Jaime Leverton

MBA  ·  BA  ·  ICD.D

Founder of Jaime Leverton Ventures & Advisory Inc. — backing exceptional founders and counselling ambitious boards.

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About

Operator turned investor

Jaime Leverton is a transformational leader with a proven track record for accelerating growth — the driving force behind the operational re-imagining of some of Canada's most important technology companies.

Across a career spanning more than two decades, Jaime has held chief executive and senior leadership roles across the technology, digital infrastructure, telecommunications, and financial services sectors — experience she now brings to founders, boards, and investors through Jaime Leverton Ventures & Advisory Inc.

Full curriculum vitae on LinkedIn

Digital TransformationCapital Markets StrategyStrategic PlanningOperational ExcellenceTalent DevelopmentChange ManagementBoard Governance

Jaime Leverton
Ventures & Advisory

Incorporated · Toronto, Canada

Backing exceptional founders and counselling ambitious boards — with the operator's judgment earned from building, scaling, and leading public and private technology companies.

I

Venture Investment

Selective investments in early- and growth-stage technology companies, with hands-on partnership from first cheque to exit.

II

Board & Executive Advisory

Governance, board service, and confidential counsel for directors and chief executives navigating growth, transformation, and capital markets.

III

Strategic Growth Counsel

Advisory engagements on commercial strategy, operational excellence, and digital infrastructure for companies at inflection points.

Selected Investments

Portfolio

Investments concentrated where Jaime has operated for decades — digital infrastructure, energy, and the compute economy.

AI Infrastructure

Vertical Data

OTCQB · VDTA

An AI infrastructure platform uniting GPU financing, hardware procurement, sovereign cloud, and high-density data centers to make enterprise AI compute accessible and financeable at scale.

verticaldata.io

Energy & Compute

New West Data

Calgary · Alberta

A vertically integrated energy and compute company monetizing stranded Alberta natural gas at the wellhead — converting a liability into low-cost power for Bitcoin mining and on-site compute.

newwestdata.com

Digital Marketplace

OCOLO

New York · Global

A global marketplace transforming how colocation capacity is bought and sold — connecting enterprise buyers with data center inventory from hundreds of providers worldwide.

ocolo.io

Television

Joining the panel of Knights in the new season of CryptoKnights

The global series where Web3 entrepreneurs pitch their ventures for investment before the Knights — streaming on Prime Video and platforms worldwide.

cryptoknights.tv

Governance & Community

Board experience

Current Appointments

  • SynteqChair · Since 2024
  • Riot PlatformsSince 2025
  • Vertical DataSince 2025
  • New West DataSince 2025
  • Qu Data CentersSince 2025

Past Appointments

  • WonderFi2024
  • Hut 8 Corp2020 — 2024
  • The Stratford Festival2018 — 2024
  • ITAC2019 — 2023
  • ComKids2018 — 2021
  • Horizons for Youth2014 — 2018

Member & Contributor

  • Young Presidents' OrganizationYPO
  • Forbes Business CouncilForbes

Recognition

Honours & awards

Education

Academic foundations

Rotman School of Management

Directors Education Program (ICD.D)

Toronto · 2023

Dalhousie University

Master of Business Administration, Marketing Informatics

Halifax · 2000

University of Ottawa

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Political Science

Ottawa · 1998

Correspondence

Get in touch

Telephone 647 · 521 · 7433
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