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Damien Steel

CEO, Deep Sky

Toronto, Ontario

Invests in

Work Experience

2023

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2023

    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.

2018 - 2024

  • 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.

2016 - 2024

  • 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.

2020 - 2023

  • Board Observer

    2020 - 2023

2019 - 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.

2015 - 2023

  • 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.

2015 - 2022

  • 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.

2013 - 2021

  • 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.

2012 - 2019

  • 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.