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Websiteomersventures.com
Twitter@omersventures
Phone416-369-3720
Emailjruffolo@omersven...
Employees10
Founded1/11
DescriptionVenture arm of OMERS Pension Fund

Funds

Offices

HQ
200 Bay Street
Suite 1410, South Tower
Toronto, M5J 2J2, CAN

People

Managing Director
Managing Director
Chief Executive Officer

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Managing Director

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OMERS Ventures

OMERS Ventures is the venture arm of OMERS. OMERS, the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System, is one of Canada’s leading pension funds.

OMERS Ventures is interested in investing in early or later stage companies in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications sectors in North America.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Fusebill 4/13Venture Round$2M2
Vidyard 3/13Series A$6M4
Pressly 3/13Seed$1.5M2
360incentives.com 1/13Venture Round$7.65M2
LeadSift 11/12SeedC$1.1M8
Wattpad 9/12Venture Round1
Desire2Learn 9/12Venture Round$80M2
Vision Critical 8/12Venture Round$20M1
Hopper 8/12Series B$12M3
AppHero 7/12Seed$1.8M3
BuildDirect 6/12Venture Round$16M1
Wave Accounting 5/12Series B$12M6
Sweet Tooth 5/12SeedC$2.25M3
HootSuite 3/12Venture Round$20M1
Extreme Startups 1/12Venture Round$7M5
Wave Accounting 10/11Series A$5M2
Wave Accounting 5/11SeedC$1.5M1

Videos

Sources

  1. Fusebill Raises $2M From OMERS And Covington To Expand Its Subscription Billing Software For SMBs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. ‘YouTube For Business’, Vidyard, Raises $6M Series A Led By OMERS Ventures To Build Out Its Video Marketing & Analytics Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Mobile Publishing Platform Pressly Raises $1.5 Million, Launches To Public At Last (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. 360incentives.com Secures $7.65M Round Led By OMERS For B2B And Consumer Sales Incentive Platform (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. LeadSift Raises $500K To Make Twitter, Foursquare More Fertile Ground For Sales Leads (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  6. Wattpad Received Investment from OMERS Ventures (finsmes.com) [edit]
  7. Online Education Platform Desire2Learn Raises Massive $80M Round From NEA & OMERS Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. Vision Critical Secures $20M Investment from OMERS Ventures (visioncritical.com) [edit]
  9. Founded By Former Expedia Engineers, Stealthy Travel Startup Hopper Closes $12 Million Series B (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  10. AppHero Raises $1.8 Million For App Recommendation Service Which Learns Your Interests From Facebook (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  11. BuildDirect.com Raises $16M from OMERS Ventures (finsmes.com) [edit]
  12. Wave Accounting Raises $12M from Social+Capital Partnership, Charles River Ventures & OMERS Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  13. Sweet Tooth Lands $2.25M to Expand Its Loyalty Platform (betakit.com) [edit]
  14. Omers takes $20m Stake in Hootsuite (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  15. Extreme Startups Launches Accelerator With $7 Million In Funding From Top Canadian VCs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Wave Accounting Raises $5 Million In Series A (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  17. Wave Accounting Closes Investment Round (marketwire.com) [edit]
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