Harish Consul is a globally recognized innovation strategist, venture capital leader, and keynote speaker with more than three decades of experience in entrepreneurship and technology investment. As Founder and CEO of one of Canada’s leading private venture capital funds, he has advanced startups, small companies and fortune 500 companies across industries by driving systems improvement and scaling through artificial intelligence, digital innovation, future technology, digital transformation, fintech, and high-growth ventures. His firm has invested early in startups and emerging companies positioned to reshape business and society. Harish is also a trusted advisor to multiple technology unicorns and serves on several boards and advisory boards, where he guides strategies for exponential growth.
Harish Consul is a globally recognized innovation strategist, venture capital leader, and keynote speaker with more than 35 years of experience building, scaling, and investing in high-growth companies worldwide. He is the Founder and CEO of Ocgrow Group of Companies and its venture capital arm, Ocgrow Ventures, both privately held with a focus on real estate development and global technology investment.
His firm has been an early investor in several internationally recognized companies including Amazon, Shopify, Coupang, Viome, Garuda Aerospace, and Heliogen. Under his leadership, the portfolio spans artificial intelligence, digital innovation, e-commerce, cloud computing, SaaS, fintech, cleantech, healthcare, longevity, and other emerging sectors.
In addition to his investment activity, he serves as a strategic advisor and board or advisory board member for many high-growth technology organizations. These include Calgary Economic Development, Viome, Connectomes, Platform Calgary, Longevity Technology, Garuda Aerospace, the Alberta–India Economic Corridor, Via AI, iON Health, and the Alberta Tech & Innovation Panel.
Harish Consul earned a civil engineering degree from the University of Calgary, becoming the youngest engineering graduate in Canada at age 20, before attending the MBA program at the University of British Columbia. His education and early leadership roles provided the foundation for a career defined by entrepreneurial success, guiding him from real estate ventures to the creation of Ocgrow Group and Ocgrow Ventures, where he established a global reputation as an investor and strategist.