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James Lochrie

Managing Partner & CEO, Thin Air Capital, Wave

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James Lochrie co-founded Wave with Kirk Simpson, a Toronto company that gave small businesses free accounting and invoicing software and made money on payments and payroll instead. H&R Block acquired Wave in 2019. Lochrie was previously Wave's chief product officer and chief technology officer, and now leads Thin Air Capital, a Calgary venture firm.

James hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because of James’s work at Wave, which appears in 4 talks in the archive.

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Who founded Wave?

Wave's own author-bio page, fetched 2026-09-25, says "James Lochrie is the co-founder of Wave, who founded the company in 2010 alongside Kirk Simpson," and that he was previously Wave's chief product officer and chief technology officer.

What is James Lochrie doing now?

Thin Air Capital's own team page, checked 2026-09-25, lists "James Lochrie, Thin Air Capital, Managing Partner, CEO." Avenue Calgary reported on 2024-04-28 that Lochrie returned to Calgary in 2015 and co-founded Thin Air Labs there in January 2020 with Jim Gibson and Greg Hart.

What did Lochrie do at Wave?

Wave's author-bio page, fetched 2026-09-25, says he was previously Wave's chief product officer and chief technology officer, working alongside co-founder and CEO Kirk Simpson.

What is Thin Air Labs/Capital?

Avenue Calgary reported on 2024-04-28 that Thin Air Labs raised nearly $20 million for its first fund, which closed in October 2023, to back Alberta-based startups; Thin Air Capital's own site, checked 2026-09-25, lists Lochrie as Managing Partner and CEO.

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