Kirk Simpson
Co-founder
Qui is Kirk’s fourth technology startup. Previously, Kirk was co-founder and CEO of Wave, an internationally disruptive fintech. He grew the company to a team of 350 people, with revenues of more than $100M. Wave was acquired in 2019 for $537 million. Kirk has been a mentor for Next 36, an advisor for the Creative Destruction Lab at Rotman, and is an active angel investor. In 2019 he was named Canada’s Most Admired CEO in the growth category by Waterstone. He believes in paying it forward, and loves to empower up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
Peter Carrescia
Co-founder
In his extensive technology career, Peter has funded and helped scale high growth companies both as an operator and a venture capitalist. Most recently, he led strategy, business and corporate development at Wave, leading to its successful acquisition. As a VC, Peter was the founding managing director at OMERS Ventures, where he led the first investments including Wave. He was also a general partner at VenGrowth Capital Partners. Peter is a past president of NEXT Canada, a national technology accelerator. Early in his career he held senior roles at IBM and Microsoft.
