Arlene Dickinson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Managing General Partner at District Ventures Capital since 2017, investing in food & beverage and health & wellness sectors.
Founder of District Ventures Capital; CEO of Venturepark Labs since 2015; Co-Managing Partner of Believeco:Partners; took sole ownership of Venture Communications in 1998.
Three-time best-selling author of 'Persuasion' (2011), 'All In' (2013), and 'Reinvention' (2019).
Stars as a Venture Capitalist on CBC's Dragons' Den for over 15 seasons since 2007; Host of 'Arlene Is Alone - The Single Life Series' on YouTube.
Serves on the Board of Directors for Cargojet and previously for Aphria, Ad Rodeo, Kids Help Phone, and Calgary Municipal Lands Corporation.
Inducted into the Southern Alberta Business Hall of Fame and Marketing Hall of Legends; recognized as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Hall of Fame.

Biography

Arlene Dickinson is a South African and Canadian businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality. She is the Managing General Partner of District Ventures Capital, a venture capital fund established in 2017 that focuses on innovative companies in the food & beverage and health & wellness sectors.