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Pierre Donaldson is Partner of JLA Ventures and BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Prior to joining JLA Ventures in 2005, Mr. Donaldson was president and CEO of Bioscrypt Inc. Under his leadership, the company, then Mytec, acquired a major competitor, Biometric Identification Inc., and the two companies merged to become Bioscrypt Inc., a leading North American biometric software firm. During the past 22 years, Mr. Donaldson has acquired extensive experience in the software and high technology industries. From 1998 – 2000 he was executive vice-president, worldwide field operations, for the Descartes Systems Group Inc., a provider of business-to-business Internet logistics solutions. Prior to this Mr. Donaldson was vice-president, sales and marketing for Treasury Services Co. (acquired in 1997 by Oracle Corporation), a supplier of information management software. He has also served as president and CEO of Virtual Prototypes Inc., and held several senior management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Software Corporation. He is a director of Nstein Technologies Inc., Espial Inc., Tungle Inc, Worldmate Inc. and Digby Inc. Mr. Donaldson received his Bachelor of Commerce from Hautes Etudes Commerciales at University of Montreal.
JLA Ventures, a $250 million Venture Fund, invests in Internet, digital media, e-commerce, communications security, mobile computing, and enterprise software companies. Our investments range in size from $500,000 to $10 million, with an initial investment normally being between $2 million and $5 million. As active, multi-stage investors, we provide long-term capital for growth purposes.
JLA Ventures, along with RBC Venture Partners, is co-managing the $150 million BlackBerry Partners Fund.
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