Akoha is announcing today that it has raised $1.9 million from angel investors who include some of Canada’s business leaders and some key industry advisors. We would like to thank them for their support of the Akoha project and welcome them to the team.

Investors participating in this round include,

• David Chamandy, co-founder, Lavalife;
• John & Blake Bromley, Benefic Group.;
• Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer, entrepreneur-in-residence, Vantage Point Venture Partners;
• Ron Dembo, founder, Zerofootprint.net and Algorithmics;
• Jake Eberts, film producer;
• Alan Gershenfeld, managing partner, E-Line Ventures, director at Games for Change;
• John Meeks, managing director, TA Associates;
• Reg Weiser, founder, Positron;
• Jonathan Wener, Chairman & Founder, Canderel Group;
• Robert Montgomery, founder, Achilles Media;
• Chris Emergui, founder and president, BAM Strategy;
• and the team at Montreal StartUp, an angel investment fund with 20 Montreal-based investors and technology entrepreneurs. Akoha co-founder Austin Hill is board member and partner with Montreal Startup.

We had a number of other investors who weren’t publicly announced, but we would like to also welcome and thank them for their support.

Attached below are complete biographies on our angel investors publicly announced in this round.