Summary
Jim Texier is a seasoned technology executive and investor with 25+ years building and scaling digital products across e-commerce, fintech and AI-driven marketplaces. As Partner and CTO at Framework Venture Partners he combines a data-driven investment approach with hands-on product and engineering leadership to back founders applying AI to industry datasets and reimagining financial services. Previously a serial CTO at global e-commerce leaders (Lightspeed, SSENSE, Global Fashion Group) he’s known for pragmatic, results-oriented delivery across mature and emerging markets. An engineer by training (ENSEEIHT) and self-described "n3rd with an MBA," Jim pairs deep technical fluency with commercial judgment, and actively seeds early-stage ventures as an angel and board member. Less obvious: his career spans real-time and mission-critical systems to consumer-facing platforms, giving him rare breadth from low-latency engineering to large-scale SaaS product strategy. Based in Montreal, he focuses on startups that turn complex datasets into actionable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS - Engineer in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Master of Science - MS - Engineer in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at ENSEEIHT
French, English