Omar Mawji
Mentor & Juror at New Ventures BC
Omar Mawji
Mentor & Juror at New Ventures BC
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner & Portfolio Manager
2022 - Current
Managing CAD $105 million fund for BC-based clean energy technology companies and innovators to help achieve global net-zero targets. Pre-Seed/Seed Investments: Moment Energy, Anodyne Chemistries, ARCA Climate, Hydra Energy, Hydron Energy, H2 Portable, Atlas Power Technologies, Metaspectral, Miraterra, Coastal Carbon, Planetary Technologies, Takachar, Deadwood Innovations, VulcanX, Brokkr Mineral, Salish Soils, CO280
Mentor & Juror
2024
Assessing innovation and technology
Energy Finance - Canada
2021 - 2022
Covering Canada’s oil & gas industry with a focus on financial and policy-related outcomes in Canada. Focused on a sustainable energy transition for ALL stakeholders in Canada. Areas of focus include investment analysis of LNG, asset retirement obligation budgeting, Oil Sands mining and in-situ economics, carbon capture usage and storage economics, production economics, M&A, midstream infrastructure economics.
Principal - Venture Capital
2018 - 2020
Managed InvestX Global Growth Equity Group of Funds (+$160 M AUM) focused on late-stage venture capital. Led investments in IndigoAg, Instacart, Dataminr, and Palantir. Achieved +50% gross annualized return on investments. Launched InvestX Opportunities Fund and InvestX Growth Equity Fund II.
VP Corporate Development
2018 - 2018
Led the financing and listing of Rover Metals on the TSX Venture. Assisted with the acquisition of the flagship Cabin Lake asset in the Northwest Territories and assessed future projects for potential M&A.
Head Of Corporate Development
2016 - 2018
Assisted in the co-founding of Paradigm Plastic Pallets - North America's leading plastic pallet made of 100% recycled plastic resin. Paradigm went from testing to commercial production with Fortune 500 customers. Paradigm's pallets are lighter and provide more turns per pallet than any wood or plastic pallet in the market.
Senior Energy Investment Analyst
2014 - 2016
Investment Analyst - KCR Fund ($100 M AUM) - oil & gas, precious metals, base metals, uranium, and renewable energy
Research Analyst - Oil & Gas
2013 - 2014
Investment Research Lead - Oil & Gas
Equity Research Intern
2012 - 2012
Internship Rotational Program - Research, Trading, Portfolio Management