Patrick Hankinson

Patrick Hankinson is the General Partner at Concrete Ventures, an $18 million pre-seed venture capital fund based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Before transitioning to institutional venture capital, he co-founded Tether, a profitable multimillion-dollar business, and Compilr, a software platform that was acquired by lynda.com and subsequently integrated into LinkedIn. Following these successful exits, Hankinson served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Build Ventures and built a personal portfolio of 15 angel investments. He launched Concrete Ventures in 2019 with $15 million from the Nova Scotia government and a $500,000 commitment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. During its first year, the fund backed eight regional startups that collectively raised over $6 million in total capital. Hankinson currently focuses on providing pre-seed capital and mentorship to emerging information technology companies throughout the Atlantic Canadian startup ecosystem.