Jerry O'Gorman takes on Growth & Co-Creation Leadership Role

Shaping Momenta's Vision for Industrial Impact® 

Momenta announces the expanded role of Jerry O’Gorman as Partner, with responsibility for leading Growth and Co-Creation across the firm’s portfolio and industrial ecosystem. 

After a 19-year executive tenure at Advantech, Jerry is expanding his commitment to Momenta, taking on a broader leadership mandate and deepening his involvement in shaping the firm’s impact on industrial innovation.  

At Advantech, Jerry most recently served as Head of Emerging Business in Europe, where he led ecosystem partnerships, acquisitions, and new business initiatives. Earlier, he led Advantech’s North American IIoT business and served as CEO of B+B SmartWorx, overseeing its acquisition and global expansion. His experience spans industrial communications, smart manufacturing, energy, logistics, and other regulated industrial markets. 

Jerry brings more than 30 years of experience as a CEO and senior operator building and scaling industrial technology businesses across North America and Europe. He has led organizations through go-to-market expansion, strategic M&A, and ecosystem development in both large enterprises and private-equity-backed growth companies, with a consistent focus on turning complex technologies into businesses that operate at scale. 

In his expanded role at Momenta, Jerry will lead the Co-Creation and Growth efforts with portfolio companies and industrial partners. His team will work directly with founders to move technologies from pilot to production, accelerate repeatable commercial deployment, and strengthen revenue traction and unit economics across the portfolio. This work reflects Momenta’s execution-first approach, where early operator involvement and industrial collaboration shape long-term outcomes. 

“Jerry brings exactly the operator mindset our portfolio needs,” said Ken Forster, Founding Partner at Momenta Ventures. “Expanding his role reinforces our commitment to disciplined growth and co-creation beyond capital.” 

“Momenta’s strength is execution in real operating environments,” Jerry O’Gorman added. “I love working side by side with visionary founders building emerging deep technologies, and I’m excited to help them and our industrial partners scale from promising pilots to resilient businesses where it matters most.” 

Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating innovation in energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chains. For over a decade, our team of industry operators has helped scale breakthrough founders who transform critical sectors, drive sustainability, and improve quality of life. PitchBook named Momenta one of the world’s top ten digital industry venture funds in both 2023 and 2024, one of only two European-headquartered VCs to earn this distinction. Momenta stands at the forefront of global industrial innovation. Discover more at momenta.vc.