Bryan Watson

An institution within the Canadian scale-up company, investor and innovation ecosystems, Bryan Watson is currently Senior Vice President of Business Development at Venbridge, Managing Director of CleanTech North, Founding Director of the Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association and 2021 Clean50 Awardee as well as member of multiple grant funding review committees and Boards as a Director. For over 2 decades, Bryan has been an entrepreneur and advised and supported Angel and venture capital investors, all levels of government, NGOs and companies at all stages – scale-up to mature, global companies. Bryan has served as Executive Director of the National Angel Capital Organization, the Angel Investors Ontario, and CEO Fusion, Board Director of Enthusiast Gaming Inc. (NASDAQ: EGLX, TSX: EGLX) helping take the company public, as well as “Chief Instigator” of StartupDrinksTO. In addition to these roles, Bryan has been a Director of Precarn Incorporated and the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, and an Advisor to the Mississauga R.I.C. Center and many startups. Bryan completed his Masters in Management, Economics and International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, on the only full Chevening Scholarship awarded in Canada.