Andrew Kyle

Andrew Kyle has been a Principle and Director of SpringBank TechVentures since its inception in 2000. For SpringBank Techventures, Andrew focuses on capital raising, deal origination and structuring, and providing strategic advisory services to investee companies. Prior to SpringBank, in 1995, Andrew founded and lead a group of investors who capitalized MetroNet Communications Inc. with $2 million of seed equity. Through 1998, Metronet began its operations as Canada's first and most successful competitive local exchange provider to the incumbent phone companies. He returned to his passion of "start-ups" in 1999 coincident with the execution of a two stage transaction selling MetroNet to AT&T Corp., which had a combined value of $7 billion. Subsequently, Andrew has served as an Advisor and/or Board Member to several early stage technology companies. He has also been on the Board of the Banff Venture Forum from 2001 to 2004, and is a speaker at numerous conferences and workshops on venture capital and technology. As a Board member and former chairman at Control F1, a SpringBank portfolio company, Andrew helped CF1 through to a successful exit (Computer Associates) in December 2005. Andrew also served on the Boards of Electromec Inc. and IPCC and is on the Board of Mixpo Inc. all SpringBank portfolio Companys.