Eagle One Ventures is an Ottawa-based "mentor capital" firm that was created in 2000 by two high tech industry veterans – Conrad Lewis and Ken Wigglesworth. The objective of Eagle One Ventures is to accelerate the success of early stage IT and communications infrastructure companies. As a mentor capital firm, we advise and mentor companies, and/or provide avenues to financing. Eagle One Ventures and its Principals have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in high tech start ups and have produced billions in exits.
Ken Wigglesworth is currently Senior Managing Director at Newbury Ventures (www.newburyven.com), a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ken runs the Ottawa office for Newbury, which was founded in 1992 with the goal of building a company known for its insight, integrity and global approach to the business of venture capital. Newbury has successfully raised and managed investments valued over $500 million throughout the world. The firm typically invests in high growth markets within the technology, communications and IT industries.
In 2006, Conrad Lewis founded a new company, eSight Corporation (www.esightcorp.com), to develop a new generation of intelligent glasses to correct and enhance vision. Conrad is presently Executive Chairman of eSight Corporation and has personally funded the company. Conrad is also a venture partner with Newbury Ventures.