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Northleaf and Inovia Join Forces to Accelerate Canadian Venture Ecosystem

We are excited to share that Inovia is working with Northleaf Capital Partners to launch Discovery by Inovia x Northleaf, a platform designed to accelerate the next generation of Canadian venture firms and founders. This announcement reflects a natural evolution of a long-standing relationship. Since 2016, Inovia and Northleaf have co-invested across 13 primary, direct,…

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Launching of the Venture Scientist Fund with Mila: Propelling Canada’s AI Research into Global Tech Champions

We are proud to announce Inovia’s partnership with Mila, a premier Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) research institute, to launch the Venture Scientist Fund. This early-stage venture capital fund is designed to transform frontier AI research and deep scientific expertise into impactful and enduring AI-native companies. A paper recently co-authored by Mila and Bain & Company highlights that while…

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Inovia Capital Promotes Kory Jeffrey and Taha Mubashir to Partner

We are excited to share that Kory Jeffrey and Taha Mubashir have been promoted to Partner on the Venture Investment Team. This marks an important milestone for Inovia. Today, we operate across three investment strategies — Discovery, Venture, and Growth. In recent years, our Venture team has been driving strong early-stage investment momentum in AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital health,…

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Inovia Capital Announces Opening of Abu Dhabi Office to Deepen Strategic Partnerships in the UAE and Broader GCC Region

Inovia Capital is thrilled to announced the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)—one of the world’s most dynamic hubs for innovation and artificial intelligence. This expansion strengthens Inovia’s global presence with offices across Canada, the Bay Area, London, and now the UAE. The opening of the Abu Dhabi office marks…

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Celebrating Two Years of Discovery Fund I: Backing Canada’s Boldest Emerging Managers & Founders

In 2016, as Inovia grew, we expanded our early-stage investment strategy. In addition to investing small cheques directly in early-stage founders out of our venture funds, we began backing emerging managers, who, in turn, were supporting founders at the earliest stages of inception. Fast forward nine years, and this strategy has proved enormously successful, driving…

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Welcome to Inovia Senior Advisor & Entrepreneur in Residence Brian Heath

“When you shift to solving a problem, it doesn’t matter if you have to change or pivot — it becomes about the best ideas and actions.” We’re thrilled to welcome Brian Heath, a serial entrepreneur who founded and sold multiple companies, and most recently led commercial trucking’s largest connected vehicle platform, Drivewyze, as our newest…

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Canadian Innovation Delegation to KSA and UAE: Elevate Canada’s Tech Presence on the Global Scene

Inovia recently led a six-day Canadian Innovation Delegation to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, a pivotal step in strengthening ties between Canada’s tech ecosystem and two of the world’s fastest-growing innovation hubs. Beyond showcasing our strengths in AI, quantum, and deep tech, this mission set out to forge enduring partnerships and position Canada…

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Welcome to Inovia Executive in Residence Ilia Tulchinsky

“You won’t feel competent on day one. But if you stick with it long enough to build real skill, that’s when you’ll know if it’s what you’re meant to do.” We’re thrilled to welcome Ilia Tulchinsky, Senior VP of Software Development at Alphabet-owned Verily and a Google veteran, as our newest Executive in Residence. Ilia’s…

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Welcome to Inovia Executive in Residence Paul Church

“A lot of the time, the risk is still worth taking.” We’re thrilled to welcome Paul Church, a Google veteran who most recently played a leading role on the Google Cloud Healthcare & Life Sciences team, as our newest Executive in Residence. Paul fell in love with computers in the mid-1980s while playing educational games…

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Welcome to Inovia Executive in Residence Satwik Seshasai

“Think of your current position as a tour of duty with a mission oriented around the impact you want to have over a certain period of time.” We’re thrilled to welcome Satwik Seshasai, IBM veteran and Founding CTO at preventive medicine practice Atria Health, as our newest Executive in Residence. After learning programming basics on…

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