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New Portfolio Companies, Over US$660M of Equity Financing in the Portfolio & 3 Globally Relevant Events in Montreal

We hope that you had a lovely summer and recharged your batteries.  While our team of company builders also took some time to re-energize, we accomplished a lot, thanks to a strong pipeline of opportunities across venture and growth, along with the momentum in our portfolio! Here are a few highlights from Q3: Read below…

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New Portfolio Companies, First Closing of Growth Fund III, and Key Events!

Wow, we’ve just completed an incredible Q2 filled with significant momentum and noteworthy milestones. Our team has been hard at work, making investments, leading conversations on matters transforming our industry, and raising capital. We recently celebrated the first closing of Growth Fund III, co-led by CDPQ, IQ, FsFTQ and BDC, and we are grateful for…

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New Portfolio Company, First State of Canadian Software Report and a Strong Momentum in the Portfolio!

We hope you had an inspired beginning of the year. Our team of company builders has been fully engaged in closing deals, supporting portfolio growth momentum, and exchanging valuable insights with the ecosystem. In the blink of an eye, spring is at our doorstep! Here are the main highlights of the past quarter :  Meanwhile,…

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2 New Portfolio Companies, 2 Follow-on Rounds, 1 Additional Exit, 1 New Executive Advisor and a Generative AI White Paper!

Happy New Year! We hope that you had a chance to recharge over the Holidays. The end of Q4 2023 closed another year marked by the perseverance and resilience of tech companies and the ecosystem. In this context, our team of company builders has actively continued to support our portfolio companies to ensure their sustained…

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One Exit, One New Fund, and Lots of Insight Sharing!

We hope that you had a lovely summer and recharged your batteries.  While our team of company builders also took some time off, we accomplished a lot. Here are a few highlights from Q3:  Find below more activity highlights of the past quarter. In the meantime, we wish you a productive end of year! — The…

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2 exits, 3 new portfolio companies, 2 follow-on investments, 8 new colleagues, and an in-person AGM and CEO Summit!

We hope that you had a productive spring! On our end, our team’s calendars were bustling. In the last quarter alone, we welcomed three new portfolio companies, Novisto, Spellbook and Cohere, doubled down on two existing portfolio companies, Super and BenchSci, and proudly announced that we exited Neeva (acquired by Snowflake in May) and Poka…

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Supporting Portfolio Companies, Relaunching FounderFuel, New Team Members & Networking Events!

Q1-2023 has been a tumultuous time for our industry, marked by the fall of SVB. Despite the challenges, we encourage everyone to maintain a long-term perspective and look beyond the current market swings.  Over the past few months, we’ve continued to focus on supporting our portfolio companies’ operational needs with access to valuable insights through…

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Doubling Down on Our Winners, 1 New Portfolio Company, 1 New Partner, New Team Members and a New Website!

Friends, Happy New Year! We hope you recharged over the holidays and we wish you a great year ahead. The last quarter of 2022 closed a year marked by perseverance and resilience for tech companies and the ecosystem. In this context, our team of company builders has continued to actively support our core portfolio companies…

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Inovia Q3: Internal Rounds, New Team Members, Doubling Down on Waterloo, and Back to In-Person Meetups!

Friends, We hope you had a great summer and enjoyed some well deserved rest in anticipation of a busy fall! On our end, the team was busy reviewing 2-year plans of our core portfolio companies and we focused on closing 4 internal financing rounds to strengthen some companies’ balance sheets. In addition, our team actively…

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Inovia Q2: 15 Years of Company Building, a New Fund, 1 Exit and 3 New Portfolio Companies

Friends, In spite of these chaotic times, we hope that you enjoyed a productive spring. On our end, we were really busy closing our US$325M Inovia Venture Fund V, the third fund that we have raised since January 2021 and a testament to our commitment to tech entrepreneurs. We also held our 2022 virtual AGM,…

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