Co-Founder, Lead Investor, Head of Firm at Georgian · Joined 2008
View Live Interactive Profile →Justin LaFayette is a co-founder of Georgian and a member of its Investment Committee, listed on the firm's site as "Co-Founder, Lead Investor, Head of Firm". His profile says he has shaped the firm's strategy, value-add services and growth since 2008, and that as Lead Investor he directs an investment approach targeting AI software companies in the U.S., Canada and EMEA. It credits him with investment leadership across 25 Growth Fund companies, naming Shopify and PrecisionLender among the exits, and says he oversees Georgian's AI Lab, People and Culture, and Community functions. Before Georgian he co-founded DWL and was its CEO, building it into a master data management business that IBM acquired in 2005, after which he served as Vice President of Strategy for IBM's Information Platform and Solutions division. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Services from Ferris State University.