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Jim Orlando

In his role as Managing Director of OMERS Ventures, Jim Orlando is responsible for leading investment activities in the North American market focusing on high-growth companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. With more than 14 years of experience in the venture capital and private equity sectors, Jim has a strong track record of finding deals, closing investments, and in working with strong founders, CEOs and management teams on the ongoing development and growth of their businesses. He is responsible for OMERS Ventures' investments in BuildDirect, Digital Currency Group, Jobber, Nudge, Ranovus, and Wattpad. Jim also led the investment into Shopify (NYSE: SHOP, TSX: SH).

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Jim Orlando’s 10 Canadian startup and venture capital predictions for 2017

Jan 5, 2017

Coming off a B grade on my predictions for 2016, it’s time to make some predictions for 2017. This time I’m trying to be…

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Jim Orlando’s 2016 Venture Capital predictions scorecard

Jan 4, 2017

Twelve months have flown by and it is time to look back at my Ten Canadian startup and venture capital predictions for 2016.…

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