Mickey Blayvas
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Mickey Blayvas is an entrepreneur and business executive who founded Key Element Capital and Blazesoft. He served as chief executive officer of Blazesoft from 2016 to 2025.[1]
Career
[edit]Blayvas has worked in the software and insurance industries, including roles with Guardian Information Systems, and Migdal Group.[2] In 2011, Blayvas acted as global service director for PRODWARE. In February 2016, Blayvas founded Blazesoft.[3][4] Under Blayvas, the company received Great Place to Work certification in 2023,[5] was included in Forbes's 2024 list of Best Startup Employers,[6] and appeared on Great Place to Work's 2025 list of Best Workplaces in Technology.[7] In 2024, Blayvas was named among the EY Entrepreneur of the Year honorees for his role in leading Blazesoft's growth.[8]
In late 2024, Blazesoft, under Blayvas, donated C$250,000 to the Mackenzie Health Foundation to support the Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital Women and Child program. The contribution funded the naming of a newborn care room and an inpatient room in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and supported equipment and resources for maternal and child health services.[9] Blayvas remained at Blazesoft until January 2025.
In 2024, Blayvas founded Key Element Capital, a venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in the software and technology sectors.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Evoplay partners with online sweepstakes casino, FortuneCoins.com". January 5, 2026.
- ↑ ומחשבים, מערכת אנשים (March 30, 2009). "גרדיאן הטמיעה פתרון CRM מבוסס מיקרוסופט בתפן; היקפו הכספי של הפרויקט: כמיליון שקלים -".
- ↑ "Blazesoft". Forbes. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ Farquharson, Laird. "BLAZESOFT". Great Place to Work.
- ↑ "Blazesoft Named One Of Canada's Top Employers". November 3, 2023.
- ↑ Peachman, Rachel Rabkin (January 10, 2024). "Canada's Best Startup Employers 2024". Forbes. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Best Workplaces™ in Technology 2025". Great Place To Work.
- ↑ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Canada 2024 - Ontario". www.ey.com.
- ↑ "Blazesoft Spreads Holiday Cheer with $250,000 Donation to Mackenzie Health Foundation".
- ↑ "Our Team | Key Element Capital".