Who is Ken Nickerson?

Venture Partner at OMERS Ventures

Where does Ken Nickerson work?

Ken Nickerson is Partner, Innovation at Maverix Private Equity.

What check size does Ken Nickerson write?

Ken Nickerson typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.

Ken Nickerson

Investor

Partner, Innovation at Maverix Private Equity · Fellow at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)

Toronto, Ontario

Writes $5M – $25M checks · typically $15M

Find your path to Ken

370 people in our graph share verified history with Ken — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Greg RudinunlockedKen: together at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) (2025–2026)

×4Ken: together at Creative Destruction Lab

×3Ken: together at OMERS Ventures

×3Ken: together at BMO Financial Group

Experience

Maverix Private EquityPartner, Innovationcurrent2024 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
SynaptrainAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
iBinary LLCFoundercurrent2000 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
Creative Destruction LabFellowcurrent2015 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
OMERS VenturesVenture Partner2017 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
dTaz LLCFounder2012 — 2017Toronto
Rthm Technologies Inc.BOD2014 — 2016Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dimaris Inc.BOD2014 — 2015Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flixel Photos Inc.BOD2011 — 2014Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kobo Inc.BOD2009 — 2013Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Atomic ReachBOD2010 — 2011Greater Toronto Area, Canada
PostRank (Google)BOA2008 — 2009
BrandProtectBOD Member2006 — 2008Greater Toronto Area, Canada
OpenColaBOD Member, Interim CEO2001 — 2002
MicrosoftGM MSN (Microsoft) Canada1991 — 2000
Rogers CommunicationsVice President Technology Development1987 — 1991
BMO Financial GroupSenior Analyst1985 — 1987Greater Toronto Area, Canada
ManulifeSenior Analyst1983 — 1985Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Skills & more

SaaS27Enterprise Software7Software as a Service (SaaS)3HackingInformation SecurityStart-ups95Business Strategy63Software Development33Entrepreneurship24Product Management28Business Development17Cloud Computing3

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Strategic PartnershipsTelecommunicationsE-commerceOnline AdvertisingTechnology LeadershipProduct MarketingMarketing StrategyDigital MarketingMobile ApplicationsScalabilityMobile DevicesStrategic Planning

From Ken's professional profile.

Colleagues at Maverix Private Equity

Anya Rae

Associate Partner, Finance at Maverix Private Equity

Arlene Dickinson

Founder and General Partner at District Ventures Capital

Chris Hodgson

Partner, Growth at Maverix Private Equity

CK Dhaliwal

Executive Director at Startup TNT

Dani Reiss

Advisory Board; Chairman & CEO, Canada Goose at Maverix Private Equity

Daniel Frank

Associate, Investments at Maverix Private Equity

Dr. Eric Hoskins

Partner, Healthcare Innovation at Maverix Private Equity

Eric Mogilner

Associate, Investments at Maverix Private Equity

Network2

Brian Kobus

Investor at OMERS Ventures

Damien Steel

Managing Partner and Global Head of Ventures at OMERS Ventures

Investors connected to Ken in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ken Nickerson?: Venture Partner at OMERS Ventures
Where does Ken Nickerson work?: Ken Nickerson is Partner, Innovation at Maverix Private Equity.
What check size does Ken Nickerson write?: Ken Nickerson typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.