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Jane Podbelskaya

Venture Partner at Information Venture Partners

Toronto, Ontario

Overview 

Jane Podbelskaya is a Venture Capital Investor based in Toronto, Ontario, with a strong background in early-stage investments and FinTech. She has made significant investments in companies like Wisedocs and Helcim Inc., contributing to their growth and success. With an MBA from the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and experience at Information Venture Partners as a Venture Partner, Jane has a proven track record in venture capital and growth equity investments. She has also held key roles at companies like Bain & Company and ABBYY Software House, showcasing her expertise in business strategy and software development.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2024 - Current

    Early stage fintech VC investor

  • Principal

    2021 - 2024

    Information Venture Partners is a team of experienced venture capital investors specializing in B2B FinTech and Enterprise SaaS for Financial Institutions.

  • Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2021

  • Venture Capital & Growth Equity Investor

    2015 - 2020

    Georgian is a growth equity fund focused on investing in high growth technology companies that harness the power of data and AI.

  • Management Consultant

    2012 - 2014

    Strategy and operations consulting for enterprise clients in financial services industry, mining and telecom sectors

  • Solutions Architect

    2007 - 2011

    • Designed and implemented multiple document management, records management and imaging solutions both for external and internal Xerox customers across variety of industries (banking, insurance, retail, mining, telecommunications etc.), including workflow automating solution for Xerox Global Services' largest Business Process Outsourcing account • Imaging service manager: played a key role in the launch of Xerox’s first document imaging center in Canada • Optimized mail and courier distribution for Xerox Canada

  • Consultant (Business Process Services)

    2005 - 2007

    • Design of document management and business process automation systems for organizations in various industry sectors (government, education, transportation, etc.) • Product manager for Xerox content management platform DocuShare: launched the platform in the Russian market • Pre-sales support for Xerox Global Services projects

Xerox Financial Services provides workplace and digital printing solutions.

  • Software engineer

    2004 - 2005

    Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application development - Fine Reader Sprint and Fine Reader Home Edition.

ABBYY reimagines the way people work and accelerates business by delivering the intelligence that fuels automation platforms.

Raised $6,000,000.00 from Marlin Equity Partners.

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