Kory Jeffrey came to venture capital through an unusual path, studying English literature and philosophy before being drawn into tech through Communitech, and later helped scale Google Canada's engineering team from about 200 to over 2,000 people while working on product efforts in markets like India, Brazil, and Indonesia. At Inovia, he's known for using plain, first-principles reasoning to test whether companies truly make sense, for looking closely at how well teams work together across roles, and for helping shape the firm's AI investment approach through deals like Cohere and Spellbook.