She had three companies before she was at the age of 28.

Later she moved to Regina, Saskatchewan and grew up there.

The 33-year-old entrepreneur also shows her love toward mother, Dagmar. See About UK's Dragon's Den: Tej Lalvani Wiki: Wedding, Wife, Family, Net Worth. FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries.

[7] She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and graduated with Civil Engineering and MBA degrees. So far, Clearbanc has invested more than $1 billion in over 2,800 companies, and recently launched a new valuation appraisal platform for startups that’s driven by artificial intelligence. Portrait d’une entrepreneure prospère qui est juge à l’émission Dragons’ Den. Michele Romanow was born on 12 June 1985 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. © [21], Romanow was also an investor (minority shareholder) of Goldie nightclub in Toronto, which lost its liquor license after violating social distancing orders during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. On occasion of Valentine's day 2018, her boyfriend, Andrew Instagrammed a photo of her and mentioned himself lucky to call Michele his babe. She was the sole winner of the highest tribute at Queen's, the Agnes Benidickson Tricolour Award, in 2007.

Romanow then partnered with two colleagues from her engineering class, Anatoliy Melnichuk and Ryan Marien.


[12], She co-founded Clearbanc in 2015, a venture capital firm, alongside Andrew D'Souza, whom is also her romantic partner. In 2011, Romanow started Buytopia.ca which, by 2013, had 2.5M subscribers and had provided over $100M in savings through deals for products, services, events, and travel, with merchants including brands like Cirque du Soleil, Porter Airlines, and Staples.

Michele Romanow (born June 12, 1985) is a Canadian tech entrepreneur, television personality, board director and venture capitalist.She co-founded Clearbanc, a San Francisco-based provider of revenue sharing solutions to fund new online businesses, and other e-businesses, and made the list of 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada in 2015.

She is gathering the fortune working as the director of Whistler Blackcomb (TSX: WB) and Shad Valley International. [22], Romanow is the youngest cast member of the Canadian reality television series Dragons' Den.
[4] Romanow joined the cast of CBC’s Dragons' Den in Season 10.[5]. [10][11] By 2018, Buytopia joined Emerge Commerce Inc., an e-commerce consolidator founded by Ghassan Halazon, that also acquired other deal sites like WagJag (the Toronto Star deal site), Shop.ca (previously raised $51.5M), under the Emerge parent company. Andrew shared a photo with his partner, Michele, and goddaughter, Julia on Instagram, congratulating Julia on her First Communion on 15 April 2018.

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Together, they founded Evandale Caviar, Buytopia.ca, and SnapSaves without raising any external capital. He wished her and wrote in a caption that he was lucky to wake up next to her. Michele Romanow is one woman Canada is proud of!

She has a great attachment to her engineer father, who became the CEO of a $20-billion oil company. Michele merged with two co-investors; Anatoliy Melnichuk and Ryan Marien and launched Buytopia.ca in the joint business venture.

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Andrew also expressed his love toward her and described her as his sweetheart. Following the events that lead to the suspension of the liquor license Romanow publicly denounced the management of Goldie, stating that she had no involvement in the day-to-day operation, and that she would exercise her option to sell her shares. Celebrity Article, Biography and Net Worth.

However, her father had an incredible influence on her life.

Michele Romanow (born June 12, 1985) is a Canadian tech entrepreneur, television personality, board director and venture capitalist.