Extreme Startups, a Canada-based startup accelerator helmed by Dan Debow, a co-founder of performance management software developer Rypple, and backed by a host of venture investors, was launched on 31st January.

Chief among them is the Research in Motion-affiliated corporate venturing fund, Blackberry Partners Fund (BPF), also the last workplace of Extreme’s Chief Innovation Hunter, Andy Yang.

The third key member of the team is Sunil Sharma, formerly the International Director for Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity…