John Ruffolo is the Chief Executive Officer of OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of OMERS and is the Executive Managing Director of OMERS Platform Investments. Launched in 2011, OMERS Ventures is the venture capital arm of OMERS, the pension plan for Ontario’s municipal employees. Over the last six years, OMERS Ventures has invested around $400million of capital in over 30 disruptive technology companies across North America, creating thousands of jobs, and attracting additional capital well over $1 billion for our portfolio companies. OMERS Platform Investments leverages expertise from across OMERS to identify, establish and incubate new arms-length platforms that drive exposure to new investment themes and asset classes. OMERS, the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System, is one of Canada's leading pension funds.