Rehber Lookman

Founder and Managing Partner, 6SV Tech

Rehber is the founder and managing partner of 6SV Tech in Toronto, where he leads investment and advisory services for early-stage advanced technology startups. Over the last 20 years, he has worked as both an operator and as a direct investor across early-stage and growth markets. As a senior investor for large institutional venture capital and debt funds managing in excess of $7 billion assets under management, including Northwater Capital IP Fund, 8Great Technologies, Kreos Capital and Nauta Capital, he led more than 25 investments with multiple exits across cleantech, advanced compute, SW/infrastructure, AI/ML, fintech and enterprise SaaS.

Rehber currently heads up the High Performance Entrepreneurship AI Lab, developing new innovation best practices, training and analysis for entrepreneurs using novel AI methodologies. He is an active member of the Canadian startup ecosystem, acting as a mentor, EIR, advisor, CFO and committee member for such organizations as MaRS, ventureLAB, University of Toronto, MTEC, Bergeron Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology and York University.

Prior to his venture and investment career, Rehber was a senior member of technical staff at Maxim Integrated Products (Acq. Analog Devices), a $30-billion global semiconductor company, in their HF OptoElectronic Group where he headed new product development of their high-speed data communication products.