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Ankur Boyed

Co-founder, Boardy

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Ankur Boyed is a Toronto-based founder who co-founded Boardy, the AI superconnector that phones users and brokers double-opt-in introductions. TechCrunch reported in October 2024 that Boardy raised a $3M pre-seed led by HF0. He earlier founded Beavr Labs, a product studio. His own site dates his Boardy tenure July 2024 to September 2025.

Ankur hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Ankur co-founded Boardy, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Did Ankur Boyed co-found Boardy?

Yes. TechCrunch, 2024-10-24, reports that Boardy "was co-founded by its CEO Andrew D'Souza, Matt Stein, Shen Sivananthan, and brothers Ankur Boyed and Abhinav Boyed."

Is he still at Boardy?

His personal site ankurboyed.com, checked 2026-09-20, lists his Boardy.ai co-founder role as July 2024 to September 2025, and lists his current work as a stealth venture begun December 2025.

How much has Boardy raised?

TechCrunch, 2024-10-24, reports a $3M pre-seed round with HF0 as the largest investor, alongside 8VC, Precursor, Afore, FJ Labs and NextView.

What did he build before Boardy?

ankurboyed.com, checked 2026-09-20, lists Beavr Labs, May 2022 to July 2024, and says it built products for 15 startups and grew to a team of eight.

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