John Berton
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Georgian
Toronto, Canada
John Berton is a Managing Partner and co-founder of Georgian Partners. John’s areas of focus include all legal and financial activities involved in the identification, due diligence, and post-investment support of portfolio investments. He also oversees fund operations, fundraising, and LP relationships for the firm.Prior to Georgian Partners,John spent 11 years at VRG Capital where he was responsible for winning and accelerating a broad range of investments through due diligence, deal structuring, fundraising, M&A, operations support, and post-investment strategic support.John received a BA at Queen’s University and a degree in computer science from the University of Calgary. He received his Certified Financial Analyst designation in 1998 and is also on the Board of the Canadian Venture Capital Association.
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About Georgian
Georgian is a fintech company that invests in high growth software companies that harness the power of data in a trustworthy way. They're building a platform to provide a better experience of growth capital to software company CEOs and their teams. Georgian's platform is designed to identify and accelerate the best growth-stage softwarecompanies, taking an intelligent, data-first approach to solving the key challenges CEOs face as they grow their businesses.They invest in companies across North America that harness the power of data in a trustworthy way. Based in Toronto and founded in 2008, Georgian’s team brings together software entrepreneurs, machine learning experts, experienced operators, and investment professionals.
Georgian Contacts
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Jane Podbelskaya
Senior Associate
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John Berton
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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Justin LaFayette
Managing Partner, Lead Investor & Co-Founder
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Margaret Wu
Vice President
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