Vik Kambli

Chief Operating Officer, Veritree

Vik Kambli serves as Chief Operating Officer at veritree, a technology company building digital monitoring, reporting, and verification solutions for reforestation projects. He has over 20 years of experience as a SaaS, digital media, and e-commerce operator.

Previously, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Clearly, an e-comm/retail division of EssilorLuxottica operating in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He was accountable for the P&L, product portfolio, and market share growth. The company achieved its best two years of revenue and profitability during his tenure.

Before Clearly, Vik served on the Canadian executive team of Facebook/Instagram as the Head of Western Canada. He built the commercial business in the region and led the retail, e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, tourism, and education verticals. His team delivered over $100M of revenue annually as they built innovative partnerships with Canada’s leading companies.

Vik also led strategy and corporate development at Mobify and was the Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Monexa. These SaaS companies were acquired by Salesforce and Oracle, respectively. Before these startups, he led the regional strategy practice for Blast Radius following their acquisition by Wunderman and held several roles at Microsoft.

Vik provisions advisory services and capital to technology companies through Diaspora Capital, is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, and a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab and Launch Academy. He holds a degree in biotechnology and economics from the University of Waterloo.