Paul Irving is a General Partner of GTMfund, the title on the firm's own team page as of 7 September 2026. Inovia, an institutional limited partner in GTMfund's second fund, publishes a profile of him under the title "Partner & Platform Director" which states he is a graduate of McGill, co-founded a laundry and grocery subscription delivery company after university, and went on to work at the Royal Bank of Canada helping invest a $900M discretionary wealth portfolio. The same profile says he joined GTMfund seven months into the fund's journey and leads the GTM platform, community, portfolio company support programs, investment and LP relations. His Startupfest speaker profile describes him as the fund's first full-time employee. He is the bylined author of GTMfund's own investment announcements for Eightball AI and Examen, and is quoted as General Partner in the Examen post. No join year, IPO count, exit count or current board seat could be sourced.
Education
McGill University - Inovia's Emerging Manager Partners profile of him states verbatim "A graduate of McGill, Paul and Scott first worked together co-founding a laundry and grocery subscription delivery company after university." The degree and subject are not stated.
Previous Experience
Royal Bank of Canada - Inovia's profile states "he went on to work at the Royal Bank of Canada helping invest a $900M discretionary wealth portfolio, spanning asset classes." No job title is given.
Co-founder of a laundry and grocery subscription delivery company, per the same Inovia profile. The company is not named.
Notable Investments
ExamenEightball AI
Career Timeline
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Inovia's Emerging Manager Partners profile states he joined the GTMfund team seven months into the fund's journey and leads "the GTM platform, community, portfolio company support programs, investment, and LP relations". No year is given.
2026
Bylined author of GTMfund's 13 February 2026 announcement of its investment in Eightball AI, a $1.2M pre-seed round the announcement says GTMfund led.
2026
Bylined author of, and quoted as General Partner in, GTMfund's 20 March 2026 post on Examen's $4.3M raise, which GTMfund led.