Advisors

Harish Consul, Strategic Advisor

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Harish is Founder & CEO of Ocgrow Group of Companies (www.ocgrowgroup.com), which is a privately held, investment group focused in venture capital & real estate development. Harish has spent his entire career as an entrepreneur, in building, operating & investing in highly successful growth oriented businesses across North America & globally now, with over 35 years of investment experience. These have been in both public & private markets, in several industry sectors ranging from technology to real estate. Ocgrow Ventures has been a leading early investor in several world class companies todate, including Amazon, Shopify, Coupang, Heliogen, Viome & many others. Harish is an innovator & creator, widely recognized for his visionary leadership and investment knowledge, always focused to build and inspire high energy teams.

Michele Romanow, Advisor

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Michele is Co-Founder and President at Clearbanc, an innovative lending platform that has raised over $400M to fund technology startups with non-dilutive equity. Michele is also a Dragon on CBC's popular reality TV show, Dragons' Den. She was the Co-Founder of Buytopia.ca (now an EMERGE portfolio company), and SnapSaves (acquired by Groupon). Michele currently serves as a Director of Whistler Blackcomb (Vail Resorts), Freshii, and SHAD Valley. She has been listed on WXN’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada and Forbes Millennial on a Mission list.

Albert Soberano, Advisor

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Mr. Soberano is an accomplished entrepreneur, investor and corporate executive with extensive experience in the areas of retail, manufacturing, real estate, corporate sales, and marketing. He is a past CEO of Y.M. Inc., a 650 location company that is one of North America’s leading apparel retailers carrying brands such as Urban Planet, Sirens, Bluenotes, Suzy, Stitches, West49, Amnesia, and Charlotte Russe.

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Kenny Finkelstein, CA, is the Chief Executive Officer of Knight’s Bridge which he co-founded in November 2006. Mr. Finkelstein has a long and successful history of investing in, providing ongoing management, guidance and mentoring of portfolio entities, and delivering effective exit strategies.

Prior to founding Knight’s Bridge, Mr. Finkelstein co-founded and managed Gen-X Sports Inc., a diversified sporting goods company that owned multiple brands, including LAMAR, LTD Snowboards, Tommy Armour and Ram Golf, Tear Drop and Zebra Putters, Ultrawheels in-line skates, Hespeler hockey, and Volant Ski Company.

Mr. Finkelstein was also a co-founder of Lifestyle Brands Ltd., a company whose strategy was to acquire, for the purposes of creating a royalty stream, brands that needed revitalization. The brand portfolio included: AIRWALK, VISON STREET WEAR, LAMAR, LTD, RAGE, DUKES and ULTRAWHEELS. The company was successful in creating a significant royalty stream and was sold to Payless Shoes.

In the KBC Fund, Mr. Finkelstein implemented a licensing strategy while acquiring brands. He helped position these new brands as a strong and stable source of royalties, and created a successful brand portfolio with companies such as MARILYN MONROE, ELVIS PRESLEY, MUHAMMAD ALI, SPYDER, PRINCE, JUDITH LEIBER, and POLAROID. He also operated a successful internet fund, investing and advising companies such as TUBEMOGUL, BUDDY MEDIA, and LIFELOCK among others.

As CEO of Knight’s Bridge, Mr. Finkelstein, applies his extensive expertise in working closely with management of its portfolio companies, helping them formulate and meet proper targets and goals. Mr. Finkelstein has helped build a solid reputation for Knight’s Bridge, making it an organization that is known for being highly successful and proficient in identifying attractive acquisitions and investment opportunities