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Claudio Rojas is Director at Hurt Capital Inc., a founder centric investment and venture capital platform.

For almost a decade, Claudio has established a track record in identifying world-class founder centric companies, investing during periods of uncertainty, and successfully holding for the long term. He holds domain expertise in founder-oriented ownership structures and consumer-oriented technology alongside an exceptionally long-term entrepreneurial mindset.

Claudio’s research on founder centrism, recently featured by the University of Oxford and the European Corporate Governance Institute, bridges the gap between scholarly inquiry and real-world application to investment. His innovative work, published in the University of British Columbia Law Review, integrates legal and economic analysis, with particular emphasis on the impact of ownership structure and governance on economic efficiency.

Claudio is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Western Ontario, Master of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School, and has achieved all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examinations. He is a lawyer member of the Bar of Ontario, and a founding member of the Institute for Founder Centric Studie a bold initiative to reimagine securities law, corporate governance and 21st century enterprise.

Claudio is Director of the Ivey Venture Forum, a world-class conference held annually in Toronto that promotes collaboration, celebrates new ventures, and generates thought-leadership on how Canada can become the world’s leading innovation economy.

Twitter: @claudio__rojas (double underscore)

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/claudiorojas1