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Tomi Poutanen

Co-founder & Partner, Radical Ventures

Venture Capital

Tomi Poutanen co-founded Radical Ventures, an AI-focused venture firm, and is a partner there. He earlier co-founded Layer 6 AI, acquired by TD Bank Group in 2018, where he became Chief AI Officer and SVP, and co-founded the Vector Institute. He also co-founded Radical portfolio company Signal 1 and holds an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Tomi hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Tomi co-founded Radical Ventures, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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What is Tomi Poutanen's role at Radical Ventures?

Radical Ventures' team page for him, checked 2026-09-19, prints his title as Co-founder, Partner, and its bio describes him as a co-founder of Radical Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in AI companies.

What did he do before Radical Ventures?

Radical Ventures' team page, checked 2026-09-19, states that he co-founded Layer 6 AI, that the company was acquired in 2018 by TD Bank Group, and that he went on to serve there as Chief AI Officer and SVP. The same page says he began his career in Silicon Valley working on machine learning in web search at Yahoo! Search and then Bing.

Is he connected to the Vector Institute?

Radical Ventures' team page, checked 2026-09-19, describes him as a co-founder of the Vector Institute, an academic research institute for deep learning. The same page says he co-authored Canada's first national AI policy in 2017.

What else is he working on?

Radical Ventures' team page, checked 2026-09-19, says he is a co-founder of Radical portfolio company Signal 1, a health AI start-up. MaRS Impact AI's speaker listing, checked 2026-09-19, gives his title as CEO, Signal 1 AI.

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