Graham Matthews

Graham Matthews serves as Chief Financial Officer at iotum. He also is an Angel Investor. Matthews is the Founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Upper Canada Ventures. He served as the Chief Financial Officer at Peraso Technologies. He launched Upper Canada Ventures in February 2006 with an emphasis of working with growing technology and service businesses and private equity investments. Upper Canada Ventures has worked with a wide range of clients, providing services ranging from valuation and business planning to CFO roles. Investment holdings include technology and service businesses and limited partnership interests. With over nineteen years in the private equity industry, Matthews has significant experience in financing successful small and medium-sized businesses. Previous to establishing Upper Canada Ventures, he was most recently General Partner of VenGrowth Private Equity Partners, a large private equity investment firm, where his principal areas of investment specialization were wireless communications, RF and mixed signal semiconductors, and Internet infrastructure. Prior to joining VenGrowth, Matthews was Vice-President, Investments with Working Ventures, one of Canada's largest venture capital firms, where he co-founded its Technology Team and was involved in over 15 venture investments. He was directly involved with over $190 million in directly invested capital in 33 companies at these two fir As well as assessing investment opportunities, negotiating and financing transactions, and advising investment companies on an on-going basis, he has been a key player in spinning out new technology businesses from established companies, starting new businesses, recruiting and retaining key Board and senior management members, and facilitating strategic partnerships. He has served on several Boards of Directors, including as Chairman of the Board of Q9 Networks Inc. (TSX: Q, later acquired), a company he helped co-found from inception. He has significant experience with successful liquidity events with portfolio companies, including both public offerings, such as RoweCom Inc. (Nasdaq: ROWE, later acquired by Divine Inc.) and VERSUS Technologies Inc. (TSE: V, later acquired by E*Trade Group (Nasdaq: EGRP)) and mergers and acquisitions, such as Philsar Semiconductor Inc. (acquired by Conexant Systems (Nasdaq: CNXT)). He holds Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and Master of Business Administration degrees from McMaster University and is a holder of the CFA and CMA designations.