DONATO SFERRA
DONATO SFERRA
Managing Partner at Hillcrest Merchant Partners Inc.
Donato Sferra is a Toronto-based investor and business executive.
Donato Sferra is a Toronto-based investor and business executive with an extensive background in the financial services industry, angel investing and capital market consulting.
Donato currently serves as Managing Partner at Hillcrest Merchant Partners, an angel investment firm focused on a number of industries, including cannabis, electric metals, blockchain, mining, gaming and tech.
In 2016, Donato co-founded Above Food Corp., a plant-based foods company where he serves as Chief Corporate Development Officer and Executive Vice President.
Toronto’s Donato Sferra studied accounting at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto. He is a chartered accountant and holds the chartered accountant (CA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations.
Donato began his career as an equity research analyst at TD Securities, specializing in auto parts, solar and automation. Prior to this, Donato practiced as a chartered accountant and senior auditor at Arthur Andersen for four years.
After his work at TD Securities, Donato spent two years at Macquarie Group as Director of Institutional Sales. He also served as Vice President of Investments at Pinetree Capital Ltd., a small, cap-focused, buy-side firm and angel investor focusing on mining, energy and tech investments. Donato served as a member of the executive management team at Pinetree Capital, where he was involved in the evaluation and management of the company’s investment portfolio.
After Pinetree Capital, Donato spent five years at Dundee Capital Markets, serving first as Director of Institutional Sales from 2011 to 2013, then as Managing Director of Investment Banking from 2013 to 2016. It was while at Dundee Capital Markets that Donato began his specialization in cannabis, electric metals, mining, gaming and tech.
Donato Sferra also worked as the Managing Director of Investment Banking at Eight Capital, where he led the company’s cannabis investment banking team.
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June 21, 2019With Canada’s direct cannabis market projected by Ernst & Young to hit 11 billion CAD in valuation in the next six years, and with an expected consumer pivot away from combustible forms of cannabis towards extracts, edibles, and nonedible derivatives, there has never been a better time to invest...Hillcrest Merchant Partners is a Toronto-based merchant bank and venture capital firm focused on early stage and mid-market growth companies. The company is led by Mark Attanasio — formerly the president of Dundee Capital Markets and Eight Capital — and Donato Sferra, who was the director of...DONATO SFERRA EXPERIENCE:
Managing Partner at Hillcrest Merchant Partners Inc.
September 2017 - Present | Toronto, Onatrio
Angel Investor: Cannabis, Electric Metals, Blockchain, Mining, Gaming, Tech and Special Sits. Always looking to meet great management teams with great ideas.
Co-founder, Executive VP and Chief Corporate Development Officer at Above Food Corp.
2016 - Present | Toronto, Ontario
Food & Beverage, Plant-based foods, Technology
Managing Director Investment Banking at Eight Capital
2016 - 2017 | Toronto, Ontario
Cannabis, Electric Metals, Mining, Gaming and Tech.
Director Institutional Sales at DUNDEE CAPITAL MARKETS
2011 - 2013 | Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Equities to North American Institutions.
Managing Director Investment Banking at Dundee Capital Markets
2009 - 2011 | Toronto, Ontario
Cannabis, Electric Metals, Mining, Gaming and Tech.
Director Institutional Sales at Macquarie Group
2009 - 2011 | Toronto, Ontario
Canadian Equities to North American Institutions.
Vice President Investments at Pinetree Capital Ltd.
2006 - 2008 | Toronto, Ontario
Angel Investing focussed on Mining, Energy and Tech.
Co-founder, Executive VP and Chief Corporate Development Officer at Above Food Corp.
2016 - Present | Toronto, Ontario
Food & Beverage, Plant-based foods, Technology
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