Harper Sutton

Principal, Hawthorn Partners - brands · venture capital · marketplaces

Hawthorn Partners

Vancouver, BC · PT (UTC-8)

6+ years experience

University of Alberta

English

Investing

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Overview

Principal at Hawthorn Partners, backing consumer companies. Sit on 3 boards. Led or co-led 40 investments, 6 of them now at Series B or later. Marathoner (4 so far).

Good reasons to reach out

Founders building in consumer
Second opinions on marketplaces decisions
Thoughtful intros to people in my field

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Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills

brandsenergymarketplacesventure capital

InvestingLooking to invest

closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed consumer in LatAm

Cheque size: $250k
Stages: Seed
Sectors: Consumer
Geographies: India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow: Follow
Decision time: 10 business days
How I help: First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

Vancouver, BCventure capitalmarketplacesbrands

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Experience

Principal
Aug 2022 - Present
Hawthorn Partners · 4 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Vancouver, BC
- Backed 29 founders at pre-seed and seed.
- Led or co-led 29 investments, 5 of them now at Series B or later.
Principal Engineer
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022
TD Bank · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Vancouver, BC
- Sit on 3 boards.
- Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
Director of Engineering
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Deloitte · 8 mo · Full-time · Vancouver, BC
- Grew the web team from 4 to 33 engineers.
- Led the migration of 65 services to energy.

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Education

University of Alberta
BSc, Business Administration
2015 - 2019

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