Partner
Kevin Kimsa
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Climate Innovation Capital
- Firm
- Climate Innovation Capital
- Title
- Co-Founder & Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Kevin Kimsa is a University of Waterloo math graduate (1988) who has spent 35 years launching and scaling tech ventures. He founded, built, and sold Solect Technology Group—an ISP billing platform that grew to 450 staff, US$50 million ARR, and 75 carrier clients—acquired by Amdocs for US$1.6 billion in 2000. Kevin also created Casero Software (sold to Radial Point) and AudienceView Ticketing (now the world’s No. 3 ticketing firm). He served as a managing director at OMERS Ventures, then co-founded ScaleUP Ventures, a C$106 million early-stage SaaS fund backing firms such as Shopify, Sonder, Solink, and Canalyst. Accolades include Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and subsequent Top 10 honouree.
Background
- Education
- University of Waterloo math graduate (1988)Source (opens in a new tab)
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