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What company did Cliff van der Linden co-found?
Delphia, a Toronto investment company. BetaKit reported on 2019-12-04 that Delphia was spun out of Vox Pop Labs in January 2018 and named Clifton van der Linden as its co-founder and chief scientist. Y Combinator's Delphia page, checked September 2026, lists him as a former founder alongside Andrew Peek.
What was his role at Delphia?
BetaKit reported on 2019-12-04 that Delphia adapted van der Linden's election-forecasting approach, which used unconventional data to forecast electoral and referendum outcomes, to forecasting financial markets. He held the title chief scientist at the time.
What is Vox Pop Labs?
A civic engagement company van der Linden founded in 2010 and leads, according to a McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences article posted 2026-07-10. It runs Vote Compass, which that article says has been used by tens of millions of people in more than 100 elections and referendums worldwide.
What does Cliff van der Linden do now?
A McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences article posted 2026-07-10 reported that he was appointed inaugural director of the faculty's new School of Integrated Social Sciences, which launched on 2026-07-01 (the article's body calls him acting director). The Canada Foundation for Innovation described him on 2024-12-04 as an associate professor of political science at McMaster and director of its Digital Society Lab.