior experience
- Fortress Investment Group; CPP Investments (CPPIB); OMERS Growth Equity
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- Who is Mark Shulgan?
- Canadian growth-equity investor with over two decades of experience, beginning as a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. In 2009 he co-founded and led CPP Investments' (CPPIB) Thematic Investing team (later Growth Equity), chairing its investment committee through 2018 and leading roughly 30 investments totaling over $6 billion across software and healthcare companies in North America, Europe, and Asia. He then founded and led OMERS Growth Equity, investing over $1 billion across roughly 20 similar companies. In January 2024 he co-founded Intrepid Growth Partners with Mark Machin and Ajay Agrawal, a Toronto/London growth-equity firm backing AI application-layer companies with at least $10 million in annual revenue. He has served on the boards of Dialpad, Coveo, and PandaDoc, is a Venture Capital Advisor to Nicola Wealth, and graduated as a Gold Medalist from Western University.
- What is Mark Shulgan's role?
- Mark Shulgan is Co-Founder & Partner, based in Toronto, Canada.
- Where did Mark Shulgan work before?
- Mark Shulgan's prior roles include Fortress Investment Group; CPP Investments (CPPIB); OMERS Growth Equity.
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Co-founded and led CPP Investments' Thematic Investing (later Growth Equity) team from 2009 to 2018, leading investments into roughly thirty companies and more than six billion dollars of invested capital in software and healthcare companies
The Globe and Mail: Ex-CPPIB CEO Mark Machin teams with former pension executive to launch AI growth fundVerified2024-01-24 - 2
Co-Founder and Partner at Intrepid Growth Partners; previously founded and led growth-equity platforms at CPPIB and OMERS, investing over five billion dollars across more than thirty software and healthcare companies in North America, Western Europe, and Asia; was earlier a Vice President at Fortress Investment Group; graduated as a Gold Medalist from Western University
Intrepid Growth Partners: Mark Shulgan — TeamVerified2026-08-11 - 3
Founded OMERS Growth Equity, leading investments into twenty companies and more than one billion dollars of invested capital in software and tech-enabled healthcare companies in North America; earlier co-founded CPPIB's growth equity unit
BetaKit: AI: The AI Times – Ex-CPPIB chief wants to raise $500M USD AI growth fundVerified2024-01-24