Justin LaFayette is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Lead Investor at Georgian. See sector focus and contact routes.
Justin LaFayette is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Lead Investor at Georgian, a Toronto-based venture capital firm he established in 2008 after serving as Vice President of Strategy at IBM and co-founding the enterprise software company DWL. Georgian’s investment thesis targets high-growth B2B software companies in North America, typically at the growth stage with over $500,000 in monthly recurring revenue, focusing on sectors like applied AI, conversational AI, trust, and data analytics. The firm leads investments in Series B through D rounds, with check sizes generally ranging from $25 million upward, and LaFayette personally leads deals in companies such as Bluecore, Integrate.ai, Polar, and Top Hat. Notable portfolio companies under his leadership include Shopify, which he led in an early investment, as well as Bluecore, Integrate.ai, and Top Hat. A distinctive point of view at Georgian is the firm’s practice of embedding in-house AI engineers directly into portfolio companies to accelerate product development, a strategy LaFayette supports as part of the firm’s operational approach.
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