# Inovia Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Inovia Capital is a vc firm based in Canada. 324 investments on record, 44 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Inovia Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 324 cheques on record.

Deploying now New fund $127M, Oct 2021 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Subscription SaaS Collaboration Tools

Deploying now

**86%** of best year **44** **cheques in 12 months**, 324 on record

Since the last cheque **35** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $50M** Rounds led **8 of 324** Sole investor **29 rounds** Exits **14 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Canada, 36%**

Pitch Inovia Capital

## Inovia Capital highlights

- 01 44 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 55% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 29 rounds, median $2.4M
- 04 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO
- **Sectors:** Subscription SaaS Collaboration Tools
- **Based in:** Montreal, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **324 appearances**

- **2026** 38 rounds
- **Sept** **[Feldera](https://millionrounds.com/company/feldera)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$22M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Delos](https://millionrounds.com/company/delos)** Series A · FR **$12M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Branch Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch-energy)** Series B · US **$33M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Peripheral Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/peripheral-labs)** Seed · CA · BetaKit **$8.7M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Super.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-com)** Series D · US · Ventureburn **$65M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Katalyze AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/katalyze-ai)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$11M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[StrongestLayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/strongestlayer)** Seed · US **$4.1M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Cybeats Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybeats-technologies)** CA **$1.4M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Rewind](https://millionrounds.com/company/rewind)** Growth · CA **$65M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Nexcade](https://millionrounds.com/company/nexcade)** Seed · GB **$6.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Paraito](https://millionrounds.com/company/paraito)** Pre-seed · CA **$1.9M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Talentir](https://millionrounds.com/company/talentir)** Seed · AT · Tenity **$4.5M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Float Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/float-financial)** Series C · CA **$60M** With 4 others
- **May** **[gaiia](https://millionrounds.com/company/gaiia)** Series B · Ventureburn **$40M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Relay](https://millionrounds.com/company/relay)** Growth · US · Ventureburn **$50M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Fractile](https://millionrounds.com/company/fractile)** Series B · GB · Ventureburn **$220M** With 9 others
- **May** **[Ranger AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/ranger-ai)** Seed · US **$8.4M** With 3 others
- **May** **[ProteinQure](https://millionrounds.com/company/proteinqure)** Grant · CA **$1.8M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Novisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/novisto)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Zellify](https://millionrounds.com/company/zellify)** Seed · SE **$3.6M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Handhold](https://millionrounds.com/company/handhold)** Seed · EE **$3.5M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[Lambent](https://millionrounds.com/company/lambent)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Bloom AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom-ai)** Venture · US **$3.7M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[xmemory](https://millionrounds.com/company/xmemory)** Pre-seed · GB **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Spellbook](https://millionrounds.com/company/spellbook)** Debt · CA **$40M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Neo Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/neo-financial)** Series D · CA **$50M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Belfort](https://millionrounds.com/company/belfort)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[LabGenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/labgenius)** Venture · GB **$64K** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Toyo](https://millionrounds.com/company/toyo)** Seed · GB **$4.1M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Modem](https://millionrounds.com/company/modem)** Pre-seed · CA **$4.4M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[AlayaCare](https://millionrounds.com/company/alayacare)** Debt · CA **$50M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Aikido](https://millionrounds.com/company/aikido)** Series B · BE · TechStartups **$60M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Fractile](https://millionrounds.com/company/fractile)** Venture · GB **$23M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[AON3D](https://millionrounds.com/company/aon3d)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Photonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/photonic)** Growth · CA · Firms' own news pages **$131M** With 7 others
- **Jan** **[Nano Corp](https://millionrounds.com/company/nano-corp)** Venture · FR **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Sentra](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentra)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[SOLVE](https://millionrounds.com/company/solve)** Seed · GB **$5.4M** With 2 others
- **2025** 35 rounds
- **Dec** **[Cybeats Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/cybeats-technologies)** CA **$876K** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Macrocosm](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrocosm)** Pre-seed · US **$2.8M** Sole investor

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 registration **2 named**

CA **Chris Arsenault** President of the General Partner i Filing they signed

FG **Francois Gauvin** Vice-President of the General Partner i Filing 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

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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:** 2

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news.

- [**BDC Capital** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**GO Capital Fund** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investissement-quebec) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**Fondaction** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fondaction) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**Teralys Capital** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teralys-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**Fonds de solidarite Ftq** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - - Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/la-caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**Lacaisse** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lacaisse) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canadian-imperial-bank-of-commerce) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Fund VI - -
- [**CIBC** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cibc) Fund Vintage Committed Inovia Capital Inovia Capital Fund VI - -

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **14 in all**

**[Empire Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/company/empire-avenue)** Bought by PeopleBrowsr **Undisclosed** Sept 2015

**[Fixmo](https://millionrounds.com/company/fixmo)** Bought by [Good Technology](https://millionrounds.com/fund/good-technology) **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**[Media Armor](https://millionrounds.com/company/media-armor)** Bought by Nomi **Undisclosed** Mar 2014

**[Basis Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/basis-science)** Bought by [Intel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel) **$100M** Mar 2014

**[Barosense](https://millionrounds.com/company/barosense)** Bought by [Boston Scientific](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boston-scientific) **Undisclosed** Jul 2013

**[MileWise](https://millionrounds.com/company/milewise)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** May 2013

**[Localmind](https://millionrounds.com/company/localmind)** Bought by [Airbnb](https://millionrounds.com/fund/airbnb) **Undisclosed** Dec 2012

**[BufferBox](https://millionrounds.com/company/bufferbox)** Bought by [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) **$17M** Nov 2012

**[Vizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/vizu-corporation)** Bought by Nielsen Holdings **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**[Tynt](https://millionrounds.com/company/tynt)** Bought by 33Across **Undisclosed** Jan 2012

**[Babble](https://millionrounds.com/company/babble)** Bought by [The Walt Disney Company](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-walt-disney-company) **$40M** Nov 2011

**[OggiFinogi](https://millionrounds.com/company/oggifinogi)** Bought by [Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collective) **Undisclosed** Feb 2011

**[Standout Jobs](https://millionrounds.com/company/standout-jobs)** Bought by Talent Technology **Undisclosed** Oct 2010

**[Airborne Mobile](https://millionrounds.com/company/airborne-mobile)** Bought by Bandsintown Group **Undisclosed** Oct 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$127M**

raised in Oct 2021

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.4M**

Led 8 of 324 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $50M
- **Sole investor:** 29 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026
- **Exits:** 14 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *80*
- Series A said *70*
- Series B said *54*
- Venture *52*
- Series C *15*
- Growth said *-*
- Pre-IPO said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) 22
- [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) 17
- [Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2) 16
- [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) 15
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 14
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 11

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Inovia Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**BDC Capital** VC firm **22** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Real Ventures** Family office **16** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures-2)[**Greycroft** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Felicis** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Garage Capital** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garage-capital-2)[**8VC** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc)[**Accel** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Export Development Canada** Government **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Golden Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Inovia Capital put money into.

[**Feldera** $22M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/feldera)[**Delos** $12M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/delos)[**Branch Energy** $33M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/branch-energy)[**Peripheral Labs** $8.7M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/peripheral-labs)[**Super.com** $65M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/super-com)[**Katalyze AI** $11M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/katalyze-ai)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Inovia Capital in their description, not their title.

- [The BetaKit Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/betakit) 17 Nov 2024 · 34 min Inovia's Chris Arsenault on the state of Canadian software With [Chris Arsenault](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-arsenault) Mentions [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Inovia Capital

### 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.

### How active is Inovia Capital?

324 investments on record, 44 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 8. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Inovia Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Feldera (Seed, Sept 2026), Delos (Series A, Sept 2026) and Branch Energy (Series B, Sept 2026).

### How big are Inovia Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $50M.

### Does Inovia Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 8 of its 324 investments on record (2%).

### Where does Inovia Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (36%), the United States (31%) and the United Kingdom (18%).

### Is Inovia Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 44 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Inovia Capital invest alongside?

Most often BDC Capital (22 rounds together), FJ Labs (17 rounds together) and Real Ventures (16 rounds together).

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