Dylan Itzikowitz
Principal at South Park Commons
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
South Park Commons is a fund and community of technologists dedicated to helping each other explore, learn, and go from -1 to 0.
Principal
2021 - 2024
Investments: Norm Ai, ATC Research, Knock.App, M-XR, Dispatch (FKA One Advisory), Northflank, Trackd
Expa Labs is a program for early stage companies.
Investment Associate
2019 - 2021
Select investments: Storyblok, Simulon (FKA Beamm), HotelRunner, TroopTravel, Tarmac Technologies, Enso Connect +
Co-Founder
2017 - 2019
Honored with the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Leadership in Accessibility by the Canadian Government - Successfully lobbied 15+ cities (including Toronto) across Canada to formally adopt the Dynamic Symbol of Accessibility (DSA) to promote access and inclusion for all - Executed education events around the adoption of the icon at universities, hospitals, athletic centres, and corporations (Toyota Canada, Impark Parking Management, University of Toronto) - Scaled via open-sourced activism, encompassing recruiting, training, and empowering ambassadors from across Canada to roll out The Forward Movement programming in their communities and corporations - Continuously championing stakeholder relationships for on-going DSA-related projects in the public, private and third sector
Investment Associate
2019 - 2019
- Part of the team running end-to-end challenge-led corporate innovation programmes designed to help corporates work with, and invest in, early-stage technology startups - Global community engagement across investors, niche startup communities, accelerators and universities to scout for seed and Series A B2B startup investments - Assisted the programme management team of a corporate venture building programme from ideation, team formation and final investment due diligence - Built partnerships across The Bakery network to bring in potential ecosystem partners, mentors, VC funds, and corporate clients - Created and delivered workshops on scaling through corporate collaboration for the Centre for International Exchange’s Entrepreneur Lab (eLab)
Entrepreneurship Resource
2017 - 2017
- Worked on the High Potential team responsible for scouting, assessing, and managing pre-series A technology businesses - Assisted companies in leveraging startup ecosystem and IBM Canada resources
Community Manager
2016 - 2017
The Centre for Social Innovation is an incubator with a mission to catalyze social innovation in Toronto and around the world. In addition to working on my current upcoming initiative at CSI, I work for the organization itself. My duties include: • Identified a need for a more in-depth understanding of revenue models for CSI members • Piloted Money Matters: a weekly educational program where a different Social Enterprise presents their revenue Model • Created and posted Case Studies on each presenting organization's revenue model • Facilitated cooperation between members with shared goals and needs • Aided several organizations with various tasks that fall within my areas of interest and expertize
The Centre for Social Innovation is a coworking space, community, and launchpad for people who are changing the world.