As angel investors, Derrick Hunter and Mark Dobbin have a lot in common — a passion for backing early-stage startups and a mission to ignite catalytic sparks for economic growth.

Prior to forming Jobber then-software developers Sam Pillar and Forrest Zeisler took on the task of creating an easy-to-use system that would help small-business owners by automating their day-to-day work.

By Benjamin Bergen
Executive Director at Council of Canadian Innovators

It’s easy to be a pessimist these days. We have now been slogging through the turmoil, strain and heartache of a global pandemic for more than a year — long enough to grind anybody down. But by their very nature, innovators are optimists. We don’t accept the world as it is today. We insist that it can be better, and when we see problems, we work to make it better by building the solutions.