About Vipond Ventures

Vipond Ventures is a Canadian based family office investing its own capital.

How we invest

Investing

Our approach to investing consists of two strategies: managed investment through our investment partners, and direct investments in private businesses.

Philanthropy

Our philanthropy strategy is to focus on education, equality, poverty, and the environment.

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Tim Vipond

Co-Founder

Tim Vipond co-founded Vipond Ventures in 2020 to manage and invest the family’s assets with the mission to create intergenerational wealth and wellbeing.

Tim began his career as an investment banking analyst at CIBC Capital Markets in 2005. After working on a wide range of mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising he went to work in wealth management at Scotiabank.

After completing his MBA, Tim worked in strategy and corporate development at Newmont Goldcorp and then was recruited to be the VP of finance at shoes.com.

Following that, Tim co-founded Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) — a bootstrapped startup that now has over 2.8 million students and has been valued at over USD $100 million.

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Barbara Vipond

Co-Founder

Barbara co-founded Vipond Ventures in 2020 to help manage the family’s investments and oversee their philanthropy.

With over ten years’ experience in financial services, Barbara Vipond has a broad skill set that ranges from leading and inspiring teams to solving complex financial issues.

Barbara is an analytical, quick thinker, intellectually curious, a fast study, and loves problem solving. Equal parts big picture thinker and detail lover, Barbara thrives in complex and challenging work environments where she can tackle big problems. Her areas of expertise include financial and enterprise risk management, strategic marketing and sales, and communication and negotiations.

Barbara is fluent in English and Spanish, holds a Bachelor of Science from UBC, a Bachelor of Technology from BCIT, and an Executive MBA from Queen’s University.

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Philanthropy

Our philanthropy strategy is to focus on education, equality, poverty, and the environment.