Jim Orlando

Investor @ goConfirm

Country

City

Canada

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, Start-ups, Due Diligence, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Investments, Strategy, Venture Capital, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development, Business Development

Experience

Investor

goConfirm

2022-6 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Toronto, Ontario

Investor

Contentful

2020-6 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

Berlin, Germany; San Francisco, CA

Investor

Motif FoodWorks

2021-6 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor

Arcaea

2021-7 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor

Foxtrot

2020-2 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor

Gatik

2020-2 - Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

Silicon Valley, California, United States

Managing Partner

Wittington Ventures

2019-7 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

Toronto

Jim is the Managing Partner of Wittington Ventures. WV is a venture capital firm investing in the e-commerce/retail, healthcare and food/sustainability sectors. The firm invests in companies throughout North America and at all stages of the start-up lifecycle. WV is uniquely positioned to help entrepreneurs and their companies through strong affiliations with iconic Canadian brands such as Loblaw, Shoppers Drug Mart, Choice Properties, PC Financial, Joe Fresh and Selfridges Group. Jim led Wittington Ventures' investments in Arcaea, Contentful, Foxtrot, Gatik and Motif Foodworks.

Investor, Board Member

Wattpad

2014-3 - 2019-7 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wattpad is a community-powered, data-driven entertainment company based around storytelling. For OMERS Ventures, Jim led the $46 million Series C investment round.

Managing Partner

OMERS Ventures

2013-7 - 2019-7 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Toronto, Canada Area

As a Managing Partner of OMERS Ventures, I led investments in North American high-growth technology, media, and telecommunications companies. Responsible for OMERS Ventures' investments in Contentful, Digital Currency Group, DuckDuckGo, Jobber, Nudge, Ranovus and Wattpad. Jim also led OMERS Ventures’ investment in Shopify (NYSE, TSX: SHOP).

Investor, Board Member, Board Observer

Numerous Start-Ups

2013-8 - 2019-6 · 5 yrs 11 mos

New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington

While at OMERS Ventures, Jim led investments in numerous software / hardware, B2B / B2C, early / late-stage companies across North America including Contentful, DuckDuckGo, Jobber, Ranovus, Shopify and Wattpad.