Michael Volker is an angel investor and entrepreneur. He is chairman of WUTIF Capital – the Western Universities Technology Innovation Fund – an “angel” fund for start-ups. Mike manages the Vancouver Angel Network, VANTEC and the Vancouver Chapter of the Keiretsu Forum. He’s also a director and past-Chairman of New Ventures BC – an annual business competition. In 2009, Mike was named Canadian Angel Investor of the Year by the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) as well as B.C. Angel of the Year by the B.C. Angel Forum.
As a University of Waterloo grad, Mike started his own company (Volker-Craig Ltd, a manufacturer of video display systems) in 1973 and took it public in 1981. From 1996 to 2015, he was Executive director of Simon Fraser University’s Innovation Office. Prior to that, he was Executive Director and then Chairman of the BC Advanced Systems Institute (now known as the BC Innovation Council). He’s also a former director, and founding member, of the National Angel Capital Organization and chair of its Policy Committee. He served on Canada’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Oversight Council. Mike was chairman of the Vancouver Enterprise Forum for several years. He is a director of several companies.
