Sand Hill North

Mike Furlong serves as the sole Managing Partner. The office operates as a single-family office, with investment decisions concentrated under Furlong's direction rather than a committee structure. No additional investment partners have been publicly disclosed, consistent with a lean principal-led model.

The office draws on dual geography: Toronto-Waterloo, home to Canada's densest AI and enterprise software talent, and direct relationships with Bay Area founder networks. Furlong's pattern suggests origination through angel syndicates, Canadian accelerator programs like Creative Destruction Lab, and co-investor referrals from US- based micro-VCs.

It is a single-family office making direct venture investments from the family balance sheet, not a pooled venture fund with external limited partners. The office does not publicly market a fund vehicle or solicit third-party capital, distinguishing its structure from a traditional venture capital firm.

Sand Hill North concentrates on seed and Series A rounds. This early-stage focus allows the office to enter at valuation points where Canadian rounds often price at a discount to comparable US deals, while gaining meaningful ownership stakes before institutional Series B leads arrive.

Most Canadian family offices with venture programs invest passively through US venture funds. Sand Hill North instead makes direct startup investments in both countries, using Toronto as a cost-advantaged operating base while benchmarking portfolio construction against Bay Area outcomes. The Collingwood office provides a secondary node outside Toronto.

The office's known public profile reflects direct startup investments only. No fund-of-funds commitments or LP positions in third-party venture vehicles have been disclosed, consistent with a concentrated, principal-driven direct investment mandate.

The specific wealth origin for Mike Furlong has not been publicly disclosed. Like many Canadian single-family offices entering venture, the capital base likely derives from entrepreneurial exits, operating-company distributions, or intergenerational wealth transfer, but no confirmed source is available in the public record.