Justin LaFayette
Founder at Georgian Partners Growth
Profile
Justin LaFayette was the founder of DWL, Inc. (founded in 1996) and Georgian Partners Growth (founded in 2007) where he held the titles of Executive Chairman and Managing Partner respectively.
He currently holds director positions at IEX Group, Inc., Bluecore, Inc., DefenseStorm, Inc., Nova, Inc. (Canada), Tophatmonocle Corp.
(since 2019), WorkFusion, Inc., Lender Performance Group LLC, Trusona, Inc., Devo Technology, Inc., and Integrate.ai, Inc. Mr. LaFayette is a former Executive Chairman of OneSpan Canada, Inc. and held director positions at The 41st Parameter, Inc., Silanis International Ltd., Avokia, Inc., Precisely Software, Inc., and Kony, Inc. He was also an Independent Director at Yangaroo, Inc. from 2012 to 2012.
Mr. LaFayette was a VP-Strategy, Information Platform & Solutions at International Business Machines Corp.
from 2005 to 2008.
Mr. LaFayette received an undergraduate degree from Ferris State University (Michigan).
Justin LaFayette active positions
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Georgian Partners Growth
Georgian Partners Growth Investment ManagersFinance Georgian Partners Growth (Georgian Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Justin LaFayette, Simon Chong and John Berton. The firm is headquartered in Ontario, Canada. | Founder | 2006-12-31 |
Nova, Inc. (Canada)
Nova, Inc. (Canada) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Nova, Inc. offers a digital media distribution platform which provides content delivery on mobile devices. It develops HTML5-based solution to distribute media content in a multi-platform environment, including smart phones, tablets and desktops. The company was founded by Michael Russo, Kunal Gupta, Rahul Agarwal, Gaurav Jain and Pratik Rathod in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Director/Board Member | - |
Integrate.ai, Inc.
Integrate.ai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Integrate.ai, Inc. provides platform for to train AI-enabled solutions that drive customer engagement and revenue growth. The company was founded by Steve Irvine in January 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Director/Board Member | - |
Bluecore, Inc.
Bluecore, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bluecore, Inc. provides email marketing services for e-commerce companies. It offers Bluecore retail performance cloud. The firm also provides onboarding, customer success and technical services. The company was founded by Fayez Mohamood, Max Bennett and Mahmoud Arram in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
WorkFusion, Inc.
WorkFusion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WorkFusion, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) crowd computing platform. The firm offers intelligent automation cloud. The firm serves the banking and finance, insurance, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Max Yankelevich and Andrew Volkov in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
Lender Performance Group LLC
Lender Performance Group LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lender Performance Group LLC engages in the provision of software for modernizing commercial banking. It offers Andi skills builder, and trust and security solutions. Its features include solving the target, prediction, cross-selling, privacy and security governance, application security, compliance certificate and memberships, and data center and network security. The company was founded by Carl Ryden, Gregory H. Upham, Kenneth V. Garcia, and Mitchell Epstein in 2009 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Director/Board Member | - |
DefenseStorm, Inc.
DefenseStorm, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DefenseStorm, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based cyber security solutions. It offers cyber security, network security, SaaS, banking, financial industry, machine learning, anomaly detection ,and threat detection services. The company was founded by Edgardo Nazario, Jeffrey W. Lunsford, Harold Brewer, and Sean Cassidy in 2014 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, WA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Trusona, Inc.
Trusona, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Trusona, Inc. provides platform for cyber security. Its solutions include solutions trusona cloud identity suite, trusona essential, trusona executive, trusona elite, consumer IAM, multi-factor authentication and wordpress plugin. The company was founded by Ori Eisen in 2015 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. | Director/Board Member | - |
IEX Group, Inc.
IEX Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance IEX Group, Inc. operates an online trading platform for registered broker dealers. It operates as equity trading venue owned by a consortium of buy-side investors, including mutual funds, hedge funds, and family offices. The firm provides balanced marketplace via simplified market structure design and cutting-edge technology. It also offers a fair-access platform to broker dealer. The IEX ATS is a fully automated electronic order book for orders to buy and sell national market system equity securities with a continuous, automated matching function. The company was founded by Ronan Ryan, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park and John Schwall in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Justin LaFayette
Ferris State University (Michigan) | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 2 |
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YANGAROO INC. | Commercial Services |
IBM | Technology Services |
Private companies | 18 |
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Avokia, Inc.
Avokia, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Avokia Inc. provides patented database middleware software that ensures the continuous availability of business applications. It offers apLive, a database and operating system. The company offers its products for enterprise applications for disaster recovery at the database level. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Technology Services |
OneSpan Canada, Inc.
OneSpan Canada, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services OneSpan Canada, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of electronic signature solutions. Its software has automated business transactions that require secure, compliant, and enforceable e-signatures. The company was founded by Tommy Petrogiannis and Michael Laurie in 1992 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada. | Technology Services |
Silanis International Ltd.
Silanis International Ltd. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Silanis International Ltd. operated as an investment holding company with interests in Silanis Technology, Inc. The Silanis Technology, Inc. provided electronic signature and electric vaulting solutions. Its solutions automate business requiring secure, compliant and legally enforceable electronic signatures and records. The company was founded on February 2, 2007 and headquartered in St. Helier, Jersey. | Finance |
Precisely Software, Inc.
Precisely Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Precisely Software, Inc. provides enterprise software solutions. Its products include DMX, DMX-h, ironcluster ETL, ironstream and ZPSaver suite. The firm provides solutions for Hadoop, cloud, splunk, linux, unix, windows and mainframe. The company was founded by Assadour Ohanes Tavitian and Harvey B. Tessler in 1968 and is headquartered in Pearl River, NY. | Technology Services |
Georgian Partners Growth
Georgian Partners Growth Investment ManagersFinance Georgian Partners Growth (Georgian Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Justin LaFayette, Simon Chong and John Berton. The firm is headquartered in Ontario, Canada. | Finance |
DWL, Inc.
DWL, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services DWL, Inc. provides software solutions for managing business processes and integrating customer data. Its software is used to aggregate data into a single real-time customer profile, which can be updated & distributed to customer service, marketing & sales organizations. The company was co-founded by Justin D. C. LaFayette & Al Digout in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. | Technology Services |
The 41st Parameter, Inc.
The 41st Parameter, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services The 41st Parameter, Inc. provides internet fraud detection and prevention solutions. The company was founded by Ori Eisen on February 7, 2005 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. | Technology Services |
Kony, Inc.
Kony, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Kony, Inc. provides mobile and multi-channel application platform development services. It offers digital banking, low-code, and field service solutions. It serves the banking and finance, energy and utilities, retail, healthcare, automotive, education, government, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded by Rajkumar Koneru in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Nova, Inc. (Canada)
Nova, Inc. (Canada) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Nova, Inc. offers a digital media distribution platform which provides content delivery on mobile devices. It develops HTML5-based solution to distribute media content in a multi-platform environment, including smart phones, tablets and desktops. The company was founded by Michael Russo, Kunal Gupta, Rahul Agarwal, Gaurav Jain and Pratik Rathod in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Technology Services |
Integrate.ai, Inc.
Integrate.ai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Integrate.ai, Inc. provides platform for to train AI-enabled solutions that drive customer engagement and revenue growth. The company was founded by Steve Irvine in January 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Technology Services |
Bluecore, Inc.
Bluecore, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Bluecore, Inc. provides email marketing services for e-commerce companies. It offers Bluecore retail performance cloud. The firm also provides onboarding, customer success and technical services. The company was founded by Fayez Mohamood, Max Bennett and Mahmoud Arram in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
WorkFusion, Inc.
WorkFusion, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services WorkFusion, Inc. designs, develops, and operates a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) crowd computing platform. The firm offers intelligent automation cloud. The firm serves the banking and finance, insurance, and healthcare industries. The company was founded by Max Yankelevich and Andrew Volkov in 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Lender Performance Group LLC
Lender Performance Group LLC Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Lender Performance Group LLC engages in the provision of software for modernizing commercial banking. It offers Andi skills builder, and trust and security solutions. Its features include solving the target, prediction, cross-selling, privacy and security governance, application security, compliance certificate and memberships, and data center and network security. The company was founded by Carl Ryden, Gregory H. Upham, Kenneth V. Garcia, and Mitchell Epstein in 2009 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. | Technology Services |
DefenseStorm, Inc.
DefenseStorm, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services DefenseStorm, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud-based cyber security solutions. It offers cyber security, network security, SaaS, banking, financial industry, machine learning, anomaly detection ,and threat detection services. The company was founded by Edgardo Nazario, Jeffrey W. Lunsford, Harold Brewer, and Sean Cassidy in 2014 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, WA. | Technology Services |
Trusona, Inc.
Trusona, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Trusona, Inc. provides platform for cyber security. Its solutions include solutions trusona cloud identity suite, trusona essential, trusona executive, trusona elite, consumer IAM, multi-factor authentication and wordpress plugin. The company was founded by Ori Eisen in 2015 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ. | Technology Services |
IEX Group, Inc.
IEX Group, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance IEX Group, Inc. operates an online trading platform for registered broker dealers. It operates as equity trading venue owned by a consortium of buy-side investors, including mutual funds, hedge funds, and family offices. The firm provides balanced marketplace via simplified market structure design and cutting-edge technology. It also offers a fair-access platform to broker dealer. The IEX ATS is a fully automated electronic order book for orders to buy and sell national market system equity securities with a continuous, automated matching function. The company was founded by Ronan Ryan, Bradley Katsuyama, Robert Park and John Schwall in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
Tophatmonocle Corp.
Tophatmonocle Corp. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Tophatmonocle Corp. provides a web-based clicker and online homework tool. Its web-based tool allows students to use laptops, phone, and tablets to provide instant feedback to teachers through polls, quizzes, and open-ended questions. The company was founded by Michael Silagadze and Mohsen Shahini on March 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. | Technology Services |
Devo Technology, Inc.
Devo Technology, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Devo Technology, Inc. develops real-time big data platform that ingests and analyzes data for information technology, operations, fraud, and security. Its products include data analytics platform, security operations, and integration. The firm offers solutions such as security analytics, log management, and financial services. The company was founded by Pedro Muros Castillo and Pedro Palao in May 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | Technology Services |
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