Melissa Allen

Melissa Allen began her career in digital marketing first interning at Foreign Affairs Canada in Paris, France, and then working with tech companies such as Torstar Digital and Google, before pivoting to an award-winning career in financial services at Desjardins.

Combining her passions for tech and finance, Melissa became an angel investor in 2019, and after selling her financial practice in 2020, she began lending her expertise in advisory and leadership roles at several startups before joining the League of Innovators as the Executive Director and LOI Venture as Venture Partner…all while starting her own angel fund, Capital M, to invest in underrepresented Canadian founders.