Damien Steel

Chief Executive Officer

2023 - Current

Deep Sky is building large-scale carbon removal and storage infrastructure in Canada. Acting as a project developer, the company is bringing together the most promising direct air and ocean capture technologies to deliver the largest supply of high-quality carbon credits to the market

Sr. Advisor

2023

Managing Partner and Head of Ventures

2011 - 2023

OMERS Ventures is the venture capital arm of OMERS, one of Canada's largest pension funds with over $95 billion in net assets. OMERS Ventures invests in North American and European technology companies with cheque sizes ranging from $0.5 million to $40 million.

Board Director

2018 - 2024

TouchBistro Inc. is a Toronto-based software company that develops a restaurant point of sale system for the iPad and named Best POS System for Restaurants by Business News Daily.

Board Director

2016 - 2024

Hopper is a mobile app for iOS and Android devices that takes the guesswork out of the flight shopping process. Hopper predicts future flight prices up to a year in advance, to the day, with $5, with 95% accuracy.

Board Observer

2020 - 2023

Board Observer

2019 - 2023

DuckDuckGo is the Internet privacy company that lets you take control of your information, without any tradeoffs. They believe the internet shouldn't feel so creepy, and getting the privacy you deserve online should be as simple as closing the blinds.

Board Director

2015 - 2023

Klipfolio pulls in data feeds from various data sources and presents it in an intuitive dashboard. Users can manipulate the data to create visualizations that help monitor performance and help make more informed business decisions.

Board Director

2015 - 2022

Kaleo Software was founded in 2012 to activate knowledge and expertise-sharing in the workplace, as well as improve upon traditional knowledge management solutions which currently have low adoption and usage. Kaleo connects employees with subject matter expertise from their organization's internal experts and from within any technology platform anytime, anywhere. Whether employees are in sales and working in Salesforce.com, in HR and leveraging Workday, or in IT and using a ticketing system like Zendesk, Kaleo provides enterprise enablement by embedding into these solutions and delivering the connection for real-time knowledge collaboration. Kaleo's platform provides curated, bite-sized and contextual answers to employee questions straight from their expert colleagues on any area of the business, including onboarding and IT, sales and sales operations, HR, training, compliance and more.

Board Director

2013 - 2021

Fusebill is a cloud-based subscription and billing management platform that features flexible and powerful tools to drive revenue growth and capitalize on new business opportunities.

Board Director

2012 - 2019

Wave creates cloud-based, integrated software and tools for small businesses including Invoicing, Accounting, Payroll, Payments and Personal Finance Software. The company was purchased by H&R Block in July 2019.