About Us

Better investor relations, better companies.

Irwin is an investor relations and capital markets solution for innovative public companies and their advisors built by a team of passionate entrepreneurs who know the challenges and opportunities that companies face when building relationships with the investment community. We empower thousands of IROs worldwide to manage and enhance their relationships with world-class technology, industry-leading data, award-winning support, and inspiring content. 

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In 2015, Irwin CEO and Co-Founder David Whyte was working in institutional equity sales at Credit Suisse, working closely with global institutional investors and issuers to help to grow their mutual relationships. He became increasingly frustrated with the process of relationship building, which was exacerbated by the introduction of MiFID II, shifts in buy-side resource allocation, and sell-side pressures. Changes in the market meant that issuers had to be more proactive in their investor relations programs, but the tools meant to build and strengthen relationships on the market didn’t adapt to fit the needs of the evolving role of IR.

Together with Co-Founder and COO Mark Fasken, who had extensive experience in enterprise software, Irwin was founded in 2017. The company was built on the thesis that the combination of regulatory standards, industry conditions, and technological innovation was forcing significant changes in how capital markets operate. They wanted to create modern software that allowed capital markets professionals to build better relationships with the investment community and improve capital markets' transparency, accountability, and productivity. 

In the following years, the Irwin team grew to over 100 employees, the customer list grew well into the hundreds, and the company attracted significant capital from investors, including a US$20 million Series A Financing led by K1 Investment Management in 2021.

As our early customers continued to grow, so did we, evolving and innovating the Irwin product and services, continuously pushing the boundaries of the status quo, and strategically enabling investor relations teams and companies of all sizes, from micro to mega-cap. 

Today, the Irwin team provides our customers with the necessary tools and support to establish, maintain, and grow strategic relationships with the investment community through a better platform experience that has powered the success, innovation, and growth of thousands of IROs globally. We continue to believe in and elevate the role of the IRO, and we strive to be a trusted partner to all of our customers. We know that better investor relations is the catalyst to accelerating innovation, and strive to work towards our vision of bringing efficiency and transparency to global markets.

Toronto
2017

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NIRI Designates Irwin as an Approved Professional Development Unit Provider

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Our values are our core beliefs, guiding and unifying our actions and behaviors.

Grit

Grit at Irwin combines passion and perseverance. Passion comes from an intrinsic interest in your craft and a sense of purpose - the conviction that your work is meaningful and helps others.

Humility

At Irwin, we are willing to see ourselves as we are and appreciate the strengths and contributions of our company and our team. We're proud of our work, but we are always open to feedback, trying new ideas, and willing to learn from others.

Accountability

What it means: We believe we are responsible for our words, actions, and results. We take the initiative and recognize that individuals have the power to cause problems but also have the capacity to fix them. Accountability also means our customers know they can count on us to get things done.

Big Thinking

Going against the grain can be difficult, but well worth it for big results.

Executive Team

David Whyte

CEO & Co-Founder

Mark Fasken

COO & Co-Founder

Brad Robertson

CTO

Marissa Homere

VP Marketing

Leadership Team

Ailsa Crook

Sales Manager

Aubrey Pistorius

Manager: People & Culture

Faisal Hassan

Director of Product Management

Frank Goertzen

Lead UX Designer

Graeme Falco

Director of Finance

Jenny Holland

Director Customer Success

Lizz Armstrong

Engineering Manager

Mario Bozzo

Director of Product Management

Morgan Craig

Director of Brand Marketing

Mujtaba Hassan

Research Manager

Richard Michael

Director of Engineering

Ryall Stroud

Director of Capital Markets Strategy

Tom Grabowski

Director of Engineering

William Whyte

BDR Manager

Life at Irwin

As one of Canada’s Top-Growing companies, Irwin provides ample opportunities to supercharge your career growth, and build exceptional relationships while doing amazing work. 

Life at Irwin

What you can expect at Irwin

Competitive salary, benefits, and parental leave policy

Career growth opportunities that you will only find at a high-growth, early-stage company

Flexible time-off policy to make sure you have enough time to rest and disconnect

Work-life balance, with the flexibility to choose your own work location and flexible working hours

We are remote-first and intend to stay this way. We have physical space for team collaboration that can be used when you need it.

Inclusive work environment, our team welcomes diverse applicants from all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and statuses.

Interested in joining our team?

Director of Professional Services - Investor Relations

Remote
Toronto

We are looking for a Director of Professional Services to help service our large, diverse and growing client base of public companies, consultants and investment banks. Our client base is increasingly sophisticated and as such we’re looking for someone who has the capital markets and investor relations expertise to help guide clients in their approach by honing the power, workflows and data of Irwin. The successful candidate will be excited about entrepreneurial initiatives and keen to be in constant search of new, value-creating ideas to source, plan and implement.

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Account Manager - Investor Relations

Remote
Toronto (remote)

As our client base continues to grow, we are expanding our Account Management/Relationship Management team to ensure our clients are happy and successful. As such, we are looking for a candidate who can provide our users with advice on how best to use our solution as well as more general advice on how to run a successful investor relations strategy. A candidate with prior capital markets experience would be a fantastic fit for the role.

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Account Executive

Remote
Toronto

We are currently looking for an Account Executive to join our team to help us further establish Irwin as a leader in the Investor Relations Software market.

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