Harish Consul
Harish Consul is Founder and CEO of Ocgrow Group of Companies and President and CEO of Pacific Century Group Ventures, with over 35 years of experience building and investing in exponential growth businesses globally. Harish has established himself as one of Canada’s leading venture capitalists through early investments in companies including Amazon, Shopify, and Coupang while pioneering smart home innovation through his strategic alliance with Amazon for Canada’s first fully Alexa-enabled luxury condominium development.
With a portfolio exceeding $100 million across 50+ companies worldwide, Harish focuses on backing world-class founders who have achieved product-market fit, particularly in AI-first companies, e-commerce, cloud computing, SaaS software, fintech, cleantech, healthcare, and longevity sectors.
His investment philosophy centers on identifying massive total addressable markets where technology can be democratized and scaled globally, typically investing $500K to $10 million in early-stage companies. Read EMERGE Engages Harish Consul of Ocgrow Ventures, as Strategic Advisor and Decoding Rebel Foods Backer Ocgrow Ventures’ Early Stage Playbook For India.
In the 1980’s Harish began laying the foundation for what would become among his most significant business achievements: The Ocgrow Group of Companies. After a slew of successful businesses, Harish recognized the opportunity to leverage his entrepreneurial success by forming a dedicated investment fund. What started as a focused real estate investment firm in Calgary, Alberta, would evolve over three and a half decades into a sophisticated investment platform spanning continents and industries, managing hundreds of millions in assets while maintaining the entrepreneurial agility that defines Harish’s approach to business.
At Ocgrow Group of Companies since 1988, Harish has led the venture capital and real estate development divisions. Ocgrow Ventures operates as a privately held investment firm managing Harish and his family’s assets and venture capital investments, with headquarters in Calgary and offices in Vancouver. The venture capital arm has been investing for over 25 years, focusing on founder-led businesses in high-growth technology sectors.
Ocgrow Ventures strategically invests in startups across North America, Asia, and Europe, bridging innovation hubs like Silicon Valley, Bangalore, and Seoul. Ocgrow’s portfolio spans sectors such as artificial intelligence, health and longevity technology, fintech, clean energy, and e-commerce, with standout investments like Viome Life Sciences (microbiome health), Heliogen (renewable solar energy), Garuda Aerospace (drone technology), Rebel Foods (cloud kitchens), and Fizz (social platform), alongside numerous other investments across India, North America, and globally. Read Decoding Rebel Foods Backer Ocgrow Ventures’ Early Stage Playbook For India and 5 Minutes With Harish Consul of Ocgrow Ventures.
Looking forward, Ocgrow Ventures leads emerging fields like generative AI, quantum computing, and sustainable technologies, with a strategic focus on health longevity and climate tech. Hanu Ventures, a specialized fund within Ocgrow Ventures that Harish cofounded with serial entrepreneur and Lifeboat Board Member Dr. Nuno Martins, focuses specifically on investments in health and longevity startups.
Harish has also served as President and CEO of Pacific Century Group Ventures since 1988, which he founded in Vancouver for technology investments before returning to Calgary. Throughout his career, Harish has maintained active board positions, including his recent appointment to Calgary Economic Development in 2025, as an Advisory Council member at Platform Calgary since 2022, as a Board Member at Viome since May 2022, and as an Advisory Board member at Longevity.Technology since February 2024, and Board Member at Osten & Victor Alberta Tennis Centre since February 2025.
He also serves on the board of the South Asian Venture Capital Association of Canada (SAVCA) since March 2025. Read Smart Homes and the Sola Calgary Development with Ocgrow Founder Harish Consul and Ocgrow Group of Companies Forms Strategic Alliance with Amazon to Deliver the Future of Condo Living in Canada.
As a global keynote speaker on building unicorns and tech innovation, Harish shares insights from his investment philosophy at conferences from London to Abu Dhabi to New Delhi. He focuses on backing “world-class founders who’ve already achieved product-market fit” with real paying customers and growing revenues rather than concepts in extended R&D phases.
His approach emphasizes founder quality, stating, “I spend significant time understanding founder passion and mindset,” looking for “hunger and laser focus” — qualities he considers rare in entrepreneurial leadership. This philosophy has yielded remarkable results, with early investments in Amazon, Shopify, and Coupang becoming legendary successes.
In the longevity sector, which Harish sees as “probably the most exciting space on the planet right now,” he applies the same criteria: strong founding teams, clear business plans, and technology that can scale for the masses. His investment in Viome, where he serves as a board member, exemplifies this approach—backing founder Naveen Jain’s vision for personalized microbiome health that shifts healthcare from “sick care” to preventative care.
For Indian markets specifically, Harish targets “young India-centric companies” focusing on Gen Z consumers and the growing middle class, with portfolio companies like Garuda Aerospace now expanding globally. He believes AI is “a must for any company working in data analytics” and actively seeks verticals with massive total addressable markets. Read ‘Five years ago, nobody was talking about longevity — now the whole world is’.
The SOLA Calgary development represents Harish’s vision for merging technology with luxury living. Launched in partnership with Amazon in October 2020, SOLA became Canada’s first fully Alexa-enabled condominium tower. Each of the 172 luxury units features built-in smart home hubs, gigabit ethernet connectivity (15–18 times faster than standard speeds), and voice-activated controls for music, news, weather, smart home devices, and more.
Residents can choose between basic and luxury packages for Alexa functionality, with future integrations allowing voice-commanded restaurant orders from commercial tenants in the building’s retail podium. The nine-story tower in trendy Kensington ranges from 435 to 850 square feet, priced between $298,000 to $450,000. Ocgrow retained ownership of the commercial retail podium, which includes community-based retail such as coffee shops, medical uses, and other services.
The project also pioneered online condominium sales in Canada through a partnership with Shopify, allowing buyers to select units, options, colors, parking, and storage entirely online. This innovation earned recognition from Mary Moran, President and CEO of Calgary Economic Development, who stated the project “will act as a beacon for the continued growth and diversity of our economy.”
Beyond SOLA, Harish continues developing mixed-use projects, including the 150-acre Greystone Community in Cochrane, and has completed numerous multi-family projects in Greater Vancouver over three decades. Additional developments include the River Heights Place commercial center in Cochrane and the upcoming Greystone Community mixed-use development.
Within Greystone, the Terez project — a luxury rental development featuring 154 units across three buildings — broke ground in February 2025, responding to Cochrane’s near-zero vacancy rate with much-needed rental stock. Alongside it, Vertos offers 150 luxury townhomes and garden-level condos, catering to the demand for upscale, modern residences in this rapidly expanding region. Read Ocgrow Group of Companies Forms Strategic Alliance with Amazon to Deliver the Future of Condo Living in Canada and Smart Homes and the Sola Calgary Development with Ocgrow Founder Harish Consul.
Harish earned his Bachelor’s Degree of Science (B.Sc.) in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary and holds a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation. Following his undergraduate studies, he pursued MBA studies at The University of British Columbia but left the program to focus on entrepreneurship and building his companies.
His engineering background provided the technical foundation for his real estate development expertise, while his business studies informed his venture capital investment strategies. The combination of engineering discipline and entrepreneurial vision has shaped his approach to identifying and scaling transformative technologies across multiple sectors.
Outside of his business pursuits, Harish has been an avid supporter of The Enhanced Games since the inception of the project and was present at the launch of the event in 2025. The Enhanced Games is an upcoming competition with its first event scheduled for 2026, where competitors are actively supported and encouraged to seek enhancement in pursuit of maximal athletic performance. In addition to this freedom, they will also be provided with unparalleled financial support and incentives.
Harish also joins Bryan Johnson, Dr. Nuno Martins, Dave Asprey, and many other notable futurists and biohackers as coauthors of The Declaration on Human Enhancement. The Declaration, ratified at the Second Conference on Human Enhancement in December 2024, provides the moral and practical guidelines for the Enhanced Games.
This statement also emphasizes bodily sovereignty, the right to seek bodily enhancement, and the pursuit and extension of the limits of athletic excellence. Read First Human Enhancement Conference Calls for Enhancement Ecosystem.
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Read Decoding Rebel Foods Backer Ocgrow Ventures’ Early Stage Playbook For India, The Declaration on Human Enhancement, and First Human Enhancement Conference Calls for Enhancement Ecosystem.
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