OMERS Ventures

OMERS Ventures

Toronto, Ontarioomersventures.com

Overview

OMERS Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology-related sectors across Europe and North America. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the consumer, deep tech, enterprise application, fintech, infrastructure software, and vertical software sectors.

Year Founded

2011

Portfolio Companies

75

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
XanaduMar 2026IPOCo-investor
TurnstileFeb 2026Series ALead
OctauraJun 2025Early FundingCo-investor
CruxApr 2025Series BCo-investor
ArizeFeb 2025Series CCo-investor

Key People

Damien Steel

Managing Partner and Global Head of Ventures

Henry Gladwyn

Managing Partner

Jambu Palaniappan

Managing Partner

Michael Yang

Managing Partner

Steve Ang

Senior Managing Partner

Ben Fu

Partner

Eugene Lee

Partner

Eugene Lum

Finance And Commercial Director (SEA TW)

Marissa Moore

Principal - Vertical Software AI

Julianna Vitolo

Investor

Justin Ouyang

Investor

Ryan Zauk

Investor

Taku Murahwi

Investor

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersToronto, Ontario
Year Founded2011

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