# Scott Lake

> Scott Lake co-founded Shopify and served as its first CEO before leaving in 2008. He later founded Source Metrics and Hello Ventures, advised startups including Fictionary, and became involved in basketball organising, governance and philanthropy. Based in Victoria through the Lake Family Office, where he is a principal, he is listed as Canada Basketball’s vice-chair and among the Toronto Tempo’s owners.

- **Role:** Principal at Lake Family Office; Founder and CEO at Hello Ventures; Vice-Chair at Canada Basketball
- **Organizations:** Shopify, Snowdevil, Tomoye, SWIX / Source Metrics, Hello Ventures, Lake Family Office, Friends of Victoria Basketball, Canada Basketball, Jess and Scott Lake Foundation, Toronto Tempo, Fictionary, Pagecloud, Referral SaaSquatch, LlamaZOO
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree; field not established, York University, Graduate degree; field not established, Boston University, Doctorate; political science identified in his public biography, State University of New York at Buffalo
- **Known for:** Co-founded Shopify and served as its first CEO., Founded Source Metrics and Hello Ventures., Helped bring the 2019 Raptors championship-clinching court to Victoria for the 2021 Olympic qualifier.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2004** — Vice-president of technical services at Tomoye, according to his Wellfound profile.
- **2004** — Co-founded the Snowdevil snowboard business with Tobias Lütke; the venture preceded Shopify.
- **2005** — Announced in September that he had left his day job to work on Jaded Pixel and Shopify full time.
- **2006** — Shopify launched as an ecommerce software product; Lake served as its first CEO.
- **2008** — Left Shopify’s operating leadership; subsequently founded SWIX, later called Source Metrics.
- **2012** — SWIX rebranded as Source Metrics and launched an enterprise social marketing platform; reporting identified $1.6 million in seed funding.
- **2015** — Founded Hello Ventures, according to public investor biographies.
- **2019** — Documented as an investor and marketing and partnerships adviser to Fictionary.
- **2020** — Elected a Class A director of Canada Basketball.
- **2021** — Helped finance and organise acquisition of the Raptors’ 2019 championship-clinching floor for the Victoria Olympic qualifying tournament.
- **2022** — Giants of Africa acknowledged the Jess and Scott Lake Foundation’s support for its Mbuji-Mayi court.
- **2026** — Named among Toronto Tempo owners in the team’s March 31 announcement welcoming Masai Ujiri.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Shopify and served as its first CEO.
- Founded Source Metrics and Hello Ventures.
- Helped bring the 2019 Raptors championship-clinching court to Victoria for the 2021 Olympic qualifier.
- Co-founded Friends of Victoria Basketball.
- Serves as vice-chair of Canada Basketball.
- Supported basketball court construction through the Jess and Scott Lake Foundation and Giants of Africa.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — The Toronto Tempo named Lake among its owners in its March 31 announcement that Masai Ujiri had joined the ownership group.
- **2025-07** — Reported alongside Jess Lake at a Giants of Africa outreach gathering at ENDP Karubanda in Huye, Rwanda; the family had sponsored the school’s court.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lakeoffice.ca/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottlake

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