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What does Inovia Capital invest in?
Inovia Capital invests most often at Seed and Series A (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Subscription, SaaS and Collaboration Tools.
Inovia Capital highlights
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44 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 55% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 29 rounds, median $2.4M
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14 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Inovia Capital is the leading full-stack venture capital firm anchored in Canada, with an established presence in the EU.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $50M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- SubscriptionSaaSCollaboration Tools
- Based in
- Montreal, Canada
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first324 appearances
- 2026
38 rounds
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- 2025
35 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
CAChris ArsenaultPresident of the General PartneriFiling they signed
FGFrancois GauvinVice-President of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 39 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Inovia Capital Inc.
- SEC number
- CRD 340267
Who backs their funds
9 LPs on record in Inovia Capital's funds
- Funds
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The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.
BDC Capital2 fundsFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
GO Capital Fund2 fundsFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
Fondaction2 fundsFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
Teralys Capital2 fundsFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
Fonds de solidarite Ftq2 fundsFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - - La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec1 fund
Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
Lacaisse1 fundFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce1 fund
Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - 
CIBC1 fundFund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed14 in all
Empire AvenueBought by PeopleBrowsrUndisclosedSept 2015
FixmoBought by Good TechnologyUndisclosedJun 2014
Media ArmorBought by NomiUndisclosedMar 2014
Basis ScienceBought by Intel$100MMar 2014
BarosenseBought by Boston ScientificUndisclosedJul 2013
Vizu CorporationBought by Nielsen HoldingsUndisclosedJul 2012
TyntBought by 33AcrossUndisclosedJan 2012
BabbleBought by The Walt Disney Company$40MNov 2011
OggiFinogiBought by CollectiveUndisclosedFeb 2011
Standout JobsBought by Talent TechnologyUndisclosedOct 2010
Airborne MobileBought by Bandsintown GroupUndisclosedOct 2010
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.