# Jim Whitaker

> Jim Whitaker is a Series A investor at VentureLink LP backing Manufacturing and Semiconductor. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VentureLink LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturelink-lp)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2013
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Jim Whitaker is a Series A investor at VentureLink LP focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Jim Whitaker joined the predecessor manager of the VentureLink Group of Funds in March 2003 after more than eight years with Working Ventures Canadian Fund Inc. where he led the Information Technology Team and was a member of the Management Investment Committee. While at Working Ventures Jim led investments or acted as Board member inapproximately twenty companies. Prior to joining Working Ventures, Mr. Whitaker worked in a number of practice areas at Ernst & Young providing financial advisory services to mid-market companies in a wide range of industries. Mr. Whitaker is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Business Valuator.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 40% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 40% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |
| Electronics | 1 | 20% |
| Consumer Electronics | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sidense | Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products. | $3.6M | Series C | Feb 28, 2013 |  |
| Sidense | Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products. | $5.6M | Series C | Oct 17, 2011 |  |
| Peraso Technologies | Peraso Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, specializes in the development of multi-gigabit millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for the mobile consumer electronics market. The company also provides custom solutions tailored to customer-specific opportunities. Its products are used for mobile rapid sync-n-go, desktopinterconnect, wireless networking, in-room HD video streaming, cellular backhaul, wireless links, medical and security imaging, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and IC-to-IC links applications.Peraso Technologies Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. | $5.7M | Series A | Nov 07, 2010 |  |
| Sidense | Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products. | $5M | Series B | May 11, 2010 |  |
| Peraso Technologies | Peraso Technologies Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, specializes in the development of multi-gigabit millimeter wave single-chip transceivers for the mobile consumer electronics market. The company also provides custom solutions tailored to customer-specific opportunities. Its products are used for mobile rapid sync-n-go, desktopinterconnect, wireless networking, in-room HD video streaming, cellular backhaul, wireless links, medical and security imaging, vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and IC-to-IC links applications.Peraso Technologies Inc. is based in Toronto, Canada. | $7.3M | Series A | Oct 05, 2009 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tech Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Vertex Ventures Israel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertex-ventures-israel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Celtic House Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celtic-house-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NTT Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ntt-finance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Ontario Capital Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-ontario-capital-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VentureLink LP

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

VentureLink Funds is a diverse group of labour-sponsored funds ("LSIF"). The group was a pioneer in bringing funds focused on mezzanine debt to the LSIF market, a conservative approach that provides investors benefit from the security of debt positions along with the growth potential of participating equity. VentureLink funds giveinvestors access to well-diversified portfolios of established companies operating in traditional industries such as financial, manufacturing and service industries as well as dynamic industries like alternative energy.

2 contacts available at VentureLink LP.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Whitaker | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-whitaker |
| Geoff Horton | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-horton |

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## FAQ

### What does Jim Whitaker invest in?

Jim Whitaker invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jim Whitaker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jim Whitaker closed in Feb 2013. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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