Micah Norris

Overview

28 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Sit on 4 boards. Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.

Experience

1. General Partner

   Jan 2025 - Present
   Goldcrest Seed Fund · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
   • Backed 21 founders at pre-seed and seed.
   • Led or co-led 33 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.
2. Business Analyst

   May 2023 - Nov 2024
   Shopify · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
   • Moved 66% of ML platform traffic off a legacy monolith without a customer-facing incident.
   • Reduced cloud spend on ML platform by 19% in two quarters.
3. Business Analyst

   Jan 2022 - May 2023
   Ubisoft · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
   • Reduced cloud spend on storage by 28% in two quarters.
   • Shipped 15 launches on the storage team without a rollback.
4. Consultant

   Jun 2019 - Jan 2022
   Sun Life · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Montreal, QC
   • Designed the operating model for a 7 thousand-person transformation.
5. Senior Consultant

   Jun 2016 - Jun 2019
   RBC · 3 yr · Full-time · Montreal, QC
   • Designed the operating model for a 11 thousand-person transformation.
   • Ran commercial diligence on 11 deals.

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Education

1. University of Alberta

   BSc, Finance
   1994 - 1998