Omi Velasco

Principal

2022 - Current

Graphite Ventures is an early-stage seeding-for-scale venture capital firm that invests in early-stage B2B SaaS, fintech, proptech, digital health and capital-efficient hardware companies. Graphite is one of Canada’s most active and consistent VC firms, and the team has invested in more than 200 companies over the past decade. Graphite launched the $120M Graphite Fund IV in November 2021 with a focus on Seed and Series A opportunities across Canada. We look for companies B2B / enterprise solutions (sector agnostic) at early validation of product market fit. We can lead, co-lead or follow seed rounds, and follow on to Series A. Preference is to lead or co-lead Seed and we only follow into A rounds, from our portfolio. For more information please visit graphitevc.com, email at hello@graphitevc.com or follow @graphitevc on Twitter and LinkedIn. Board Observer: - WaitWell - Ontopical - Welbi - Verto - InfinitySPM

Executive Director

2022

The VCAA is the primary industry association for venture capital, private equity, and angel investors in Alberta. The VCAA creates opportunities for collisions that spur innovation, connections, and greater deal flow among venture capital industry players and related industries.

Personal Investments

2016

Aventrock is a family office, focused on venture capital and private equity investments in Canadian based companies.

Late Co-founder & COO (Acquired)

2021 - 2022

PirPos was acquired by a leading SaaS ERP for SMBs called Loggro (www.loggro.com), in April 2022. PirPos is a POS and inventory management software helping thousands of restaurants to run their businesses in LATAM.

Consultant, Technology Strategy & Architecture

2017 - 2018

Business Technology Analyst

2016 - 2017

Main projects: Major Information Technology and Services company | Functional Lead Led the transformation of the enterprise internal Request Fulfilment and Incident Management, responsible for new process re-design, ServiceNow technology deployment and organizational change to simplify user engagement, align processes to business goals, and drive risk-based decision making through analytics. Major Telecommunications company | Functional Lead Assessed, designed and implemented a new Customer Service Management solution with ServiceNow allowing the enterprise to significantly reduce thousands of hours of manual intervention, increase cross-functional visibility and standardize processes across business units nationwide. Large Oil & Gas company | Project Management Office Analyst Maintained standards for the project development of a Hybrid Agile SAP S/4HANA prototype with the objective to unify cross-functional processes in the departments of Supply Chain, Finance, Sales & Distribution, Asset Management, Health & Safety, Human Resources, and Field Services. The new SAP S/4HANA solution demonstrated its value, which led to enterprise deployment afterwards. Leading Oil & Gas company | Business Analyst Gathered business requirements during dozens of discovery sessions to identify major pain points and develop solutions to digitize, standardize and automate processes across the enterprise. Discoveries resulted in a multimillion process and technology transformation sales pursuit. Supported the project planning & scoping, resourcing & pricing, sales deliverables, and project start.

Co-Founder

2014 - 2016

Developed and built the business from the start with 13 employees and subcontractors; established a large customer base through partnerships with government and private organizations to provide on-site spa and massage therapy services. This small company was sold in 2016.

Franchise Owner

2011 - 2012

Managed the day-to-day growth efforts, production planning, project budgeting, resources scheduling, and performance targets to reach target goals while regularly hiring, training and supervising four to six marketing representatives and general employees.