Mark Ruddock
Founder, CEO, and Internationally Experienced Senior Executive in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mark Ruddock
Founder, CEO, and Internationally Experienced Senior Executive in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I'm an experienced international CEO with three exits and over 20 years of experience at the helm of VC-backed technology and fintech startups.
I've both founded companies and come in as a later-stage CEO to help existing companies scale. My experience spans multi-country online financial services, mission-critical enterprise software and consumer-focused mobile applications.
I recently served as CEO of Nuula, a mobile app providing small business owners with instant access to business metrics and financial products. Nuula was the result of a radical pivot of BFS Capital, a 20-year-old traditional small business lender. Nuula was acquired by Nav Technologies in January 2023.
Prior to that, I completed a stint as a supervisory board member and interim CEO of 4finance, Europe's largest online consumer lender, with an annual revenue run-rate at the time of $500MM.
As Managing Director, International at Wonga, I oversaw the group's businesses outside the UK, including consumer lending operations in several countries and an eCommerce business in Germany.
In 2010, I joined StatusNet as interim CEO, launching a successful enterprise social software offering. StatusNet is now part of GNU Social.
I was also the CEO of mobile software company Viigo, acquired by Research in Motion (makers of BlackBerry) in 2010. Viigo gained hundreds of partners, won numerous awards, and became one of the most popular BlackBerry applications of all time.
Before Viigo, I was an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Ventures West, evaluating investment opportunities in Web 2.0 and Mobile sectors.
I founded INEA, a software company focused on the financial services industry, which was acquired by Cartesis Group in 2005. After the acquisition, I served as Chief Product Officer and led the successful integration of the two companies. Cartesis was later acquired by Business Objects in 2007.