Harley Finkelstein is a lawyer, serial entrepreneur, and the founder of one of Canada’s leading promotional apparel companies, Finkinc. Additionally, Harley serves as a mentor to the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI), sits on the financing committee for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF), and is an advisor to both the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and to the Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF).
In 2007, Harley co-founded Innoventure Capital, a unique seed financing firm that provides funding and strong mentorship to early-stage startups. Innoventure’s latest startup is Smoofer.com, which purports to be Canada’s leading online t-shirt shop. Harley recently received his law degree from the University of Ottawa, and completed his MBA at the school’s management faculty in the summer of 2009. He is also the co-founder of the school’s Law/MBA Student Society, and the ‘Canadian MBA Oath‘. In 2009, Harley moved to Toronto to work for one of Toronto’s leading business law firms, and focused on corporate finance and commercial law. Currently, Harley is General Counsel and a Director at Shopify, one of the web’s leading eCommerce platforms.