Written by Laura Lenz, Partner, OMERS Ventures As public market valuations plummeted, no new venture-backed tech IPOs were priced nor were the typically cash-flush public technology companies completing acquisitions during Q2, 2022. It is notable that, while not recently backed by VC capital, BlueCat Group was sold (again) by Invictus…

Written by Chrissy Farr, Investor, OMERS Ventures College kids are at the peak of their youth and vibrancy, breezing through their time on campus dividing time between class and parties. Right? Well that’s the stereotypical view. But it’s far from the reality for most students. So today, we announced $10.5…

written by Michael Yang, Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures Today, Crunchbase announced a $50M Series D financing led by growth equity firm, Alignment Growth. We doubled down on our initial investment made back in the fall of 2019. …

Written by Laura Lenz, Partner, OMERS Ventures Today we announced our USD$5M funding round in Moves, an all-in-one banking app for gig workers. We have all experienced the important contribution that gig workers make to both our daily needs and life’s little pleasures. No time more so than during the…

Written by Laura Lenz, Partner, OMERS Ventures There’s something exciting finally starting to happen in Canada’s wealth sector. In a market that has been dominated by so few incumbents for decades, creating genuine change has been a challenge. But there are companies willing to take on the challenge. And OneVest…

Written by Laura Lenz, Partner, OMERS Ventures Over a year ago, we started to notice that something exciting was happening in Canada — the tech ecosystem was maturing in multiple cities across the country, financing round sizes were getting bigger, and exit values were dramatically improving. If you remember the…

Written by Shawn Chance, Partner, OMERS Ventures. Rarely do people follow a direct path into a venture career. Rather than plotting a course and following a map to get here, most of us have stumbled upon it and decided to stay. …

Written by Silvio Memme, OMERS Ventures First I want to say a big thank you to those who reached out, having read my earlier post about breaking in to VC. It clearly struck a chord with lots of you, which is always a pleasant surprise…and it is heartening to see…

Written by Shawn Chance, Partner, OMERS Ventures The question that I get most frequently from early-stage founders is “what metrics do you look for at Series A?” and often, “how much revenue do you look for at Series A?”. These are great question that can be answered in as many…