Steve Currie
Company Growth and Venture Capital in Waterloo, ON, Canada
Steve combines his love of startups working with Graphite VC with his passion for strategy and innovation. He works with leaders on how to develop an innovation culture, explore new growth engines, and transform their businesses into future ready organizations.
A tech industry veteran, Steve has been a startup founder & CEO, and worked in senior leadership roles in large organizations for more than 25 years in industries such as enterprise information systems, automotive dealer management software, sports data analytics and surgical robotics & tracking systems. He has led teams in Asia, Europe and North America.
As a global leader in company growth and corporate innovation, he ran the world’s largest corporate open innovation hub with clients such as GM, Mattel, TD Bank, Canon, Manulife, Canadian Tire and Globe & Mail. In addition, Steve also led Communitech’s startup program overseeing coaching and mentoring to 500+ startups each year in Waterloo Region, which has the 2nd highest density of startups in the world next to Silicon Valley.