Location Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Gender Female
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Dawn Umlah is an investment manager at Innovacorp, where her focus is on identifying attractive seed and early-stage investment opportunities. She manages all aspects of the investment review, approval and closing cycle, and works hands-on with Innovacorp’s portfolio companies to assist them in accelerating their growth, achieving milestones and
securing additional financing.
Prior to joining Innovacorp, Dawn was director of finance at ABM Integrated Solutions and worked for BlackBerry in Waterloo, Ontario, as a finance business partner and senior financial analyst. Before BlackBerry, she worked with DHX Media and Halifax Film in strategic planning and finance roles.
Dawn has expertise in business model review, governance, due diligence, acquisitions, and post-acquisition integration. She graduated from St. FX with a degree in business administration and then obtained her CMA designation and her MBA from Saint Mary’s Sobey School of Business.


